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Caribbean Silent Killer: NCDs Account for 75% of Deaths
Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne warned world leaders Friday that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension, diabetes and cancer pose a “silent global health crisis,” accounting for three-quarters of all deaths in the Caribbean.
Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, Browne said NCDs have become the most significant cause of death worldwide and must be treated with the same urgency as infectious diseases.
“They account for 75% of all deaths in the Caribbean,” he told delegates, noting the heavy toll the diseases take on families, economies and health systems.
He stressed that the crisis requires a coordinated international response, including greater investment in prevention, early detection and equitable access to treatment.
Browne argued that low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately burdened by the cost of managing chronic illnesses, which divert limited resources from development priorities.
Browne’s remarks followed his call for mental health to be recognized as a human right and as an essential part of sustainable development.
He urged governments to increase health budgets dedicated to mental wellness and NCD prevention, warning that without intervention, the social and economic costs will continue to rise.
The prime minister’s intervention highlighted the Caribbean’s efforts to push health issues higher on the global agenda, as the region grapples with aging populations, changing diets, and limited capacity to address lifestyle-related illnesses.
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Hypertension, Diabetes and Cancer drive 75% of Caribbean deaths, PM warn; and how oxymoronic is this statement made by the PM, when it’s known that one’s eating habits and what they consume such as HIGHLY PROCESSED FOODS are one of the major contributing factors to his statement, yet the systems under [his] control allows these HIGHLY PROCESSED FOODS en masse to enter our food supply chain unabated, to do exactly what foods are not supposed to do, as in deteriorate the body at a faster pace.
#how_oxymoronic!
#pure_hypocrisy!
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Lord please tell me why KFC giving people a sachet of salt in their order of fries?
Why is every thing so salty, mrPM?
The beach is just the beginning of what exactly, the salt journey?
All extra salt needs to go and start with salt plage
Is dunno making people mentally unwell. Everytime I drive on allsaints road , I feel sick
The gutters in town make me feel sick
The dark tint windows of cars next to me, make me feel sick
Bush all around our neighborhood where thief hide, make me feel sick
Seeing the criminals walking around free, make me feel sick
Going to the Ministry down by the wharf where the miserable micromanaging minister has an air-conditioned garage, make me feel sick
With a nation that don’t get check up for such people with die early from health problems we needs protective healthcare ways we can change that is
1 making check up affordable if not free easy
2 probably the most difficult change the stigma/ fear of people going for checkups especially middle age and older men which is more reluctant to do so
3 pump more funds into the the ancient Clinics to modernize them which we currently have closing down left right and centre. Up the staffing I’m sure nursing isn’t a problem and if it is you can rely on Cuba’s medical brigade or immigration which already specialise in preventive healthcare until we can built up our own industry in fact add a program similar to theirs where nurses come to your homes and give residents checks ups sponsored by the state.
@ communist Y should the nurse care bout u more than u care 4 uself
Much more attention should be given to Health Education throughout the region, including Nutrition Education for parents of very young children.
These statements have little impact.
What’s needed is a CARICOM initiative to implement the recommendations of the CARPHA Six Point Policy Package, the WHO/PAHO NCD Best Buys, and the Bridgetown Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health. Why can’t CARICOM establish a Project Implementation Unit?
Why isn’t the NCD crisis on the agenda of every CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting?
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