{"id":342932,"date":"2025-06-10T11:33:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T15:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=342932"},"modified":"2025-06-10T11:33:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T15:33:30","slug":"healthy-living-is-a-collective-effort-says-commissioner-glenroy-toussaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/healthy-living-is-a-collective-effort-says-commissioner-glenroy-toussaint\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy living is a collective effort, says Commissioner Glenroy Toussaint"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_342936\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-342936\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-342936\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Glenroy-Toussaint-DNO-file-photo-642x441.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"440\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-342936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glenroy Toussaint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local Government Commissioner Glenroy Toussaint is encouraging the public concerning the importance of health and wellness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toussaint, who was speaking at a Health Fair held in Roseau on June 6, believes that health and wellness is not the sole responsibility of the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event, dubbed &#8220;Highway to Health&#8217;, was organized in partnership between the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Social Services and the Ministry of Culture, Youth, Sports and Community Development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have been playing our part in ensuring that sort of resilience in our country. We must be mindful that we have the overall thrust of becoming the first climate resilience country in the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn doing so each of us, the private sector, the government entities, individuals, organizations, we must come together as one to ensure that we have this healthy living, this wellness that we so want to encourage in our communities and our country,\u201d added the commissioner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Toussaint pointed out that the Division of Local Government also included the aspect of health in its recent month of activity to mark Local Government Month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The umbrella theme was: \u201cCultivating a Culture of Health, Wellness, Unity and Collaboration of Community Service\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which, according to Toussaint demonstrates that \u201c&#8230;we clearly recognize the important role that health plays in the development of a country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local Government Commissioner Glenroy Toussaint is encouraging the public concerning the importance of health and wellness. 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