That was Member of the Nevis Renal Society, Dr. Michelle Lawrence speaking on the topic: Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) during this week’s edition of the Let’s Talk Program on Tuesday, March 7th.
Dr. Lawrence spoke in detail on what are NCDs:
Based on medical statistics disclosed by Dr. Lawrence, the leading causes of morbidity in St. Kitts and Nevis are hypertension and diabetes. She further broke down the 57.8 percent Non-Communicable Disease related illnesses and deaths in SKN from 2015 to 2019:
