Health Minister announces SSB Policy for 2022
During national budget presentations in the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly on December 15, 2021, Hon. Akilah Byron-Nisbett, Minister of Health et al. announced that the implementation of a...
Health Policy
Improving Nutrition Through Policy
From 11th to 14th October 2021, the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety of WHO and UNICEF hosted a week-long series of webinars that explored strategies for improving nutrition through bold...
WHO’s Food Policy Recommendations
On 21st September 2021, the World Health Organisation hosted a virtual pre-launch of its six policy briefs on the actions that are required in the global food system to deliver better health and...
Action Needed To Reduce the Growing Rate of NCDs
St. Kitts and Nevis is facing a non-communicable disease (NCD) epidemic which has now been exacerbated by COVID-19. At the upcoming United Nations’ (UN) Food Systems Summit, taking place in September...
GHAI’s Webinar on How the Food and Beverage Industry Undermined Public Health During the Pandemic
Last week, we were delighted to attend the Global Health Advocacy Incubator’s (GHAI) webinar ‘Facing Two Pandemics: How Big Food Undermined Public Health in the Era of COVID-19.’ This...
We Attended the Ministry of Health’s SSB Focus Group
On 26th April, we attended the Ministry of Health’s focus group on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). This event was part of the Ministry’s consultation process to get feedback as well as inform the...
Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labelling Being Explored in the Caribbean
Childhood obesity is a major health issue in the Caribbean with 1 in 3 children being overweight or obese. Being obese and overweight in childhood is linked to the development of a number of health...
We Attended the St Kitts National Consultation on Sugar Sweetened Beverages
On 1st November, we attended the national consultation on the impact of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs). This event was organised by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Pan American...