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Jump to full article: Barbados Daily Nation (bb), 2008-07-28
Intro: IT IS HEARTENING to note that thousands of medical practitioners, nutritionists and a wide range of other health care providers, including Barbadians, are swelling the ranks of lobbyists in favour of adopting healthy lifestyles.
Last Wednesday, it was reported that two Americans are combining to contribute at least US$500 million (BDS$1 billion) to developing countries in a global fight against tobacco-induced diseases.
This trend must also gladden the hearts of members of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados (HSFB), one of a group of regional non-governmental organisations (NGOs), whose campaigns on disease avoidance and treatment enjoy generous support from leading professionals. The news must also greatly encourage civic agencies in Barbados . . . .
Meanwhile, anti-tobacco campaigner, retired medical practitioner Dr Tony Gale successfully led a local campaign to cut consumption of that substance, even before larger countries in North America, Britain and Europe, were able to claim similar progress.
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