The 1st Edition Lifestyle Medicine in the Americas Conference is set to take place from February 23 to 25, 2024, here on our picturesque island Curaçao. This highly anticipated event, organized by the Caribbean Prevention Center and Naskho, aims to address the pressing issue of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Caribbean and Latin America. The conference offers health practitioners an…
Jacqueline Hugtenburg accepted her appointment as professor by special appointment at the University of Curaçao (UoC) on April 19, 2023. For the next three years she will devote herself to this position, in the chair of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Hugtenburg is a pharmacist and associate professor at the VU Medical…
After last year’s success, the Caribbean Prevention Center is gearing up to host the Distinguished Gentlemen’s Ride again on Sunday May 21, 2023. At this event sharply dressed men take their classic and vintage style motorcycles to tour the island as a way of encouraging men to unite for men’s health. Their final stop will be at the Caribbean Prevention…
In 2009, Fundashon Prevenshon was offered by the Jacob Foundation the building at Klipstraat 11 in Otrobanda.
The housing option was offered free of charge, for a period of 10 years.
Jacob Gelt Dekker passed away in september 2019.
In 2010 a Transport Bus for the participants was donated.