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KENWYN NICHOLLS IN TT, the major disease burden is chronic noncommunicable diseases (CNCDs): heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung disease, accounting for over 62 per cent of deaths each year, three quarters occurring in people under age 70. Over half the country’s population has three or more of the risk factors common to