Kenneth Connell MD PhD FACP FRCP FACC 👨🏾‍⚕️🇧🇧

@_dtch_ Figured as much! 👨🏾‍⚕️

@ConnellDr They were checking for pitting apparently🫪…. But we all good😂

Why I jokingly told my doctor friends that poking my hurt and they started assess me😐…. I gine dead?!?!?!

The conversation continues at the @CSOs4UHC-led Civil Society Networking Space at #WHA79 today. What does global health architecture reform have to do with #universalhealthcoverage? Follow the conversation! 🧵

Commitments on NCDs and mental health will only become a reality if financing matches the scale of the challenge — this was a key message at yesterday’s (19 May) #WHA79 side event, “Adequate and Sustained Financing for NCDs and Mental Health: Approaches to Closing the Implementation Gap.” The event was organised by the Governments of Barbados, NCD Alliance, and @UnitedGMH, together with the Government of the Philippines and Brazil, @UNDP, the @un_ncd, and @HealthCaribbean. 🎙️Senator The Honourable Lisa Cummins, Minister of Health and Wellness of Barbados, highlighted Barbados’ debt-for-resilience swap as a pioneering financing mechanism, with savings reinvested into health and a strong focus on NCDs. 🎙️Dr Gloria J. Balboa, Undersecretary of Health of the Philippines, mentioned the 3rd International Financing Dialogue on NCDs and Mental Health in Manila this September: “The Philippines considers the 3rd Financing Dialogue in September not only as a convening, but as a political commitment.” 🎙️Dr Natalia Linos of UNDP pointed to practical tools already available to governments, including health taxes and the WHO’s 3 by 35 Initiative, saying: “The health community has tools to finance NCDs. We have health taxes.” 🎙️Mark Barone, PhD, Founder and General Manager of the Brazilian Intersectional Forum on NCDs, reminded the room that Political Declaration targets on medicines and financial protection are not technical commitments: they are the difference between life and death. 🎙️Dr Ojo Tunde Massey Ferguson, National Coordinator of Nigeria’s National Mental Health Programme at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Nigeria, highlighted the political will needed to accelerate progress on NCDs and mental health. 🎙️James Sale, Deputy CEO of United for Global Mental Health, stressed that mental health financing must be treated as a cross-cutting issue across the whole health system, not as a siloed disease area. 🎙️Alison Cox, NCD Alliance Director of Policy and Advocacy, said financing remains the “Achilles heel” of the NCD response, with access to medicines one of the most significant barriers to equitable care. 👏 Big thanks to Senator Dr. @ConnellDr for an excellent moderation! As we look ahead to Manila, governments and partners must move from commitments to financed implementation — through domestic resource mobilisation, catalytic development assistance, access to medicines, health taxes and sustainable investment. Read more here 👉 ncdalliance.org/stories/news-b… #ActOnNCDs

Same fight, THREE years apart. Always a pleasure to meet Minister @christufton at a @who World Health Assembly meeting. The fight against NCDs presses on! 💪🏾 Jamaica 🇯🇲 has been innovative in its response. #SelflessSelfies @HealthCaribbean @SG_CARICOM @CARICOMorg

High blood pressure is a serious health risk, but it can be managed. A well-balanced diet, regular physical activity, managing stress and not smoking can keep blood pressure in a healthy range. Join us in raising awareness and building healthier communities this #AANHPIHeritageMonth.

📅 Join is TOMORROW (17 May) Be a part of the discussion on how we can translate global NCD commitments into national action to save and improve the lives of people living with NCDs. Join our event co-hosted with @worldheartfed at #WorldHeartSummit, on the sidelines of #WHA79, and let's explore together how we can shift the focus towards accountability, sustainable investment, and measurable results. The event is free of charge, but registration is required 👉ncdalliance.org/stories/events… #ActOnNCDs

Awesome panel to answer the question of how to drive political will and action!

@worldheartfed at the WHF meeting ahead of #WHA76 @WHO driving the URGENCY of CVD in political spaces to save MILLIONS of lives. Politicians have a responsibility to run the BEST leg of with the Olympic torch, even if they are not at the final destination. @christufton @miaamormottley @HealthCaribbean @ncdalliance

It's Day 1 of @biomedx1 boot camp in beautiful Barbados 🇧🇧! We're investigating novel ways to treat diabetic kidney disease here. Watch this space for updates! 💪🏾💪🏾👏🏾

What's that you say? A whole issue dedicated to Primary Aldosterone!?!? Check it out TODAY! ahajrnls.org/3LwY6Ee

RESEARCH ARTICLE: mHealth Intervention to Improve Hypertension Care in High-Risk Patients @valnp @countryside1991 @PDrawz ahajrnls.org/3Qa1avx

@_dtch_ 😂

Me and my friends ware talking about being committed to relationships…… Why it hit me that my longest committed relationship was to UWI

RESEARCH ARTICLE: Factors Associated With Discordant Blood Pressure Measures among Very Old Adults: Results From the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study @spjuraschek @patildhrumil @jenniferlcluett @MingyuZhang_ ahajrnls.org/4vhQ8Vf

It’s a return on OUR investment

#ResistantHypertension affects approximately 10% of patients treated for #hypertension and is associated with increased #cardiovascular mortality compared with controlled blood pressure. 📄 Learn more in this Review: ja.ma/47kA8aG

A guideline from the American College of Gastroenterology recommends rifabutin triple therapy or potassium-competitive acid blocker-based regimens for treatment-naive adults with #Helicobacterpylori infection unable to receive bismuth quadruple therapy. ja.ma/3NJ0zQD

REVIEW: Cuffless Devices for the Measurement of Blood Pressure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association ahajrnls.org/4l1ft0M

#NEW: His Excellency Lt. Col. The Most Hon. Jeffrey Bostic, President of Barbados names 7 Independent Senators for the Parliamentary Term 2026-2031 - Jamal Slocombe - Reverend Canon Dr John Rogers - Mary-Anne Redman - Andrew Niles - Andrew Mallalieu - Ryan Forde - Dr Kenneth Connell