Healthy Caribbean Coalition - News
April 15th - April 21st 2016 - Featured:
HCC Brings Together Regional Civil Society Organisations to Develop 2017-2021 Strategic Plan News:
Please share your planned events for World Hypertension Day; The CARPHA 61st Annual Health Research Conference to Focus on Family Health; Cancer Support Services 20th Anniversary Thanksgiving Celebration; University Diabetes Outreach Programme (UDOP) 22nd Annual International Diabetes Conference; The Cancer Society of The Bahamas Busy in May; Eat Smart For A Healthy Start’ – Focus Of UWI Students’ Health Fair; Cancer Support Services PSA Screening; Barbados Drug Service Public Lecture/panel Discussion on "Childhood Obesity - Prevention and Invention"; Alcohol: Risk Factor for Oral Cancer; Give All Families Tap Water to Fight Childhood Obesity, UK Restaurants Told; Dolmio 'Eat Occasionally' Labels Thought to Pre-empt Childhood Obesity Plan; WHO: Developed Countries Turning Against Non-State Actor Engagement Framework; Coca-Cola Paying Diet Experts to Counter Obesity Claims?; Diabetes: Can You Really Eat to Beat it?; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; NCD Alliance e-Alert more ...........
April 8th - April 14th 2016 - Featured:
World Hypertension Day is Fast Approaching News:
Please share your planned events for World Hypertension Day; Dominica Diabetes Association Shares Concerns of the Minister for Health About Childhood Obesity in Dominica; The Ministry of Health for Jamaica and the Jamaica Diabetes Association Celebrates World Health Day; Diabetes at Epidemic Level in St Kitts and Nevis; Jamaicans Encouraged to Engage in Greater Physical Activity; The Cancer Society of the Bahamas Funwalk 2016; Implementation Workshop Presentations Now Available; United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN) Strategic Plan 2016 - 2020; Harvard Study Highlights Links Between Green Space and Mental Health and NCDs; Diabetes Dilemma; National Spending on Health by Source for 184 Countries Between 2013 and 2040; Cost of Diabetes Hits 825 Billion Dollars a Year; Remarks on the Adoption of the NGO Committee Report; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; NCD Alliance e-Alert more ...........
April 1st - April 7th 2016 - Featured:
HCC Webinar: NCDs and Trade Policies: Challenges, Opportunities and Civil Society Advocacy in the Caribbean slides and recording now available News:
PAHO Celebrates World Health Day; WHO Global Report on Diabetes; WHO Diabetes Infographic; CARPHA - Diabetes: A Big Problem for Years to Come; Krystal Boyea HCC Youth4NCDs Lead, Speaks at the Geneva Press Club for World Health Day; NCDFREE Diabetes Infographic; World Health Day Zumbathon and Socarobix; The St. Vincent & the Grenadines Ministry of Health Celebrates World Health Day; Get Women Moving Campaign Launched on WHD; Haiti Youth Diabetes Camp 2016; Women And Diabetes Interactive Lecture; Dying Of Too Much Sweetness In The Caribbean; Newly Appointed Australian Ambassador to the Caribbean Community John Pilbean Pays Introductory Visit to HCC President and Executive Director; Port of Spain Evaluation: Major Results Revealed; The Sugar Conspiracy; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; NCD Alliance e-Alert more ...........
March 25th - March 31st 2016 - Featured:
HCC Webinar: Thursday 7th April 11am - NCDs and Trade Policies: Challenges, Opportunities and Civil Society Advocacy in the Caribbean News:
NCD Alliance Launches Policy Brief on Climate Change and NCDs; UN General Assembly Proclaims Decade of Action on Nutrition; Hypertensive At 50 - Blood, Salt & Tears?? Video; One Fifth of Adults Worldwide will be Obese by 2025, Predicts Study; NCD FREE Serving Up Social Impact; The Way Forward: Palliative Care Hospice Care in Barbados; Cancer Support Services 20th Anniversary; US Soda Consumption at Its Lowest Level in 30 Years; Virtual Walking, on April 6th, 10 am; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; NCD Alliance e-Alert more ...........
March 18th - March 24th 2016 - Featured:
Greater Policy Coherence across Trade and Health Ministries needed in CARICOM; HCC Supports Australia in PP Dispute News:
HCC Webinar for World Health Day; World Health Day 2016; HCC Civil Society Membership Mapping; Heart to Heart in Parliament; The APHA Global Public Health Film Festival; Fruit Juices and Smoothies Contain 'Unacceptably High' Levels of Sugar; Cancer Support Services 20th Anniversary; The World Happiness Report; Joint Initiative on Tobacco Control in the Americas; Plant Based Nutrition Conference and Expo; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; NCD Alliance e-Alert more ...........
March 11th - March 17th 2016 - Featured:
HCC Call to Action on SSB Taxation in the Caribbean; UK Chancellor George Osborne Announces Sugar Tax on Soft Drinks Industry News:
Pro Health Suriname HCC’s Newest Member Working to Change Workplace Attitudes Towards Sugar Sweetened Beverages; Study Shows Breakthrough in Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes; Launch of the PAHO Nutrient Profile Model; Cancer Prevention Recommendations; Deadly Smoke - Give Graphic Reminder that Smoking Kills; Cancer Support Services; Youth Anti-Tobacco Poster Competition 2016; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; NCD Alliance e-Alert more ...........
March 4th - March 10th 2016 - Featured:
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention through Population-wide Dietary Salt/Sodium Reduction; Call for Caribbean CSOs to endorse the PAHO/WHO Policy Statement News:
Caribbean NCD Leader on the Proposed List of New Members for the 2016-2017 GCM/NCDs Working Groups; HCC Civil Society Membership Mapping; ONE DONATION = ONE SAVED CHILD; Diabetes Association of Jamaica Urges Jamaicans to Reduce Salt Intake; Sugary Drink Companies Target Low & Middle-income Countries; St. Vincent Kickstarts their National Project Aimed at Reducing Dietary Salt Consumption Through Social Marketing; Supporting the WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity Final Report; NCD Alliance Webinar Tuesday 15 March; New Film: Delicious Urban Design; Red Dress Ball - Diamonds in the Sky; Barbados Association of Palliative Care Fundraiser; From Clinic to the Community: NCD Advocates at Asia Pacific Congress of Pediatrics; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; NCD Alliance e-Alert and Weekly Digest more ...........
February 26th - March 3rd 2016 - Featured:
One Step Closer to a Regional Social Marketing Salt Reduction Campaign; HCC Welcomes New Trade Policy Advisor, Vincent Atkins News:
Taxes on Sugar-sweetened Beverages as a Public Health Strategy: The Experience of Mexico; PAHO Defines Excess Levels of Sugar, Salt and Fat in Processed Food and Drink Products; World Cancer Research Fund International have just updated their NOURISHING policy database; Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of NCDs – Time to Accelerate Action - Implementation Workshop Video Interviews; The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Launches NCD Project; Students the Focus of Jamaica Cancer Society Anti-tobacco Forum; World Health Day 7 April 2016: Beat Diabetes; Hypertensive At 50 - Blood, Salt & Tears??; Initiative for the Promotion of Regional Public Goods 2016 Call for Proposals; The Truths and Myths of Prostate Cancer; More Than Half a Million Could Die as Climate Change Impacts Diet; Coping in My Relationships Workshop; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; NCD Alliance e-Alert and Weekly Digest more ...........
February 19th - February 25th 2016 - Featured:
Caribbean Cooperation in Health (CCH III); Civil Society Engaged in POSDEVAL Process News:
Salt Awareness Week Webinar; The Salt You Can See; NCD Alliance Strategic Plan 2016-2020 Launched; Can the Caribbean learn from our SIDS counterparts in the Pacific?; UK Undecided on Sugar Tax; Teenage Kicks - Yute Gym; World Day for Physical Activity; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; NCD Alliance e-Alert and Weekly Digest more ...........
