In today’s blog, our intern, Jenaya James, takes a closer look at the growing role of AI in healthcare, exploring the opportunities it presents alongside important questions around innovation, ethics and trust.
Today’s blog post comes from one of our interns, Dr Romina Arias-Uribe, an MPH Preventive Medicine student at St George’s University. Romina recently facilitated the Q&A during our kidney disease webinar, which featured guest speakers from the Nevis Renal Society. Drawing on the experiences and insights shared by our guest speakers, Romina reflects on why kidney health is not only a personal concern, but a shared community responsibility.
Today’s blog post comes from Jenaya James, our newest student volunteer. Jenaya is wrapping up her Master’s in Global Health at King’s College London in the UK. Jenaya has an interest in women’s health, and in this blog post, she explores the important role that fathers can play in supporting their daughters’ menstrual health.
In today’s blog post, Dianne Kennedy, a Child Nutrition Program and Operations Specialist explores creating healthy food environments in schools through policy.
In recognition of the Global Week for Action on NCDs, we are delighted to invite civil society organisations, policymakers, youth health advocates, and anyone with an interest in healthy food policies to our upcoming webinar, “From Policy to Practice: Strengthening the Implementation of Healthy Food Policies.” This webinar will take place on Tuesday 1st September from 11 am to 12:30 pm AST (4 pm to 5:30 pm WAT).
On the 15th of July 2026, we were delighted to welcome representatives from the Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) to St. Kitts and Nevis.
In today’s blog post, we hear from Shaniyah Wattley, the Facilitator and Co-Founder of the new Women’s Wellness Community, a new support group for women affected by fibroids, endometriosis and PMOS.
Today, we are delighted to turn the spotlight back on our intern, Sarah Savage. Sarah has been with us for the past 8 weeks for her summer internship as part of her International Applied Practice Experience (Practicum) for her MPH in Global Health Practice at the University of South Florida.
In her blog, Sarah reflects on her time with us, the projects she focused on and the public health lessons she learnt.
On 28th May, in recognition of Menstrual Hygiene Day, Lake Health and Wellbeing and the Department of Gender Affairs, Nevis, hosted a webinar entitled “Supporting Women’s and Girls’ Menstrual Health at Home, at Work, in School and in the Community.”
Across the Caribbean, children are being targeted every day by marketing, promotion of and sponsorships from ultra-processed food companies—often in the very spaces meant to support their health: schools. Now, youth and civil society are saying: enough is enough.
