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Caribbean Nutrition Day 2012
This year the focus is on ‘Wellness in the Workplace’, hence the theme, 'Healthy Eating and Active Living: Create an Enabling School/Work/Community Environment'
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Red Cross Holds Basic First Aid Training in San Pedro
Participants were given an overview of basic first aid and its importance in saving lives, the Good Samaritan Law which involves obtaining consent from an injured person prior to administering first aid, methods to implement safety measures to prevent disease transmission while administering first aid, the steps to take in implementing emergency actions and administering Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and other basic first aid
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World Tobacco Awareness Month observed
The San Pedro National Drug Abuse Control Council is holding various seminars and workshops throughout the month to engage the public in health forums on why one should Not Smoke
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Glenford Cadle Jr. leaves for surgery in the USA
Glenford was diagnosed with a rare congenital kidney malfunction which compromised his health
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Collaborative Network of Persons Living with HIV holds Media Meeting
C-NET+ Belize held its first ever HIV Solidarity Day and Media Round Table introducing peer counselling groups for Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV)
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Ministry of Health Increases its Dental Services to Children with Special Needs
The Dental Department of the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Belize Center for the Visually Impaired (BCVI), Community Agency for Rehabilitation and Education for Persons with Disability (CARE) and the United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) held a two day workshop on wellness care for Special Needs children on April 26th and 27th at the Stella Maris School in Belize City
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GOB dispels rumors about the health of PM Barrow
3 weeks ago, Prime Minister Dean Barrow suffered severe vertigo during a cabinet meeting but has since been given a clean bill of health.
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Ministry of Health to host historic 5th Meeting of the Directors of National Drug Council
This annual regional gathering brings together 20 Directors of Drug Councils of both Member States and Associated Member States of Caricom to discuss the Caribbean strategies to reduce the demand and supply of illicit drugs in the various countries action plan