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Jun 18, 2013

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THE cost of health care will increase significantly if the incidence of non-communicable diseases continues to rise.
That is the view of Member of Parliament and Minister of Health, John Boyce. Speaking in the House of Assembly yesterday, he said his Ministry sees it as critical in its health plan, to focus on the prevention of non-communicable diseases. His comments came as he referred to the National Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases Commission, which he said was set up lead the fight against those diseases.

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