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Urgent Climate Resolution Must Be Adopted At This Week’s WHO World Health Assembly
27 May 2024 05:48 GMT
… international coalition of governments
including Barbados, Chile, Fiji, Kenya, Monaco … and
children’s health, disability, infectious and
non-communicable diseases.
However, some … Climate change
and health Draft resolution proposed by Barbados, Fiji,
Kenya, …
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Health charity’s hands-on approach
24 May 2024 16:15 GMT
… lower socio-economic communities in Barbados and the wider region,” Jones … , medical testing through partnerships with Ross University, and collaborative efforts offering health … elderly and disabled persons – groups often at higher risk for diseases. By …
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Why Urgent Climate Resolution Must Be Adopted During WHO World Health Assembly
21 May 2024 18:08 GMT
… international coalition of governments
including Barbados, Chile, Fiji, Kenya, Monaco, … and
children’s health,disability, infectious and
non-communicable diseases.
However, some … Climate change
and health Draft resolution proposed by Barbados, Fiji,
Kenya, …
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Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 provides insights into the health of New Zealanders
17 May 2024 01:15 GMT
… 2021, only New Zealand and Barbados had negative excess mortality.
The … four causes of health loss for New Zealanders (disability-adjusted life-years … death were cardiovascular diseases, neurological disorders, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes and …
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Is the Caribbean ready for radical change in mental health?
15 May 2024 21:57 GMT
… , Lived Experience/Mental Health Advocate, Barbados
No, please. Because we get … who were living with mental illness. Hence, there will be greater … the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), aimed at reducing and …
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Statement by the Barbados Drug Service on the Availability of Insulin and Change in Protocol on Insulin Pens
16 Apr 2024 02:50 GMT
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness, through the Barbados Drug Service (BDS … the new protocol are visually impaired persons and persons 18 years … and Cartridge available on the Barbados National Drug Formulary
* Facilitated in …
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A Missing Piece of the Autism Puzzle is health – Part 2
04 Apr 2024 17:09 GMT
… disease, and this gastrointestinal disease … autism research
Barbados needs a … medical model
Within the disabled community, there is discomfort with medicalising disability and treating disability … must advance medicine, health, and mental health, to …
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A Missing Piece of the Autism Puzzle is health – Part 1
03 Apr 2024 21:01 GMT
… and cognitive behavioural deficits and impairments. However, researchers across the … for a comprehensive autism health policy in Barbados.
How we generally think … disease, or psychological/psychiatric crises and emergencies, or children medicated …
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Roslyn Hurley is still fighting for people living with disabilities
29 Mar 2024 21:07 GMT
… was named Barbados’ special envoy for persons living with disabilities. It was … me she never had a disabled child. She never used that … and the like. These illnesses or even a bullet can … challenged. And we know that medication and transportation costs can be …
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Gov’t senator: Education system has failed the disabled
27 Mar 2024 13:38 GMT
… education system in Barbados has not served persons with disabilities well.
“This … Education Certificate (CSEC) due to medical challenges. “There were parts of … with the disabled community, ministers approved a National Disability Policy last September …