non communicable diseases (NCDs)

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers with responsibility for Trade have endorsed a roadmap for the implementation of the Caribbean Regulatory System for Medicines (CRS). The endorsement was made at the Council for Trade and Economic…
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(Barbados Today) Packaged, bottled and canned foods sold on supermarket shelves here could soon carry health warnings on the amount of sugar, salt and trans fat contained in these products. Barbados and sister Caribbean Community…
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Providenciales, Turks and Caicos - Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Dr. The Honourable Rufus Ewing said last week that the Region must "go back to the family, to basics, if we are to successfully address issues such as teenage…
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Barbados is experiencing the effects of a “tidal wave” of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which is threatening to have an even more devastating impact in the future unless decisive action is taken. Using this terrifying type of…
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BARBADOS IS LOSING 2.6 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product due to healthcare costs and productivity losses in respect of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases alone. This was revealed by Minister of Health, John Boyce, as he…
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