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Mar 12
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Mar 12
Healthy Living Through Eating and Excercise
GET WELL BAHAMAS – (Healthy living through eating and exercise) The Get Well Bahamas challengers were educated on February 7, 2012 at its biweekly educational sessions on healthy eating tips and strategies which focused on the consumption of fruits and vegetables. It was also stressed that both physical activity and…
Get Well Bahamas – Let’s Get It Started!
The National Prescription Drug Plan launched phase three of the Get Well Bahamas Health and Fitness challenge on Monday January 30, 2012 at Worker’s House. The objectives of the National Prescription Drug Plan (NPDP) sponsored programme are to promote preventative health strategies and reduce the burden on the health system…
New Beneficiaries Announced for National Prescription Drug Plan
Seven new groups of Bahamians, including public officers, can now apply to reap the benefits of the National Prescription Drug Plan (NPDP) administered by the National Insurance Board. In the House of Assembly on Thursday, March 24, the Rt Hon. Hubert Ingraham, Minister responsible for National Insurance, announced the launch…
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Mar 11
Get Well Challenge Off To a Great Start: 280+ pounds lost in first two weeks
At their first weigh-in forty participants in the National Insurance Board’s Get Well Bahamas Health and Fitness Challenge, lost a total of 289.7 pounds in the first two weeks of the programme. This represents 2.37 percent of their total starting weigh, setting them well on the road to improved health.…
Get Well Bahamas Launch Signals Shift Towards Prevention in National Healthcare Programme
It has become a matter of concern for the government that one in three Bahamians suffers from one or more chronic diseases, such as hypertension, ischaemic heart disease and diabetes, Minister of Health The Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis said Monday night at the launch of The Get Well Bahamas Health…
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Feb 11
THREE RECEIVE NIB DIRECTOR’S AWARD 2011
Three employees of the National Insurance Board recently received the NIB Director’s Award in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the progress and success of the organization in 2010. Patrick Ward, Chairman of NIB and Algernon Cargill, Director of NIB presented the Director’s Award to Pandora Butler, Public Relations Officer,…
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Nov 10
Cargill: Drug Plan claims averaging 400 per week, Pharmacies pleased with on-time payments
Algernon Cargill, Director of NIB told members of the Rotary Club of Nassau this week that that Phase I of the National Prescription Drug Plan has been going very well and he believes NIB will be able to launch Phase II of the Plan earlier than expected next year because…
