Health Minister Pablo Marin is in Washington D.C. attending a PAHO Conference of Ministers of Health of the Americas.
The Conference is discussing the prevention of disease and the preservation of mental and physical health.
Marin discussed the national health priorities for Belize with a PAHO interviewer:
Hon. Pablo Marin - Minister of Health
"Well, the biggest challenge for me is obesity with children and elder people. It's the type of food we eat, and soft drinks are already out there on the market. So, that's our biggest challenge. Another challenge we have is road accidents. That is something that we have to put a lot of attention to because a lot of money is being spent, and the Ministry of Health is the one who is taking a lot of the load. Every time there is an accident, they reach to our hospitals, and that's more money being invested into something that we can have some kind of work to be done on that."
The meeting ends on Friday...
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