Honduras Activate aims to reduce significantly the amount of non-communicable chronic diseases (NCCD) such as hypertension, obesity, diabetes, among others.
With the number of obesity, hypertension and diabetes cases on the rise in Latin America,[1] President Juan Orlando Hernandez decided to promote physical activity in Honduras through new parks and recreational spaces nationwide.
In commemoration of World Health Day, President Hernandez launched a new phase for the Honduras Activate program that week.
[4] Moreover, Hernandez was invited to be the Keynote speaker at a joint WHO/PAHO conference in Washington DC in September 2015, where he disclosed the goals and benefits of the program.
Due to the success of the program,[5] both organizations named Hernandez “Health Champion 2015” since he was the first Latin American president to promote these types of activity.