February 12th - February 18th 2016 - Featured:
WHO/NCD Focal Points Looking Ahead to 2018; Uniting to Stop the NCD Epidemic - Time to Accelerate Action - Regional Workshop - You Can Participate News:
HCC Request for Proposals for Small Grants for Civil Society to contribute to Health Systems Strengthening Deadline EXTENDED Friday February 26th; Caribbean Cancer Alliance First Virtual Meeting of 2016; Lady Ganga - Nizla's Story; NCD FREE Bootcamp in Copenhagen; Cancer Researchers Claim 'Extraordinary Results' Using T-cell Therapy; Faculty of Medical Sciences Monthly Lecture Series: Hypertensive at 50 - Blood, Salt and Tears?; Antiguan Rowers Arrive Home After Their Race Across the Atlantic for Charity; United Nations Committee for Development Policy (UNCDP) - e-Vacancy Newsletter; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; NCD Alliance e-Alert and Weekly Digest more ...........
February 5th - February 11th 2016 - Featured:
WHO Global Meeting of National NCD Programme Directors and Managers 15th-17th February 2016 News:
HCC Request for Proposals for Small Grants for Civil Society to contribute to Health Systems Strengthening Deadline Friday February 19th; Carbonating the World: Prioritize Universal Health Coverage at the G7 Summit; Cancer Support Services Hosts its First PSA Screening for 2016; Eating Levy - Tax the Fat;CMPPA Welcomes 2016 Guest Speakers; Ministry's Statement On Diabetes Testing Strips; An Honest Soda Commercial!; For Sugar Tax Supporters, 2016 May be the Sweet Spot;Global Burden of Mental Illness Underestimated;Trade and Investment Agreements: The Threat to People’s Health; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; NCD Alliance e-Alert and Weekly Digest more ...........
January 29th - February 4th 2016 - Featured:
Climate Change, NCDs & SIDS plus HCC Request for Proposals for Small Grants for Civil Society to contribute to Health Systems Strengthening News:
World Cancer Day 2016; A Message from the HCC and the Caribbean Cancer Alliance on World Cancer Day; More from a cross the region and beyond in recognition of World Cancer Day; Evaluating the Port of Spain Declaration on NCDs: Website Launched; Multistakeholder Forum Announced for First WHO Global Meeting of National NCD Programme Directors and Managers; Japan and UNDP Kick Start US$15 Million Caribbean Climate Change Project; Study Finds Fish Stocks in Caribbean Declining Fast; JCTC in Favour of Further Increase in Tobacco Tax; Red Dress Ball - Diamonds in the Sky; Why Universal Health Coverage Indicators Must Go Green - DEADLINE MONDAY 8th FEBRUARY; HCC Welcomes The Cancer Society of the Bahamas New Programmes Coordinator; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; NCD Alliance e-Alert and Weekly Digest more ...........
January 22nd - January 28th 2016 - Featured:
The TT NCD Alliance Hosts the HCC News:
Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity Final Report; HCC Pays Courtesy Visit to IDB; First WHO Global Meeting of National NCD Programme Directors and Managers; HCC Bids Farewell to High Commissioner Ross Tysoe; A Message from Belize Cancer Society for World Cancer Day; From the The Positive Foundation in Honour of World Cancer Day; Global Initiative to Stop Cervikcal Cancer; Caribbean CARICOM Countries Show Progress in Meeting Global Hunger Targets, According to FAO Report; Doctor Warns Against Marijuana and Tobacco Mix; World Cancer Day, join us; Caribbean Research to Inform NCD Policy & Practice: Showcasing Emerging Public Health Leaders; HCC Welcomes New Chief Medical Officer of Health in Jamaica; FIC Argentina's Report 2015; Business Action on Health Awards; Women Experience Heart Attacks Differently Than Men; Women Of Color Most Affected; 48th Ten-Day International Teaching Seminar on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention; Breastfeeding: Achieving the New Normal (The Lancet)Breastfeeding: Achieving the New Normal (The Lancet); Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; NCD Alliance e-Alert and Weekly Digest more ...........
January 15th - January 21st 2016 - Featured:
National NCD Commissioners in Barbados Receive Instruments of Appointment for Another 2 Years News:
Faculty of Medical Sciences Monthly Lecture Series; Cancer Support Services PSA Testing; Mens Health Forum;
Epilepsy Society of the Caribbean; WHO GCM/NCD Virtual Global Discussion Forum Postponed until March 2016; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; 100 Seconds of Silence; 4th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research; Sweet Nightmares: A Guide to Cutting Down on Sugar; Is it finally time to tax sugary drinks?; NCD Alliance e-Alert and Weekly Digest more ...........
January 1st - January 14th 2016 - Featured:
The WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs (WHO GCM/NCD) Featuring the Belize Cancer Society and the Jamaica Cancer Society; HCC Congratulates the IAHF on their 20th Anniversary News:
Uniting to Stop the NCD Epidemic - Time to Accelerate Action - Regional Workshop; UWI Cave Hill Campus MSA Week; BNR Cancer Snapshot; WHO Paper Recommends: ‘Governance for Health’ to Achieve SDGs; World Salt Awareness Week 29th February - 6th March; Talking Hands World Cancer Day; NCD Alliance Webinar; Public Lecture; NARCCE 2016; Obesuty Forum; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Newsletter; 4th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Researchl Cervica Cancer Action News; UK Government Introduce New Alcohol Unit Guidelines; Now Supermarkets BACK a Law to Cut Sugar by 50%; Experts Call For Increase In Sugar Tax To Fight Childhood Obesity: How Much Sugar Is Too Much For Kids?; NCD Alliance e-Alert and Weekly Digest more ...........
December 11th - December 23rd 2015 - Featured:
COP21: Historic climate change agreement reached in Paris News:
The Power of International Cooperation to Tackle Noncommunicable Diseases; Special Report: Advancing Cancer Control Through Research and Cancer Registry Collaborations in the Caribbean; Heart Disease and Stroke in the Caribbean; Dominica Diabetes Association Poster on Display at the WDC Global Village; NUPW Insurance Agent Inc. Sponsor the Stanford Self-Management Programme for NCDs; HCC and All of Civil Society Cheers Philip Morris Loss on Australia's Plain Packaging; FHADIMAC Featured in Diabetic Living Magazine; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Newsletter; Technical Officer – IARC Caribbean Cancer Registry Hub; How Well Do You Know the Soda Industry?; What alcohol does to your body after the age of 40; Boston Raises Age To Buy Tobacco Products To 21; Race Across the Atlantic for Charity; CARPHA Health Research Conference Call for Papers; CD Alliance e-Alert and Weekly Digest more ...........
December 4th - December 10th 2015 - Featured:
NCD Alliance - Universal Health Coverage Day 2015: Right,
Smart, Overdue; Universal Health Day 2015 News:
HCC Launches New Partnership with IFRC; Head of the Secretariat for the WHO GCM on NCDS Acknowledges Contribution of HCC Members at the WHO GCM/NCD Dialogue Meeting; WHO GCM/NCD Virtual Global Discussion Forum From 9- 18 December 2015; Caribbean Research to Inform NCD Policy & Practice: Showcasing Emerging Public Health Leaders; Cancer Support Services Art Class Christmas Party; Congratulations to Zobida Ragbirsingh of the Diabetes Association of Trinidad & Tobago; Achieving 25 x 25 Through Civil Society Coalitions; NCD Alliance Webinar Wednesday 16 December; Commonwealth Foundation Grants Call Open; Launch of Ash Hypertension Certification for Healthcare Clinicians; FDA OKs Cooling Cap to Reduce Hair Loss from Chemotherapy; Heart & Stroke Foundation News; Obesity 'Biggest Threat to Women's Health' in England; Plain Cigarette Packaging the Battle Continues; CARPHA Health Research Conference Call for Papers; NCD Alliance e-Alert more ...........
