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Minister of Health, the Hon. John Boyce, receiving a demonstration on the use of the Vascular Doppler Scanners, which have been donated by the Maria Holder Memorial Trust and the Maria Holder Diabetes Centre, to all polyclinics across Barbados. Performing the demonstration is Senior Podiatrist at the Centre, Amor Forde, while Cally Boyea, CEO of the Maria Holder Diabetes Centre and Jane Armstrong, Chief Project Manager at the Maria Holder Memorial Trust look on.

VITAL TOOL DONATED

Tue, 03/07/2017 - 12:00am

A donation of 11 Vascular Doppler Scanners from the Maria Holder Memorial Trust and the Maria Holder Diabetes Centre will allow for better foot screening

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From left: Basil Mathioudakis, Food Legislation and Nutrition Consultant; Director General of CARIFORUM, Percival Marie; Barbados’ Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Joy St. John; EU Ambassador, Daniela Tramacere; Ena Harvey, Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA) representative for Barbados; and Dr. Salvador Fernandez, IICA’s Director of Technical Co-operation, after the closing of the SPS Symposium.

CARIFORUM committed to SPS project

Tue, 03/07/2017 - 12:00am

Although February 23 and 24 marked the end of the conference and technical symposium for the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) project, the work on the issues th

Leadership is key

Tue, 03/07/2017 - 12:00am

Last week, the inaugural Global Leadership Summit was held in Barbados at Mpower Complex, which was well attended by Barbadians taking advice from ten major global leaders.

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