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From left: Minister of Health, John Boyce with Lion Shonda Forde, Zone Chairperson and PAHO/WHO Representative, Tomo Kanda at the Zone Health Fair yesterday morning.

Lions Club celebrates World Health Day

IN recognition of World Health Day, the Lions Club held their 10th Zone Health Fair.

Speaking during the event that was held at Church Village Green in Bridgetown yesterday morning, Lion Shonda Forde, Zone Chairperson, expressed that it was a privilege to partner with key stakeholders as she believes that they all have a commitment to ensuring that Barbadians are constantly sensitised on emerging health concerns as well as increase awareness on the various issues that impact our productivity in the workplace or as ordinary citizens.

Forde explained that the Lions and Leos of Barbados have been associated with the activities of World Health Day since 2006 and fully intend to remain committed to reaching out to the many service providers who have a common interest in promoting healthy bodies and minds.

She revealed that this year’s World Health theme is “Depression: Let’s Talk” and noted that they have strategically targeted agencies such as the Psychiatric Hospital, Marina House and Verdun House as well as the Ministry of Health as they will help them to increase awareness in this area.

“We are eagerly reaching out to the Barbados community today to promote healthy lifestyles and to motivate our local authorities to create a healthy environment in our beautiful Barbados,” she said.

Acting Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados (CBB), Elson Gaskin, congratulated the Lions and Leos Club of Zone 3-A for their continued dedication and interest in the wider community as he believes the health of a person fully equates to their wealth.

He went on to reveal that the reason the CBB was concerned with the health of not only their staff, but citizens as well, was because effective health care is costly and it is an aspect of our lives that the Government has made a significant contribution to for over 60 years. He believed that a reduction in non-communicable diseases as well as other preventable diseases would result in more productive citizenry that would drive our economic sector as well as save the valuable foreign exchange that is spent on the importation of medical supplies. (CLF)

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