Canada's Food Guide: What's New In January 2019, Health Canada released the latest version of the country's dietary guidance, also known as Canada's Food Guide. Last revised in 2007, the new Food Guide goes beyond providing Canadians with guidance o [ ... ]

World Salt Awareness Week 2019
Costa Rica joins in World Salt Awareness Week 2019 and focuses on childhood salt intake.
World Salt Awareness Week will be held on March 4-10, 2019 with the theme "Time to act for salt".

This is an initiative of WASH (Wo [ ... ]

CVD Health in Trinidad and Tobago 10.12.2018

Mr. Ronnie Bissessar, Member at Large of the InterAmerican Heart Foundation Board of Directors and member of the Trinidad and Tobago Heart Foundation, shared that the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT [ ... ]

Confronting Illicit Tobacco Trade: A Global Review of Country Experiences February 1, 2019

The World Bank has recently released a new report on "Confronting Illicit Tobacco Trade: A Global Review of Country Experiences".  The report de [ ... ]

Tobacco Tax Network of the Americas (RITA) October 31, 2018

As of today, the official website of the Tobacco Tax Network of the Americas (RITA) is available, a new space to share information on tobacco tax issues in our region. We invite yo [ ... ]

Entry into Force of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Product On 27 June 2018, the conditions for the entry into force of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products were met with the ratification of the Un [ ... ]

World Salt Awareness Week 2019
Costa Rica joins in World Salt Awareness Week 2019 and focuses on childhood salt intake.
World Salt Awareness Week will be held on March 4-10, 2019 with the theme "Time to act for salt".

This is an initiative of WASH (Wo [ ... ]

15 Thousand Chileans Die each Year due to Arterial Hypertension According to the ENS 2016-2017, 27.6% of Chilean adults are hypertensive, which in figures reaches 3.5 million people. The biggest problem is that, in the group between 35 and 75 years, [ ... ]

Obesity and its consequences spreading rapidly around the world.
Clogged arteries and sedentary lifestyles have replaced germs as the world's leading killers. Read more in this article by By JIM LANDERS, The Dallas Morning News,Washington Burea [ ... ]