Our Panel Discussion on NCDs
On 25th August 2021, as part of our You’re Sweet Enough week, we were delighted to host a panel discussion exploring an all-of-society approach to tackling non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and...
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
SSBs and Bowel Cancer
On 6th May 2021, researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine published the findings from their research exploring the link between sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and early-onset...
A Message From the St Kitts Diabetes Association
Saturday 14th November was World Diabetes Day and the St Kitts Diabetes Association shared some useful tips for those living with diabetes. You can view their video below, but if you don’t...
The Unexpected Burden of Multiple Myeloma
Today’s blog post comes from Aaron D’Souza, a second-year medical student at the University of Medicine and Health Sciences in St. Kitts. While he has been active at school in multiple areas...
The Joan Ajose-Adeogun Fund Aims to Support Multiple Myeloma Patients
The Joan Ajose-Adeogun fund is being established in loving memory of Joan Ajose-Adeogun who sadly passed away from multiple myeloma on 11th September 2019. Her diagnosis of multiple myeloma was...
Mesothelioma Isn’t Going Anywhere
Today, we’re delighted to share a guest blog post from the team at Mesothelioma Guide. Mesothelioma Guide connects mesothelioma patients and their loved ones to top doctors, cancer...
Our Healthy Kids SKN Campaign
Non-communicable diseases (NCDS) like cancer, diabetes and heart disease are a major challenge in St Kitts and Nevis. Data has demonstrated that NCDs are becoming an epidemic in the Federation with...
Final Chronic Disease Self-Management Course of the Year
Signed, sealed, delivered and it’s a wrap! On Tuesday 26th November 2019, we completed the final session of our six-week chronic disease self-management course. This was our third and final workshop...