NCDs and the 2024 Trinidad & Tobago Budget On October 30th 2023, a letter to the editor of the Trinidad Express by international public health consultant Dr Kenwyn Nicholls titled ‘Have we dropped the ball on NCDs?’ was published. This blog post is a response to that question. In his…
Hypertension Statistics in Trinidad & Tobago It is a well-known fact that hypertension is one of the major chronic diseases plaguing the population of Trinidad and Tobago. According to the Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO), Trinidad & Tobago’s incidence rate of hypertension is 25.8%, which is higher than the Caribbean’s incidence…