PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):--- During the first week of May, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), based in Trinidad and Tobago, visited Sint Maarten to support the establishment of a surveillance system for non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
NCDs or chronic diseases are a group of conditions including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers, chronic lower respiratory diseases, sickle cell, mental illness, and injuries.
They are mainly a result of a combination of genetic, environmental, behavioral, and metabolic risk factors brought on such as by physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, alcohol, air pollution, stress, and overweight/obesity.
CARPHA was invited by the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development ...
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