November 27th - December 3rd 2015 - Featured:
Regional Cervical Cancer Initiatives Featured at WHO Dialogue Meeting News:
Gynaecological Cancer Unit Opens at QEH; Globe-athon in the Caribbean Video Update; Self Management for Chronic Diseases Training Continues in Barbados;Smoking Causes Cancers; What About Jerk Pork?; Caribbean Stakes Space at COP21; Heart & Stroke Foundation News; CARPHA Health Research Conference Call for Papers NEW DEADLINE; NCD Child Connect; NCDFREE Copenhagen Bootcamp Summary; UK Parliament Debates Sugary Drinks Tax; NCD Alliance e-Alert; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest more ...........
November 20th - November 26th 2015 - Featured:
World Diabetes Congress 30 November - 4 December; WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of NCDs News:
World Diabetes Walk in Antigua;NCDs and Climate Change; Dominica SSB Tax Highlighted in Updated NOURISHING Policy Database; Featuring Civil Society from the Global South - Planting the Seeds for South-South Collaboration; Remembering Mathiwos Wondu - the Birth of the Mathiwos Wondu-YeEthiopia Cancer Society/MWECS; Non-communicable Diseases in the Asia Pacific Region; Obesity: Why South Africans Need to Can Soft Drinks; FIC Argentina Receive an Award for its Research on Food Advertising for Children; The Journey of the Caribbean Catalyst Team to a Healthy Life Style - Private Sector Addressing NCDs; The Port of Spain Declaration on Non-communicable Diseases: How Far Have We Come, How Far Do We Need To Go?; The Joint 9th World Alliance for Risk Factor Surveillance (WARFS) Global Conference and 12th Americas’ Network for Chronic Disease Surveillance (AMNET) Conference; Heart & Stroke Foundation News;Race Across the Atlantic for Charity; Let’s Stop Sugar-Coating the World’s Diet; HPV Vaccination: Lessons Learnt for Successful Delivery; Universal Health Coverage Day 2015 Add Your Voice; NCD Alliance e-Alert more ...........
November 13th - November 19th 2015 - Featured:
Sharjah Declaration Adopted at Global NCD Alliance Forum 2015 and Also at the Global NCD Alliance Forum: American Cancer Society “Meet the Targets” Communications & Advocacy Workshop; Caribbean Youth NCD Advocate Calls for Greater Engagement of Young People and Calls on Youth to Join the NCD Movement And Make ‘A Little Noise!'; Advancing Effective Multisectoral Action for NCDs News:
Student Leaders Forum on Tobacco Advertising Promotion and Sponsorship (TAPS); A Busy Time for Cancer Support Services; Balloon Fight Against Cancer; HCC Member Speaks at UN Womens's Conference; Chronic Disease in the Caribbean: Strategies to Respond to the Public Health Challenge in the Region - What Can We Learn from Jamaica’s Experience?; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; Please Follow Us and Our Members on Social Media; WHO GCM Accepting Nominations for Members of the 2016-2017 Working Groups; Call for Papers For CCS 2016 Barbados; CARPHA Health Research Conference Call for Papers more ...........
October 30th - November 5th 2015 - Featured:
NCD Civil Society Community Come Together for the First Time Next Week November 13-15th in Sharjah, UAE - 2030 Agenda and Commonwealth Secretariat Supporting Strengthening of National NCD Commissions in the Caribbean News:
Antigua & Barbuda NCD Awareness; Antigua & Barbuda NCD Awareness; Improving Health Through Better Governance – Strengthening the Governance of Diet and Nutrition Partnerships for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases; CaveHill Medical Students' Association 21 Day Health Challenge; Lung Cancer Awareness Lecture; SPECTRE - James Bond Movie Premiere Fundraiser; Building Capacity in Chronic Disease Self-Management; "Waisting Away" Workshop; Keep the Culture Cut the Fat; WHO GCM Accepting Nominations for Members of the 2016-2017 Working Groups' WHO Newsletter Briefing on Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs and the UN Interagency Task Force on NCDs; Approaches to Establishing Country-level, Multisectoral Coordination Mechanisms for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases; Berkeley Evaluation of Soda Tax (BEST) Study Preliminary Findings; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; The Things Most Likely to Kill You in the UK; The World Report on Ageing and Health: a Policy Framework for Healthy Ageing; Call for Participants for the Dialogue on Mobilizing International Cooperation on NCDs Organized by the WHO GCM/NCD; Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research - Call for Abstracts and Proposals for Organized Sessions; NCD Alliance e-Alert more ...........
October 23rd - October 29th 2015 - Featured:
HCC Commends Mexican Congress as it Votes to Keep Sugar Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Tax News:
Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre Movember - Changing the Face of Men's Health; 30th Anniversary Lecture for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados; Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre Fundraising Run; World Diabetes Day - The Barbados Diabetes Association; What's Poisoning Martinique's Men?; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development NCD Alliance Advocacy Materials; Processed Meat Like Bacon Linked to Cancer, Red Meat Deemed Risky Too: WHO; Sustainable Financing: the Achilles Heel of the Non-Communicable Diseases Response; Regional Contributions of Six Preventable Risk Factors to Achieving the 25 × 25 Non-communicable Disease Mortality Reduction Target: a Modelling Study; CARPHA Health Research Conference Call for Papers; Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity; NCD
Alliance e-Alert more ...........
October 16th - October 22nd 2015 - Featured:
Sugar Reduction The evidence for Action News:
Health Disparities Conference Stresses Importance of Community-Partnered Research; Free Lecture "Stroke Through The Ages, Obesity Epidemic – We Need Much More Action; CARPHA Health Research Conference Call for Papers; Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity; Dominican Republic Hosts the Second Caribbean Oral Health Summit; Submit Your Abstract NOW!; WHF Member News; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; NCD Alliance e-Alert; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest more ...........
October 9th - October 15th - Featured:
Free Blood Pressure Screening in Jamaica and mHealth in the Caribbean News:
GSHTP Barbados Pilot 1-Year Evaluation; Pioneers; #NCDAForum2015: Strengthening civil society response to NCDs; Cervical Cancer Awareness Campaign Launched; Pink Phit and Phabulous Walkathon in St. Maarten; BNR-C Annual Report - Retrospective but Timely; National Institutes of Health Funding Opportunity; Joint Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Society of Endoscopic Surgeons & the Caribbean Obesity Society; CARPHA Health Research Conference Call for Papers; International Stroke Day Workshop; Management of Female Genital System Cancers; Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity; NCD Alliance Webinar - Wednesday 21 October; Featuring Civil Society from the Global South; 9th WARFS Global Conference; The Life Course Approach to Preventing NCDs; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; NCD Alliance e-Alert; GBCHealth News more ...........
October 2nd - October 8th - Featured:
Project 'Teenage Kicks' and mHealth in the Caribbean News:
Positive Foundation Successful Start to Breast Cancer Awareness Month in St. Maarten; More than Ten Thousand in Barbados Breast Cancer Awareness Walk/Run; Bahamas 11th Annual Stride for Life Walk; Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity; NCD Alliance Webinar - Wednesday 21 October; Arnott Cato Foundation Lectures; Manage Me, Manage NCD; Don’t Take your Health Like a Grain of Salt; 9th WARFS Global Conference; It’s official: Every state in America is too fat; Featuring Civil Society from the Global South; Six-year-old Mario is Having His Teeth Pulled; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; NCD Alliance e-Alert; From the NCDA Weekly Digest more ...........
September 25th - October 1st - Featured:
Formation of the Caribbean Salt Smart Coalition (CSSC) and PAHO SALTSMART CONSORTIUM Tackles Social Marketing for Dietary Salt Reduction in the Caribbean News:
Images from the Historic UN Summit for the Adoption of the Post 2015 Agenda, September 25-27, 2015; 2030 Agenda Adopted: Action on NCDs for a Sustainable Future; An Extraordinary Week for Women & NCDs at the UN; Private Sector Joins Forces with Civil Society to Address the SDGs; Trinidad & Tobago Cancer Society Ready for Breast Cancer Awareness Month; Why do we buy the food we buy?; Diabetes Can Affect Anyone; The Primary School that Makes Every Pupil Run a MILE a Day in Drive to Cut Childhood Obesity; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; NCD Alliance e-Alert more ...........
