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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Community
Nassau, Bahamas - The National Insurance Board’s Get Well Bahamas Challenge (GWB) is gaining support from the corporate community as yet another company has partnered with NIB to fight obesity and related chronic conditions in The Bahamas. Generali Worldwide Insurance Company recently donated a cheque for almost $4,000 to secure t-shirts and pedometers for Get Well Bahamas Phase 2 which is set to benefit another 40 Bahamians beginning July 25, 2011. Alana Ingraham, Business Development Manager of Generali Worldwide said NIB should be commended for the visionary programme that provides 12 weeks of wellness coaching and personal fitness training to its participants. “We are very excited to be able to contribute to Get Well Bahamas and The National Insurance Board. This initiative is certainly one that requires applause for the visionaries because it allows Bahamian people in general to understand the importance of living well and living healthily. At Generali we believe it’s very important to eat the right foods and to exercise regularly and so we support the initiative that Get Well Bahamas has put forth,” Ms. Ingraham said. On hand for the cheque presentation, Phaedra Mackey, Vice President of Investments, NIB said the long term objective of Get Well Bahamas is to decrease the need for and expense of prescription drugs that result from a high incidence of chronic diseases in the population. “NIB was excited about the results from our Phase I of the Get Well Bahamas Programme. We’ve seen participants who have been able to reduce their reliance on medication and come of off certain medications for their chronic diseases. We want to continue the programme with our partners like Generali to ensure that every Bahamian has an opportunity to improve their health going forward,” Mrs. Mackey said. As with Phase I, the second phase of Get Well Bahamas will be implemented by health and fitness professionals Jemi Health and Wellness and Body Zone Fitness. Jan Martin-Isaacs, President of Jemi Health and Wellness said a number of changes have been made to the programme to make it even more effective this time around. For example, some new features will include more classroom style testing and visits by health coaches to participants’ homes. “We’re going to search their cupboards and refrigerators. We’re going to sit with their families. If we get the families on board initially and maintain our education not only with the participant but along with the family members we will obtain even better results,” Mrs. Martin-Isaacs said. Generali Worldwide is a wholly owned subsidiary of Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A (the Generali Group). The Generali Group, one of the largest insurers in the world, has an international presence across five continents, employs over 85,000 people and operates in some 40 markets. Generali Worldwide provides employee benefit products to companies and insures a broad range of employer groups, providing comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision and Life coverage for employees and their families all around the world. Its health plans are serviced at the local level through its representative office in Nassau, Bahamas.
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