PAHO/WHO yesterday launched its participation in the Workplace Wellness Programme for Chronic Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in an effort to get staff to pay more attention to their health, which would decrease their chances of falling victim to NCDs such as heart disease, diabetes, respiratory illness and cancers.
This is an initiative started by the Ministry of Health and so far some 60 organisations are on board. The aim is to have every single workplace in Guyana on board.
Speaking at a simple ceremony, PAHO representative Dr Beverley Barnett said that the importance of NCDs prevention and control at a global level is now being realized. She said that at the