Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs)

By mahtabala, 10 December, 2011

CARICOM Second Annual Meeting on NCDs set for Trinidad and Tobago

 
  (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the University of the West Indies (UWI) / IADB Regional surveillance project will hold its Second Meeting of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Focal Points and Chief Medical Officers in Trinidad and Tobago on 11- 13 December, 2011

This meeting is convened in the fifth year of the

By mahtabala, 16 November, 2011

EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE LEADS TO STRESS RELATED ILLNESS IN YOUTH, SAY CARICOM OFFICIAL

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr Heather Johnson, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Deputy Programme Manager, Youth Development says, young people who are constantly exposed to violence invariably develop complex psychosomatic illnesses which very often lead to other chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, hypertension, mental illnesses and heart diseases.

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