As part of the national strategy to reduce daily salt intake, the SVG Salt-Smart Coalition in the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment will launch a national television health promotion campaign which focuses on adverse health conditions related to excessive salt intake.

The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment is recruiting volunteers, 15 years and older, throughout Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, to serve as agents in the campaign against the Aedes Aegypti mosquito and the Zika virus.

The Ministry of Health, Wellness, and the Environment will begin the recruitment of 500 young volunteers, at the beginning of the work week of 2nd August, to form part of a nationwide campaign to educate the public of potential mosquito breeding sites.

Health officials in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are on high alert in the event of a possible outbreak of Yellow Fever.