{"id":259476,"date":"2020-11-25T14:05:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T18:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=259476"},"modified":"2020-11-26T08:40:59","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T12:40:59","slug":"government-to-increase-participation-in-the-fight-against-ncds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/government-to-increase-participation-in-the-fight-against-ncds\/","title":{"rendered":"Government to increase participation in the fight against NCDs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PM Skerrit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has said that his government plans to heighten its participation in the fight against Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Dominica.<\/p>\n

The prime minister announced on his weekly Anou Palay Programme on the weekend, \u201c We intend to resuscitate the national commission on NCD\u2019s, look at some of the additional policy measures that we need to take to help our society fight this.\u201d<\/p>\n

He believes that the presence of NCD\u2019s has a major impact on the economy and of individuals’ future.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we have productive people who are now removed from the workforce, we have a challenge and I think we can manage it, but we must all play our part in this regard,\u201d Skerrit stated.<\/p>\n

Meantime, Coordinator of the Health Promotions Unit Mignon Rolle-Shillingford is calling on corporate businesses to invest in a work wellness programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also want to talk to some of our corporate businesses and we are seeing that some of them are maybe burdened with a number of sickness and absenteeism and these are people you do not get any product from them during production because they are sick and yet still you have to pay,\u201d she remarked.<\/p>\n

Rolle-Shiilingford continued, \u201cInvest in a \u2018Work Wellness Programme\u2019 because what you will see happening, if you have a wellness programme at work where you get persons to exercise and to eat healthy, and you bring in persons to inform and educate them, you are going to have healthier workers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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