September 18th - September 24th - Featured:
Adoption of Agenda 2030: A Major Victory for NCDs and Healthy Caribbean Coalition Releases Reports on Partnerships for Prevention and Control of NCDs News:
Preparing the Region of the Americas to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goal on Health; Reaching Out to a Sister in Need; Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control Responds to Carreras Article; Keep on Walking!; Guess Who You Can Share a Coke With?; Only 1 Week Left to Buy Your Raffle Ticket; Gearing Up for Breast Cancer Awareness 2015; How Much Sugar is there in Your Breakfast?; NCDFREE Film Launch: Sowing Seeds; CARPHA Health Research Conference Call for Papers; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; NCD Alliance e-Alert; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest more ...........
September 4th - September 10th - Featured:
CARPHA Caribbean Wellness Day Message; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados CONDEMNS Tobacco Advertisement in the Barbados Advocate; Gobe-athon 2015 News:
PAHO Multistakeholder Team on CVD Prevention through Dietary Salt Reduction Meets to Discuss Progress and Next Steps; WHO Web-based Public Consultation - Deadline Sept 15, 2015; CANDI Caribbean Wellness Day Message 2015; Belize Cancer Society Receives $185,000; Rethink Your Drink; Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre Cervical Cancer Film; Barbados Health of the Nation Report in the News; Cancer Patients, Survivors and Doctors Spread Awareness at West Indian Day Parade in New York; PAHO, OAS and ECLAC Call on Countries of the Americas to Support Convention to Protect the Rights of Older Adults; New World Heart Day Website Now Available; CARPHA Health Research Conference Call for Papers; World Heart Federation Emerging Leaders Program; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; The Cancer Society of the Bahamas Annual Walk; Inaugural Celebration of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day in Barbados; At the Heart of it: Innovation and Scale in Hypertension Management in Low-and middle-income Countries; NCD Alliance e-Alert; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest more ...........
August 28th - September 3rd - Featured: Civil Society Leading the Way in Self Management for Chronic Diseases
News: Belize Cancer Society Cervical Cancer PSA; Outstanding Lecture Presentation by Dr. Godfrey Xuereb PAHO/WHO Representative Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries; Creating Dialogue, Making NCD Civil Society Stronger; UHC Day 2015 - Event Funding Opportunity; Ultra-processed Foods are Driving the Obesity Epidemic in Latin America, Says New PAHO/WHO Report; The Effect of Taxes on Sugar Sweetened Beverages on Consumption and Health Must be Monitored; The War Over Soda: New Study Finds Link Between Carbonated Drinks, Higher Risk of Heart Attacks; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; CDA 2015 - Advance Registration Closes September 30; Junk Food Retailers Banned from NHS Hospitals; WHO Web-based Public Consultation; NCD Alliance Webinar; US health watchdog to take legal action against e-cigarette makers; NCD Alliance e-Alert more ...........
August 21st - August 27th - Featured:
GSHTP Changing Culture of Hypertension Management News:
Diabetes Association of Barbados; Post-2015 Development Agenda Summit; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; Sugar Sweetened Beverage Taxes - The Rudd Report; Big Soda vs. Public Health; WHO Web-based Public Consultation; Scientist-Survivor Program at the Science of Cancer Health Disparities Conference; NCD Alliance Webinar; Blood Test Detects Cancer Relaps; NCD Alliance e-Alert more ...........
August 14th - August 20th - Featured:
…Towards a Trinidad and Tobago NCD Alliance; Dr Rohan Maharaj HCC Alcohol Policy Adviser News:
Teenage Kicks Project; Barbados Health of the Nation Report; Civil Society Registration for UN Summit Now Open; Gearing Up for Globeathon 2015 in the Caribbean; WHO Web-based Public Consultation; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; The Next Chapter for Women and Children; New International Study Reveals Dangerously High Levels of Salt in Children’s Meals and Calls for Global Action NOW; Relationship Between Salt Consumption and Blood Pressure; The African Caribbean Cancer Consortium (AC3) Participates in a United National Initiative; NCDFREE Celebrates Smash Hit Year for Summer School; Daily Glass of Wine Raises Risk of Breast Cancer in Women; NCD Alliance e-Alert; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest more ...........
August 7th - August 13th - Featured:
Taxes to be Increased on Alcohol, Cigarettes and High Sugar Foods in Dominica; New Healthy Caribbean Coalition Team Member to Help Deliver the Message on NCD Progress News:
Project HOPE Making a Difference in the Lives of Caribbean People; New Statistics on NCDs; Systematic Review Author Training Workshop; WHO Web-based Public Consultation; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; Revealed - the Shocking Amount of Sugar 'Hiding' in Your Soft Drink; Coca-Cola Funds Scientists Who Shift Blame for Obesity Away From Bad Diets; NCD Alliance e-Alert; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest more ...........
July 31st - August 6th - Featured:
Who in the World Drinks the Most Sugary Beverages? News:
Member States in New York Agree Post-2015 Development Agenda, Including a Standalone Target on NCDs; Jamaica Cancer Society A Charity Tea & Art Affair; Jamaica: Tackling Obesity; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; A Quarterly Update of American Cancer Society Global Health Programs and Activities; Transforming Our World by 2030; World Heart Day 2015 Toolkit now Available; World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health 2016; 2016 World Cancer Congress; The 46th Union World Conference on Lung Health 2015; NCD Alliance e-Alert; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest more ...........
July 24th - July 30th - Featured:
Burger King Lists Nutritional Data of Food Items News:
Dr. George Highlights Community-based Approach in Diabetes Fight; Health-related Food Taxes and Subsidies: A Critique of Opposition Arguments; 10 Cancers Linked to being overweight or obese; Erectile Dysfunction: A Marker for Heart Disease; Diabetes Association of Barbados Host Market Day; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest; Time for Global Action 2015; Obesity and NCDs in the News in UK; The 46th Union World Conference; Cigarette Smoke Affects Your Body; NCD Alliance e-Alert more ...........
July 17th - July 23rd - News:
Jamaica Facing an Obesity Crisis; Health Professionals to Get Better Training; Heart & Stroke FOundation of Barbados News; Cancer Support Services Conference 2015; CARPHA launches EvIDeNCe; Dr Alessandro Demaio co-founder of NCDFREE on obesity, health and freedom of choice; Final Push for Health and NCDs in Post-2015 Negotiations; School Ban on Sodas, Sweet Snacks Working; NCD Alliance Survey; Connecting Diabetes Professionals Worldwide; NCD ALliance News more ...........
July 10th - July 16th - Featured:
HCC Signs MOU for 3 More Years With Sagicor Life Barbados News:
Excise Tax on Sweetened Beverages a Positive Move for the Country; British Medical Association is to Demand a 20 Percent Tax on Sugary Drinks; Transforming Our World by 2030: A New Agenda For Global Action; U.S. Chamber of Commerce Fights Life-Saving Measures; 135 Diabetes Amputations Every Week in the UK: Obesity Blamed for 17% Rise in Operations; Heart & Stroke FOundation of Barbados News; Virtual Communities of Practice: Can They Support the Prevention Agenda in Public Health?; Climate and NCDs: let’s talk; NCD Alliance Webinar; NCD ALliance News; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest more ...........
July 3rd - July 9th - Featured:
HCC Urges Heads of Government of CARICOM to Prioritise NCDs News:
Tackling Hypertension - Building Social Marketing Capacity around Salt Reduction; Transforming Our World by 2030: A New Agenda For Global Action; The Trinidad and Tobago Cancer Society is celebrating 10 years of hosting the Family Day Fundraiser; 11+ Students Certified in CPR Delivery; President’s Address from Cancer Support Services Annual Conference 2015; Jamaica Cited as One of the Countries that the US Chamber of Commerce Lobbied for the Tobacco Industry; CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoking; The WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2015; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Responds to Sweetened Drinks Tax; Lessons in Change: The Mexico Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax; Sugary drinks linked to 180,000 deaths a year, study says; Youth Violence Can Lead to Mental Health Problems and Increased Health Risk Behaviours, Such as Smoking, Alcohol and Drug Use; Ministry Wants Reduction in Consumption of Alcohol more ...........
