{"id":306668,"date":"2023-08-11T18:53:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T22:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=306668"},"modified":"2023-08-11T18:53:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T22:53:27","slug":"cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"NYCD: CNDCs require an early start says National Youth Council President; prevention better than cure"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_306674\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306674\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-306674\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Phael-Lander-file-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"428\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-306674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phael Lander<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President of the National Youth Council of Dominica (NYCD) Phael Lander believes that prevention is the first defense in the fight against Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCDs). He was speaking during a post-budget discussion among the youth held at the UWI Open Campus on Thursday. Non-Communicable Diseases have been the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in Dominica over the last ten years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMany young persons live their lives up until they get up to the age of 40 and that\u2019s when they start thinking about CNCDs and start talking about whether or not this is something that I should focus on,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I say that to mean that we as a nation need to target our approaches to healthcare as a holistic approach as opposed to stop focusing on, we are treating persons with hypertension&#8230;we are treating persons with diabetes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lander continued, \u201cIf we recognize that prevention is the key it\u2019s the first defense [against] CNCDs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, he said starting the prevention mechanisms from the younger persons, \u201cfrom our 16,17,18,19, 20-year-olds and preaching to them the preventative measures that can be implemented from those ages, I think in the long run and not only me, but the world has organizational support, that we will have a stronger and more formidable attack on CNCDs in the long run and will reduce our physical expenditure on healthcare as it pertains to CNCD prevention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Lander referred to the increase in budgetary allocation for the youth in Dominica.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was happy to see the increase in budgetary allocation for the youth which is something that was in the 2021-2022 Budget,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe saw budgetary allocation within the Ministry of Health an increase of&#8211;last year it was $59.3 million and this year we are seeing budgetary allocation of $73 million, so there has been an increase towards the Ministry of Health as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lander went on to state that there was somewhat of a significant increase to the Ministry of Youth, \u201chowever we noticed that the Ministry of Youth would have been separated from social services\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He added, \u201cWe recognize there has also been some form of shift in portfolios.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He indicated that the budget allocates a commendable increase in the funding for youth development programs, reflecting a commitment to nurturing the potential of young Dominicans and that they are enthused to see that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe the National Youth Council of Dominica are excited to continue to partner with the Youth Development Division and the other youth agencies across the island, specifically the Ministry of Youth,\u201d Lander stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President of the National Youth Council of Dominica (NYCD) Phael Lander believes that prevention is the first defense in the fight against Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCDs). He was speaking during a post-budget discussion among the youth held at the UWI Open&#8230;","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":306674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[286,17,77,235,106,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-306668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-governance","category-health","category-homepage","category-homepage-carousel","category-nyc","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CNDCs require an early start says National Youth Council President; prevention better than cure - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CNDCs require an early start says National Youth Council President; prevention better than cure - Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President of the National Youth Council of Dominica (NYCD) Phael Lander believes that prevention is the first defense in the fight against Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCDs). He was speaking during a post-budget discussion among the youth held at the UWI Open...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"Malaika\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-11T22:53:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Phael-Lander-file-photo-e1691794234190.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"642\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"319\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730\"},\"headline\":\"NYCD: CNDCs require an early start says National Youth Council President; prevention better than cure\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-11T22:53:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":448,\"commentCount\":2,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/Phael-Lander-file-photo-e1691794234190.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Governance\",\"Health\",\"Homepage\",\"Homepage Carousel\",\"National Youth Council\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\\\/\",\"name\":\"CNDCs require an early start says National Youth Council President; prevention better than cure - Dominica News Online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/Phael-Lander-file-photo-e1691794234190.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-11T22:53:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/Phael-Lander-file-photo-e1691794234190.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/Phael-Lander-file-photo-e1691794234190.jpg\",\"width\":642,\"height\":319,\"caption\":\"Phael Lander\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NYCD: CNDCs require an early start says National Youth Council President; prevention better than cure\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dominica News Online\",\"description\":\"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"Malaika\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/malaika\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"CNDCs require an early start says National Youth Council President; prevention better than cure - Dominica News Online","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"CNDCs require an early start says National Youth Council President; prevention better than cure - Dominica News Online","og_description":"President of the National Youth Council of Dominica (NYCD) Phael Lander believes that prevention is the first defense in the fight against Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCDs). He was speaking during a post-budget discussion among the youth held at the UWI Open...","og_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\/","og_site_name":"Dominica News Online","article_author":"Malaika","article_published_time":"2023-08-11T22:53:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":642,"height":319,"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Phael-Lander-file-photo-e1691794234190.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\/"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730"},"headline":"NYCD: CNDCs require an early start says National Youth Council President; prevention better than cure","datePublished":"2023-08-11T22:53:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\/"},"wordCount":448,"commentCount":2,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Phael-Lander-file-photo-e1691794234190.jpg","articleSection":["Governance","Health","Homepage","Homepage Carousel","National Youth Council","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\/","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\/","name":"CNDCs require an early start says National Youth Council President; prevention better than cure - Dominica News Online","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Phael-Lander-file-photo-e1691794234190.jpg","datePublished":"2023-08-11T22:53:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Phael-Lander-file-photo-e1691794234190.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Phael-Lander-file-photo-e1691794234190.jpg","width":642,"height":319,"caption":"Phael Lander"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/cndcs-require-an-early-start-says-national-youth-council-president-prevention-better-than-cure\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NYCD: CNDCs require an early start says National Youth Council President; prevention better than cure"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/","name":"Dominica News Online","description":"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"sameAs":["Malaika"],"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/author\/malaika\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Phael-Lander-file-photo-e1691794234190.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306668"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":306675,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306668\/revisions\/306675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}