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Caribbean Health Professionals, Regional Organisations Support Front of Package Warning Labels
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Some 300 Caribbean health professionals and over 40 regional organisations have publicly voiced support for octagonal front of package warning labels to help consumers across the region protect their health.
The health professionals and organisations are signatories to a month-long campaign, spearheaded by the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC), to demonstrate national and regional support for octagonal front of package warning labels.
This campaign comes as key stakeholders in CARICOM countries vote on whether Caribbean
consumers will benefit from the introduction of octagonal shaped nutrition warning labels on the
Region getting closer to warning labels
Article by May 22, 2021
Some 300 Caribbean health professionals and over S40 regional organisations have publicly voiced support for octagonal front of package warning labels to help consumers across the region protect their health.
The health professionals and organisations are signatories to a month-long campaign, spearheaded by the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC), to demonstrate national and regional support for octagonal front of package warning labels.
This campaign comes as key stakeholders in CARICOM countries vote on whether Caribbean consumers will benefit from the introduction of octagonal shaped nutrition warning labels on the front of packaged foods.
COVID-19 2nd wave: PLWNCDs urges FG to prioritise pandemic response
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By Chioma Obinna
With over 70, 000 COVID-19 cases in the country, People Living with Non-Communicable Diseases, PLWNCDs, have expressed worry that the second wave of coronavirus infections may drastically impact the population, calling on the Federal government to prioritise response to the pandemic.
According to experts, the PLWNCDs are more vulnerable and susceptible to the COVID-19 and it has been confirmed that they are at a substantially higher risk of becoming severely ill and die as a direct consequence of this pandemic.
Sadly, the high mortality and morbidity amongst PLWNCDs would be on a progressive increase with the recent resurgence of COVID 19 in Nigeria.
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