June 19th - June 25th - Featured:
Caribbean Leaders Sound Off on Why NCDs are Important to the Private Sector; Second Meeting of the WHO GCM/NCD Working Group (WG) on How to Realize Governments’ Commitments to Engage With the Private Sector for the Prevention and Control of NCDs News:
I'd Like to Teach the World about what Sugar Did to Me!; Time for Global Action 2015; Warning: Soda May Be Bad for Your Health; Prudent Ways to Fight Childhood Obesity; The Importance role of Taxation on Sugar Sweetened Beverages; 21st Medical Update & Research Conference; NCDFREE - New Short Film, Food for Thought; Special Issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health on Women’s Health; To Cut Teen Smoking, Raise Tobacco Sales Age; Can the sustainable development goals reduce the burden of nutrition-related non-communicable diseases without truly addressing major food system reforms?; NCD Alliance News more ...........
June 12th - June 18th - Featured:
HCC Applauds the Government of Barbados' New Tax on Sugar Sweetened Beverages and The HCC Welcome Newest ‘Champion’, Mrs. Nicole Foster News:
Dominica Diabetes Association Reaching Communities; F.D.A. Sets 2018 Deadline to Rid Foods of Trans Fats; Eradication of Cervical Cancer; Evaluating Quantitative/Qualitative Issues in Physical Activity in Jamaica; CARPHA Conference 2015; HSFB Soccerama; Public Lecture Series Issues; Tracking universal health coverage: First global monitoring report; SDGs and the private sector: Creating a win-win scenario more ...........
June 5th - June 11th - Featured:
Healthy Caribbean Coalition Meetings June 4-6th 2015 News:
HCC Represents the Voice of Civil Society at the PAHO Forum of Key Stakeholders on NCDs: Advancing the NCD Agenda in the Caribbean; Protecting Our Right to Health is the Basis for a New Direction in Latin America and the Caribbean; Advocating for a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax; Jamaica: United Way charity under pressure over tobacco industry links; Near-ban Coming on Trans Fats in Processed Foods; NCD Alliance Webinar *CHANGE OF DATE*; Fathers Day 21 June - Do something different ...; The KeLaHa Projects' Cervical Cancer Programs; NCD Alliance E-Alert; The 2016 World Cancer Congress call for sessions is open!; NYC Officials Want High-sodium Warning on Menus; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest more ...........
May 29th - June 4th - Featured:
'You’re the target…Say No to Tobacco' News:
Heart Foundation of Jamaica Gets Grant to Help Reduce Tobacco Use; NCD Child Call to Action on NCDs, Child Survival, and Child Health; Cancer Support Services PSA Testing; The First Annual Multidisciplinary Diabetes Conference; Hymns My Mother Taught Me; NCD Alliance Webinar Wednesday 17th June; NCD Alliance E-Alert; Jamaica Cancer Society Relay for Life; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Soccerama; Cancer Support Services Conference 2015; New Kids Diabetes App; Cancer drug combination 'shrinks 60% of melanomas more ...........
May 22nd - May 28th - Featured:
The Jamaican Coalition for Tobacco Control (JCTC) Supports the Ministry of Health as it Continues it's No Smoking Crusade News:
World No Tobacco Day 2015; PAHO urges member countries to ratify new protocol on illicit tobacco; Opinion: Tobacco Taxes Too Effective to Overlook in Financing for Development; CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP INPUT
TOBACCO CONTROL ADVOCACY; 68th World Health Assembly; The First Annual Multidisciplinary Diabetes Conference; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Soccerama; Cancer Support Services Conference 2015;
Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Newsletter; NCD Alliance E-Alert; Caribbean Nutrition Day - June 1, 2015; CVD and the Development Agenda: Advocacy Toolkit; World Cancer Research Fund International more ...........
May 15th - May 21st - Featured:
HCC to Host Three Important Regional NCD Meetings News:
Heart Foundation of Jamaica Hosts Go Red for Women High Tea event; CDC’s Response for Global Hypertension Control; Philip Morris International Files Suit Against Standardized Packaging Regulations in the UK; CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP INPUT TOBACCO CONTROL ADVOCACY; Blu Barbados a Fundraising Event for the Diabetes Association of Barbados; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados News; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Soccerama; NCD Alliance at the 68th World Health Assembly; Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health; IDF launches WDD 2015 campaign at WHA side event; Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva; Special Research Article on Health Policy: How Can We Strengthen Governance of Non-communicable Diseases in Pacific Island Countries and Territories?; Curbing global sugar consumption *CORRECTION*; NCD Alliance Weekly Digest more ...........
May 8th - May 14th - Featured: NCD Alliance Annual Report 2014-2015 launched plus Cultivating a Culture of Youth-led NCD Advocacy in the Caribbean News:
Caribbean Cancer Control Leadership Forum; World Health + Social Good; Slides & Recording of the 3rd Caribapan Webinar Now Available; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest News; CARPHA: Food Safety: More than just a Health Threat; The Art Programme at Cancer Support Services; Lifestle the newsletter of the Castle Bruce Health District Dominica; Research on food system policies and market innovations for non-communicable disease prevention; World Hypertension Day 2015; Palliative Care Canadian Medical Association’s National Call to Action; CARPHA
Conference; The HCC is seeking a consultant; NCD Alliance News more ...........
May 1st - May 7th - Featured: CARIBAPAN WEBINAR MAY 14th News:
The HCC is seeking a consultant; Cancer Control Leadership Forum; The launching of the first foot clinic in Haiti; Support Young Stroke Survivor; Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis Launches “Greening” of CARPHA; Jamaica Cancer Society Launches Celebrations with Lecture; Health Ministry Lauds Jamaica Cancer Society for Continued Partnership; World Hypertension Day 2015; The Pearls and the Myths of Cancer; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Latest News; JIPA-sponsored CME Neurological Symposium has Full House on TBI and Stroke Rehabilitation; A Funny, Touching, Warm, Inspiring, Informative, Frank, Entertaining Play About Prostate Cancer; 31 ways to Self Care Leading to Overall Wellness; World Heart Federation News; Salt Reduction Articles; Research Capacity-Building Workshop; CARPHA Conference; NCD Alliance News more ...........
April 24th - April 30th - Featured: FHADIMAC Launches the first Diabetic Foot Clinic in Haiti News:
United Nations Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) on the Prevention and Control of NCDs in Barbados; Food Revolution Day 2015: Join the campaign!; Globe-athon to End Women's Cancers 2014; The World Heart Federation's Vision for Worldwide Cardiovascular Disease Prevention; Exciting Opportunity with the HCC;
New Report Shows Youth are Key to Tackling Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Africa; Curacao Heart Foundation BLS, CPR & AED Courses; Heartsavers CPR & AED May 29th 2015; Research Capacity-Building Workshop; CARIBAPAN Webinar; CSS Conference 2015; NCDFREE Comedy Part 7; CARPHA Conference; NCD Alliance News more ...........
April 17th - April 23rd - Featured: HCC and FHADIMAC Empowering Haitian Communities to Reduce High Blood Pressure News:
HCC President is a Member of New High Level Policy Advisory Group; Healthy Executive Director!; Pre Diabetics & Diabetics: Ask Your Doctor For An A1C Blood Test; CARIBAPAN Webinar; All in for Alcohol Awareness; Powdered Alcohol Could be Banned in US States Before it Hits Shelves; CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP INPUT, TOBACCO CONTROL ADVOCACY; Better birthing in BIM; Yes She Can Motivational Videos; Solving the Obesity Crisis: Knowledge, Nudge or Nanny?; The 5th Annual Oxford London Lecture; NCDFREE Sydney Boot Camp; CSPI-Canada Webinar: Nutrition Labelling for Public Health Impact; NCD Alliance News more ...........
