NCD Archives - The Marshall Islands Journal

RMI tackles health problems

By Journal on July 20, 2017 Isaac Marty, MIEPI, NCD, RMI NCD News Archive

ISAAC MARTY The number one killer of Marshallese is non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Existing prevention programs trying to halt or curve the NCD trend now have question marks hanging over them. Are they doing a good job? The best answer is that authorities need information in order to evaluate both NCD levels and response programs. For […]

Heine: Stop the spread of NCDs

By Journal on December 8, 2016 Christopher Loeak, Hilary Hosia, Hilda Heine, Ladie Jack, NCD, NCDs News Archive

President Hilda Heine called on the entire Marshallese community, — government agencies, non-government offices and churches and diplomatic allies to help the Ministry of Health in the battle against Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) during the opening of the first NCD Summit Tuesday at the International Conference Center. “The time for talk is over,” Heine said. “The […]