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New Unit to Focus on Law and Health Research A new legal unit has been established at Cave Hill to help combat regional health challenges, including non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
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he Law and Health Research Unit seeks to develop a comprehensive toolbox to guide law and policymaking and assist in the identification of good-practice laws and policies for governments to adopt. The unit was launched last July and comes amid ample evidence of effective legal advocacy geared to protect the health and well-being of individuals; for example, seat belt legislation, laws to ban smoking in public spaces, and ongoing agitation for food labelling. The research unit is the brainchild of Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Law, Nicole Foster, and is supported by a six-member advisory committee that includes: Professor Simon Anderson, Director of the George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre; Justice Winston Anderson, Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and Chair