April 10th - April 16th - Featured: HCC and the Lions Club Kingstown SVG Empowering Communities to Reduce High Blood Pressure News:
HCC President is a Member of New High Level Policy Advisory Group; Healthy Executive Director!; Pre Diabetics & Diabetics: Ask Your Doctor For An A1C Blood Test; CARPHA Conference 2015; CARIBAPAN Webinar- Dr Maristela G. Monteiro; All in for Alcohol Awareness; Powdered Alcohol Could be Banned in US States Before it Hits Shelves; CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP INPUT TOBACCO CONTROL ADVOCACY; Better birthing in BIM; Yes She Can Motivational Videos; Solving the Obesity Crisis: Knowledge, Nudge or Nanny? NCDFREE Sydney Boot Camp; CSPI-Canada Webinar: Nutrition Labelling for Public Health Impact; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest; NCD Alliance News more ...........
April 3rd - April 9th - Featured: Global Health Leaders Applaud the Government of Jamaica’s Tobacco Control Efforts News:
Oral Cancer Is No Joke; CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP INPUT
TOBACCO CONTROL ADVOCACY; NCDs, Child Survival & Development for Health; Better Birthing In Bim Present a Public screening and panel discussion of MICROBIRTH- the Documentary; WHO/USAID/World Bank Public Consultation; Dementia and NCDs: Shared risk factors, shared solutions; NCD Alliance NCDs and Dementia; World Cancer Day 2015 Report; The global south has free trade to thank for its obesity and diabetes epidemic; Infographic - Avoid the Consequences of High Blood Pressure; Short people's 'DNA linked to increased heart risk'; March Issue of Diabetes Voice; Breast cancer risk test devised in 77-gene analysis; NCD Alliance News more ...........
March 27th - April 2nd - Featured: HCC and the Dominica Diabetes Association Empowering communities to reduce high blood pressure News:
Commonwealth Secretariat Deputy Secretary-General and HCC discuss shared vision for accelerated NCD Policy in the region; 30 Miles in 30 Days; HCC New Member - Better Birthing in Bim; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Weekly; Cancer Support Services Lecture 2015; Caribbean Gynecologic Cancer Society; The Jamaica Cancer Society Launches 2015 Relay For Life; CVD Roadmaps; How Safe is Your Food - World Health Day 2015; NCDFREE COMEDY: Part 6; CSS Annual Conference 2015; E-Cigarette Health Scare Erupts as Officials Highlight "Serious" Cancer Risk of Vaping; NCD Alliance News more ...........
March 20th - March 26th - Featured: HCC and the Heart Foundation of Jamaica Empowering Communities to Reduce High Blood Pressure News:
Global Standardized Hypertension Treatment Project – Scaling Up!; Prof. Corne Van Walbeek Undertakes Economic Impact Study for Adopting Stronger Tobacco Tax Measures in Jamaica; CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP INPUT - TOBACCO CONTROL ADVOCACY; CARIBAPAN Webinar: Conflicts of Interest Related to Alcohol Policy: What Can be Done?; HSFB Latest News; JCS and the JCTC Poster Competition;
Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS) Tobacco Advertising Promotion & Sponsorship (TAPS) Petition Launched; Declarations of the 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health; CSS Annual Conference 20 NCD Alliance News more ...........
March 13th - March 19th - Featured: Caribbean Civil Society Commits to playing their role in Health Systems Strengthening; Caribbean Civil Society Health Systems Strengthening Meeting Report News:
Caribbean Presence at the 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health; JCTC 'Protecting the Health of Jamaicans; The Tobacco Atlas; Policy Brief: Quality of Care; HCC New Members: IFMSA-Grenada and World Cancer Research Fund International; Escape the Sneaky Salt!; Webinar: Salt Smart Americas; NCDFREE Launches Long Lunches; Nutrition & Non-communicable Diseases; How much sugar are you eating?; NCD Allinace News; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest more ...........
March 6th - March 12th - Featured: Australian Government and the HCC collaborate to Address Hypertension in the Caribbean News:
Sir George Alleyne, HCC Patron, Talks Secondary Prevention and the role of Civil Society; HCC President meets Barbados Ambassador Designate to the UN; The HCC Commends Hon Min Ferguson of Jamaica for his Bold Leadership in the face of the Tobacco Industry; 14 Percent tax increase on cigarettes in Jamaica; Yes She Can; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Newsletter; 17 March 2015. Webinar Salt Smart Americas; Promoting Healthy Weights in the Caribbean: Safeguarding our Future Development
CARPHA; This year again, FHADIMAC will be hosting their annual "Camp de l'Amitié"; Shaping the Future for Healthy Women, Children & Adolescents; Stakeholder briefing on Health Measurement in a Post-2015 Environment; Major Victory for Public Health in the UK; NCD Alliance News; 15 Facts About the Food You Eat more ...........
February 27th - March 5th - Featured: Make It Happen is the 2015 theme for International Womens Day 2015 News:
The Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control (JCTC) Supports the Health Ministry Assessing the Economic Impact of Tobacco Control; CARICOM Hosting Side Event at UN HQ; NCDs are the leading cause of mortality worldwide; mHealth transforms healthcare delivery around the world; Global Diabetes Scorecard - Check the scores now; 17 March 2015. Webinar Salt Smart Americas; NCD Alliance Advocacy Toolkit; NCDFREE Comedy: Part 5; Death by Chocolate: The Sugar-fueled Diabetes Surge in South Asia; Join the WCRD 2015 ‘Thunderclap’ CSW59: NCD Alliance News; 15 Cancer Symptoms Men Often Ignore more ...........
February 20th - February 26th - Featured: Commonwealth Secretariat in Partnership with HCC to Strengthen Multisectoral Response to NCDs in the Caribbean & Women’s Health an Ongoing Priority for HCC Members News:
Cassava - A Healthy and Economically Viable Alternative; NCD Alliance Advocacy Toolkit; Heather Reneau - A Retrospective Reflection; CostULess Customers Give to Cayman Islands Cancer Society; Belize Cancer Society Support Group Activity; Call for applications; HCC Welcomes it's Newest Member; Forthcoming Events from Across the Region; Dietary Quality Among Men and Women in 187 Countries in 1990 and 2010: a Systematic Assessment; Food policy highlights from around the world; Join the WCRD 2015 ‘Thunderclap’; NCD Alliance Webinar - Wednesday 4th March; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest more ...........
February 13th - February 19th - Featured: HCC Represented on WHO/GCM/NCD Working Group & HCC Applauds the Suriname Ministry of Health Worksite Wellness Initiative News:
Barbados Heart & Stroke Foundation Red Dress Gala; (CICS) PARTNER WITH LOCAL FIRE CREW; Barbados Hash Harriers Red Dress Run Fundraiser; KeLaHa Projects Foundation Cervical Cancer PSA; Forthcoming Events from Across the Region; BNR Cancer Snapshot; The Lancet Obesity Series 2015; How can governments support healthy food preferences?;NCDFREE COMEDY Part 4; 18-minute Smack-down on Philip Morris International; Make a #NotAReplacement Selfie Statement; NCD Alliance Webinar - Wednesday 4th March; Cervical Cancer Action Newsletter; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest more ...........
February 6th - February 12th - Featured: Childhood Obesity - From Data to Action News:
Ministry of Health Guyana - Dedicated NCD Website; Jamaican Cancer Society 60th Anniversary; Webinar on Successful Global Strategies for Hypertension Prevention, Treatment and Control; NCDFREE Bootcamp
Nominatio; #loveyourheart2015#loveyourheart2015; Defeating Cancer, the 'Evil Genius' Health Promotion Unit Ministry of Health Barbados; Abstract Submission Now Open; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest. more ...........
