Barbados' high amputee rate is about to go down. So says podiatrist Simone McConnie, Chief Operating Officer of the Barbados Diabetes Foundation. This is to be achieved through the Step-by-Step Diabetes Foot Care Project to be launched this weekend at the Pan American Health Organization. The two day workshop is a joint effort between the Barbados Diabetes Foundation, Rotary Club of Barbados South and the Ministry of Health.
Caribbean countries can benefit economically and socially by investing in Early Childhood Development. This was the message coming out of the presentations for the first year#8217s finding of the Impact Study of the Roving Caregivers Programme (RCP).
The Caribbean Child Support Initiative (CCSI) launched the study in St. Lucia in 2006.
The local tourism sector received a major boost recently with the launch of Barbados newest catamaran, Jammin where featured speaker at the launch, Deputy Chairman of the Barbados Tourism Authority Mr. Austin Husbands, said that the sailing service was integral to Barbados' tourism product.
Attorney at Law, Dr. Claude Denbow SC launched his latest book, Life Insurance Law in the Commonwealth Caribbean, on Friday June 19 in the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies
Destination theme vacations are the latest tool being used in the region to stimulate the tourism industry. So says Dave Cox of the Barbadian based Caribbean Bride Magazine.
Caribbean Bride Magazine was featured last month at the inaugural Destination Weddings and Honeymoon Expo in New York.
President of the Barbados Sports Medicine Association, Dr. Adrian Lorde in his presentation "Sports in National Life," at the Active Caribbean Workshop held in Barbados, called on all of the major stakeholders in the development of sport on the island to stop talking and start taking action.
The first Active Caribbean Workshop, hosted by the Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI, Cave Hill was launched on Friday, March 6 at the Accra Hotel & Resort by the Minister of Health, the Hon. Donville Inniss M.P.
The Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill is hosting a physical activities workshop in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization, the Centre for Disease Control and the Ministry of Health, Chronic Non-Communicable Disease Commission and The Healthy Caribbean Coalition next month in Barbados.#160
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Caribbean Bride Magazine was recently featured at the Caribbean Week, Caribbean Travel Conference in Toronto, Canada, leading the way in promoting Barbados as an attractive wedding and honeymoon destination.
The Barbados Diabetes Foundation presented awards to nine Secondary School students last weekend at the Diabetes Global Village for their Sagicor Secondary Schools Essay Competition.
Local Entertainer Alison Hinds is this year championing the fight against childhood Diabetes in Barbados. She is joining the Barbados Diabetes Foundation and the Diabetes Association of Barbados as they promote awareness this month November, World Diabetes Month.
New research has shown a growing prevalence of gum disease among persons with diabetes.
This adds to an already long list of serious complications like stroke, heart and kidney disease associated with the condition.
