Blog Category: Health Policy

To move its You’re Sweet Enough advocacy work into policy, Lake Health and Wellbeing is gearing up to launch an educational video series on health policy change.  The four-part series will be...

International Women’s Day is a time to celebrate the achievements of women and acknowledge the work that still needs to be done to promote gender equality. One area where gender disparities...

https://youtu.be/XNuUIUtP94M On Wednesday 26th October, we were delighted to host a webinar in collaboration with the St. Kitts and Nevis Bar Association to answer the question “Can the Law Really...

On Thursday 28th July 2022, we hosted a Health Policy Forum for Civil Servants in St. Kitts and Nevis at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort. The objective of this forum was to bring together civil...

While SSB taxes are found to be effective at reducing purchases and consumption of SSBs and producing better public health outcomes in the long run, different counter-arguments are made in resistance...

Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxation is a common effective policy adopted by governments to deter the purchase and consumption of SSBs. In the last decade, more than 50 countries worldwide have...

Facing the NCD Epidemic in St Kitts and Nevis In St. Kitts and Nevis, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death among residents. According to the latest data published by the...

When it comes to the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), we may not immediately think that lawyers have a role to play, but to ensure an effective NCD response, lawyers are a...