The Heart & Stroke Foundation Barbados
measures the blood pressure of
The Governor General during MM18
Lise Woodward | 19 JUN 2018
Photography credit: maymeasure.com, C.Pitt/BGIS
“In Barbados, in adults over the age of 65, more than 50% of this age group may have hypertension and, similar to international statistics, more than half of that number don’t know that they have it” (Dr Kenneth Connell, May 17th 2108, Government House, Barbados). May Measurement Month is therefore seen as a highly important initiative to raise awareness among Barbadians of the dangers of high blood pressure. Mrs Fiona Anthony, CEO of the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados (HSFB), spoke to us about their experience of MMM in Barbados.
BDF medic Lance Corporal Pierce MMM 18 Monitoring Site at Scotia Bank
At the University of the West Indies, Dr Kenneth Connell, Principal Investigator for MMM18 can be seen on the right hand-side of the table providing advice to a participant.
Governor General, Dame Sandra Mason, prepares to have her blood pressure checked by Lance Corporal Dadrian Brathwaite, while President of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados, Dr. Kenneth Connell, looks on.
The initiative received extensive media coverage around the project particularly focused on World Hypertension Day when the monitoring site was held at Government House, home of the Governor General of Barbados, Dame Sandra Mason.
Commodore (Cdre) Errington Ricardo Shurland was appointed Chief of Staff of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) on 1 September 2021. He enlisted in the BDF in February 1984 and in a military career spanning over 34 years, has served in various operational and administrative appointments.
Colonel Glyne Grannum joined the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) on 18 October 1985 and underwent career development training at the Canadian Forces Officer Candidate School, Chilliwack and the Combat Training Centre, Gagetown New Brunswick, Canada. He subsequently attended the Infantry Training Centre and the Signal Wing in Warminster, UK (PCBC and RSO Courses respectively), the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in San Remo, Italy; the Lester Pearson Canadian Peacekeeping Centre, the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College, Kingston, the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College, Toronto, the National Defence University of the People’s Liberation Army People’s Republic of China and the Centre for Hemispheric Defence Studies, National Defence University, Washington. He also attended a Defence Resources Management programme at National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Canada. In addition to being a qualified infantry officer, Col Grannum is a qualified Regimental Signals Officer and a former Operations Officer and Finance Officer of the BDF.
Colonel Banfield joined the Barbados Battalion of the South Caribbean Force in 1941 having just left the Cadet Corps at Combermere School, and was granted a commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1942. He was a Platoon Commander and a Company Commander during the war and served in Barbados, Dominica (as part of the Gale Force), St Lucia and St Vincent.
Warrant Officer Class 1 Colin Marshall is a graduate of the St Michael, and was born on the 5 November 1969 and enlisted in the Barbados Defence Force on 16 August 1994. He was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal in August 1997, Corporal in 1999, Sergeant in 2007, Color Sergeant in 2014, Warrant Officer Class Two in 2017 and Warrant Officer Class One in 2020. He was Most Outstanding Student on Junior Leadership Course in 1998, the Most Outstanding Student on Junior Non Commissioned Officer Cadre in Jamaica in 2000, best at Leadership on the Search Adviser Course in Jamaica in 2007 and the Most Outstanding Student on the Warrant Officer Course in Jamaica in 2015.
