Message for Caribbean people: know your health
September 16, 2026
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Message for Caribbean people: know your health
When we leave Jamaica or another Caribbean island and make the United Kingdom home, we take many things with us. Our culture. Our food. Our music. Our stories. Our sayings. Our sense of family and community. But something else travels with us that we perhaps talk about less, our health risks. For Jamaican and wider Caribbean communities living in the UK, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as hypertension, diabetes, stroke, heart disease, cancer and chronic respiratory conditions remain important health concerns.