January 30th - February 5th - Featured: Launch of the Barbados Strategic Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2015-2019; NCD Commission Steps Forward with ‘Action Plan’ News:
CARPHA Observes World Cancer Day 2015; Jamaica Cancer Society; Breast Cancer Screening & Early Detection Webinar; Go Red for Women Valentines Day Fundraisers; Global Cancer Advocacy Training; Major Milestones for NGOs; How Fat is YOUR Country - and Which Nations Have the Highest Obesity Rates?; Health Watch; NCDFREE COMEDY: Part 3; Health Promotion Unit Ministry of Health Barbados; Barbadians Warned to Take Care Against DVT; "Caring for the Needs in Our Community" A PUBLIC LECTURE; 24th Caribbean Dermatology Conference 2015; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest more ...........
January 23rd - January 29th - Featured:
VIA and Cryotherapy training at BFLA in Belize City News:
Gleaner Honour Awards - Jamaica Cancer Society: For Health And Wellness; Go Red for Women 2015; World Cancer Day 2015: #NotBeyondUs; Breast Cancer Screening and Early Detection Seminar/Webinar to Commemorate World Cancer Day; Gamers Used In Search For Cancer Cure; The Caribbean College of Family Physicians Scientific Conference; Virtual Course on How to Effectively Address Non Communicable Diseases in the 21st Century; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
January 16th - January 22nd - Featured: HCC at American Cancer Society Leadership Summit News:
The Emerging Crisis: Noncommunicable Diseases; The New Global Status Report on NCDs The New Global Status Report on NCDs; British High Commission donates to Barbados Cancer Society; Womens Island Cricket; NCDFREE Comedy: Part 2; CARES 2015 Symposium - Endocrine Issues in Pregancy and the Perinatal Period; World Cancer Day World Cancer Day is less than two weeks away!; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
January 9th - January 15th - Featured: Final Month of Caribbean Cervical Cancer E-petition (CCCEP) News:
Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use; Post-2015 Negotiations: Civil Society Forum; Kids and Diabetes in School (KiDS) Kids and Diabetes in School (KiDS); Glocalizing’ Solutions for the Rising Chronic Disease Epidemic; Breast Cancer Screening and Early Detection Seminar/Webinar to Commemorate World Cancer Day; Inactivity 'kills more than obesity' Inactivity 'kills more than obesity'; NCD Alliance Webinar; Cervical Cancer Action webinar on the new WHO "pink book" on cervical cancer prevention and control; E-cigarette Debate; A New Test for Earlier Diagnosis of Lung Cancer?; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
January 1st - January 8th - Featured: Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ)/Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control (JCTC) receives Bloomberg Initiative Grant News:
Achieving Health Equity in Barbados: Setting Priorities for Change research symposium; NCDFREE Comedy: Part 1; HPV Flash - Cervical Cancer Action coalition; NCD Alliance Webinar; Cervical Cancer Action webinar on the new WHO "pink book" on cervical cancer prevention and control; Make Someone Happy - Anti-commercial; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
December 11th - December 18th - Featured: Medtronic’s Bakken Invitation - Live On Give On News:
Work Under Way to Create Coalition for Tobacco Control; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; A Gallery from the AC3 Meeting; Childhood Overweight (Infographic); NCDFREE London Bootcamp; The Eat for Goals!; Cervical Cancer Action News Brief; UK Shift Workers Face Obesity, Diabetes, Mental Health Disorders; Alcohol, Food and the Holidays; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
December 6th - December 11th - Featured: Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Leading on Tobacco Control Coalition News:
Universal Health Coverage Day Universal Health Coverage Day is Here!; HCC NCD Advocacy Priorities for 2015; A Record-breaking 2014 World Cancer Congress; World Cancer Congress gallery; We Need Your Help; At ICN2, Civil Society Charts Alternative Path to Nutrition Based on Food Sovereignty; Population Services International (PSI) Social Marketing for NCD Prevention Training;Countries Pledge Action to Reduce Child Obesity in the Americas; Strokes Found Rising in Pregnant WomenStrokes Found Rising in Pregnant Women; Cigarettes Cause One-Third of U.S. Cancer Deaths; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; NCD Alliance Webinar Wednesday 17th December; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
November 28th - December 5th - Featured: HCC Director Laura Tucker Longsworth at the World Cancer Congress News:
Heartbeat International of T&T has become the most active Heart Centre; NCDs in LMICs: A global health crisis, says Council of Foreign Relations report; CARPHA Hosts Mortality Coding and Underlying Cause-of-Death Training Workshop; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest; World's most overweight man World's most overweight man - Keith Martin dies; Fox Chase-Temple Team Receives ACS Grant to Examine Racial Disparities in Head and Neck Cancer Patients; Foetal alcohol syndromeFoetal alcohol syndrome case dismissed by Court of Appeal; Less than a week to go to the first-ever Universal Health Coverage Day; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; NCD Alliance Webinar Wednesday 17th December; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
November 21st - November 27th - Featured: HCC Identifies new Champion to Engage Nurses Across the Caribbean News:
Cayman Islands Healthcare Conference a Big Success; Dame Billie supports IMF soft drink tax suggestion; Should there be a soft drinks tax to help combat obesity?; Two weeks – that’s all that stands between us and the first-ever Universal Health Coverage Day; Portion Sizes and Beyond; Brazilian Minister of Health: "ICN2 is an unquestionable success"; The Rome Declaration on Nutrition;WHO Nutrition Target Infographics; Funding Opportunity Announcement for Cancer Research in the Caribbean; 2014 World Cancer Congress 2014; Alcohol and the risk of breast cancer; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; NCD Alliance Webinar Wednesday 17th December; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
November 14th - November 20th - Featured: Bermuda Leading the way with Healthy Schools News:
Obesity is one of the top three social burdens generated by human beings; The ICN2 Meeting in Rome wrapped up on Nov 21st; 2014 World Cancer Congress e-Newsletter November 2014; Local manufacturing company takes the lead; Digicel pays for mammograms; Cancer Support Services PSA Testing; UNESCO Supports Initiative to “End Cervical Cancer Now”; Safeguarding Our Future Development;How Soda Destroys Your Body (INFOGRAPHIC); 3 ways the public sector can work with business to fight chronic diseases; We succeeded in raising much-needed awareness;Human papillomavirus vaccines: WHO position paper, October 2014; The risk factor – new evidence on obesity and prostate cancer; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; Nestlé to reduce salt, sugar, saturated fat content by 10% in products; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest; National Forum Meeting 2014; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
November 7th - November 13th - Featured: Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) in Rome Next week News:
Put the WORLD back in #WDD2014 #insulin4all; The Trinidad and Tobago Coalition for Tobacco Control (TTCTC) on Track; No Surprise ... Industry Says No to Proposed Soft Drink Tax in Barbados; What do you think? Tax or not? Let us know take part in our poll; Dietary Guidelines for The Brazilian Population; Burger containing 98 per cent of a woman's recommended daily calorie allowance criticised as ‘irresponsible’ by nutritionist; PM Stuart raises concerns about chronic diseases; Slides and Recording of the 2nd Caribapan Webinar Now Available; Alcohol control; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; NCD Connect, NCD Child Newsletter; Youth Voices; The Growing Price Gap between More and Less Healthy FoodsThe Growing Price Gap between More and Less Healthy Foods; New Report Highlights Impacts of Trade Agreements on Human Rights In The Pacific, Including the Right to Health and the Right to Food; National Forum Meeting 2014; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
November 1st - November 6th - Featured: HCC at the 3rd Meeting of the PAHO SaltSmart Consortium & Youth4NCDs News:
2014 World Cancer Congress, 3-6 December, Melbourne, Australia; Caribbean Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) Meeting in Dominica; PANDORA donates portion of their sales to Positive Foundation St. Maarten; Golf Tournament to raise funds for the T&T Cancer Society; CSS Prostate Specific Antigen (P.S.A. Testing); The sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP6) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC); CDC - Vital Signs Novemebr 2014 - Cervical Cancer is Preventable; World Diabetes Day 14 November 2014; Off to the right start; St. Lucia Diabetes and Hypertension Association - Diabetes Awareness Month; Let's put the WORLD back in World Diabetes Day #insulin4all; Our Face, My Face, Your Face, The Face; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; 2015 Caribbean Cardiology Conference - Abstract Submissions Now Open; From the NCD Alliance Weekly Digest; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
October 24th - October 31st - Featured: CARIBAPAN Webinar - Tuesday November 11th 2014, 10 - 11am EST News:
The 9th Caribbean Conference on National Health Financing Initiatives; The Global Asthma Report 2014; Cancer Support Services facilitate PET scan in the USA; PAHO - Plan of Action for the Prevention of Obesity in Children and Adolescents; World Health Summit 2014: did it deliver?; Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructors & Providers Course; World Diabetes Day 14 November 2014; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; The ambulance drone that could save your life; Milk might not be as good for us as we thought, study suggests; How many calories are in YOUR favourite drink?; NCDs In the News; Risk Factor News; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
October 17th - October 23rd - Featured:
HCC Caribbean Health Systems Meeting (HSS) - Creating a Roadmap for Civil Society HSS Advocacy News:
Caribbean HSS meeting shares lessons learned in NCD care; Recording of the 1st Caribapan webinar now available; The 9th Caribbean Conference on National Health Financing Initiatives; Childhood chronic disease a concern; Healthy Living Needs Global Governance; Non-smokers exposed to three times above safe levels of particles when living with smokers; Paris bans smoking in park playgrounds ;CARPHA Workshops to Strengthen the Caribbean’s Ability to Respond to Ebola; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; A Lancet open letter to member states ahead of the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2); The Secret to Healthy Ageing; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
October 10th - October 16th - Featured: Caribbean Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) Meeting in Dominica and Central Health Grenada exceeds it's CCCEP target! News:
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day; Disappointing Outcomes of Negotiations on Nutrition; Brazil Civil Society Status Report on NCDs; New Study Reveals Huge Differences in Salt Levels in the Same Iconic Food Brands in Different Countries; Belize Diabetes Association - Calendar of Events; The CDC funded Global Standardized Hypertension Treatment Project; High-Risk HPV: Cancer of Penis; The NHS is under ‘intolerable strain’NHS ‘cracking’ as admissions due to alcohol hit 10 million; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre - Breast Cancer Awareness Month Calendar of Events - UPDATED; Cayman Islands Cancer Society Breast Cancer Awareness Month; The Secret to Healthy Ageing; Sugary drinks might age you as much as smoking; Sugary drinks warning signs change habits of US teens; Public Lecture October 19, 2014; TIME: 5 – 7 pm; The effect of rate of weight loss on long-term weight management; PLOS Medicine’s Big Food Series: Shining a Spotlight on Industry’s Influence on Health; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
October 3rd - October 9th - Featured:
Dr. Jurgen Rehm Shares Strong Evidence for Alcohol Policy in the Caribbean News:
World Mental Health Day 10 October 2014; Dominicans walk for cancer; AC3 Conference October 9th - 11th; Consortium Tackles Global Cancer Disparities; Sagicor donates to Dominica Cancer Society; CIBC FirstCaribbean to assist Cancer society; Annual Cancer Remembrance Walk; JCS wages war for Breast Cancer Awareness Month; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance;Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre - Breast Cancer Awareness Month Calendar of Events; Are Your Chicken Nuggets Ruining Your Antibiotic Ointment?; Public Lecture October 19, 2014; TIME: 5
- 7 pm; Obese Youngsters May Already Be Showing Warning Signs Of Heart Disease; National Forum AGM 2014; Let’s rethink self-help models for alcohol abuse; Advertising and youth alcohol consumption; Want to Prevent Cancer: Watch your alcohol intake!; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
September 26th - October 2nd - Featured: Civil Society calls for Urgent Action on Alcohol Policy and St. Kitts & Nevis Faith Leaders Unify Against NCDs News:
NCDs in the Americas: Awareness, Access, Action; 20% of the Worlds Calories; PAHO Plan of Action for the Prevention of Obesity in Children and Adolescents; Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Positive Foundation leading the way; Cancer Society of Bahamas Stride for life 2014; Prostate Cancer Month in Jamaica; Cancer Support Services Re-Training; Cancer Support Services Annual Fundraising; WHO Salt Information Pack; Leaders to change the history of women's cancer; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; The 30th Caribbean Cardiology Conference; Cost-U-Less Partners with the Diabetes Association of Barbados; Cost-U-Less adopts primary school; Be Sickle Smart!; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
September 19th - September 25th - Featured: HCC at the 69th United Nations General Assembly and Don't let us Beat around the Bush - we have to deal with NCDs News:
St. Kitts & Nevis Faith Based Organisations Coming Together in honour of World Heart Day; NCD Alliance announces the launch of the first Global NCD Alliance Forum; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; HCC welcomes it's latest member - Colleagues in Care; Something BIG is coming next week...; Climate Change and NCDs: Two great and urgent contemporary human challenges; Tobacco Control Concern in Jamaica; CARIBAPAN Webinar - October 7th 2014, 1 - 2pm EST; AROGYA WORLD Newsletter; NCD Alliance Webinar on Wednesday 8th October; Consortium Tackles Global Cancer Disparities;
TEAL & WHITE "Ending Cervical Cancer" Charity Fundraiser; Global Food & Beverage Industry CEOs Renew Worldwide Health and Wellness Pledge NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
September 12th - September 18th - Featured: The 69th United Nations General Assembly Side Events News:
World Alzheimer's Day 2014; Trinidad & Tobago Cancer Society Calls for the Establishment of a Tobacco Control Coalition - Join the movement; Cancer Society of Bahamas Stride for life 2014; CARIBAPAN Webinar - October 7th 2014, 1-2pm EST; Pillows of Harmony Trinidad & Tobago Globeathon Walk; Cancer Support Services Globeathon Walk Barbados; Pedal for a purpose; Christine Bocus youth advocate living with an NCD;
World Heart Day 2014 - Heart Choices NOT Hard Choices; 60th Annual CARPHA Health Research Conference THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS; Best of ASCO Caribbean; NCD Alliance E-Alert; Obesity is the new smoking;
The Launch of The Lancet Series; OAS Scholarship Opportunity; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
September 5th - September 11th - Featured:
Caribbean Wellness Day News:
HCC President Calls for the Caribbbean to be a Zone of Healthy Living and Wellness; Wellness Warriors; Youth 4 NCDs; The 69th United Nations General Assembly commences September 16th - join HCC partners in promoting NCDs at the UNGA; Heart Choices NOT Hard Choices; Global Day of Action for the Right to Health on October 25th; First Jamaican Paediatric Nephrology Conference; Best of ASCO Caribbean; Cervical cancer screening petition needs more support; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; Stroke scare - Alarming rate of high blood pressure in children - it’s a potential minefield! SAVE A HEART, IT COULD BE YOUR OWN; Human rights, health policy-making and programming – A call for case study proposals; Follow up documents from the The 5th International Cancer Control Congress; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
August 29th - September 4th - Featured: Building a healthy Bahamas: combating noncommunicable diseases and Globe-athon To End Women’s Cancers News:
Youth advocate living with an NCD, presents at the Latin
American Congress of Pediatrics; The Heart Foundation of
Jamaica presents Simply Red, on September 26th; Join the HCC
in supporting the development of the NCD chapter in the
longstanding UNICEF publication Facts for Life; Alcohol
Policy News from Trinidad and Tobago; Save the date: October
7 2014, 3-4 pm - CARIBAPAN Webinar; It’s not me, it’s you;
Caribbean Wellness Day September 14, 2014; Youth 4 NCDs;
Cervical Cancer Detection and Prevention Using Visual
Inspection With Acetic Acid (VIA); The 69th United Nations
General Assembly commences September 16th - join HCC
partners in promoting NCDs at the UNGA; Social development
in SIDS, Health and NCDs, youth and women; Central Health
Grenada Cervical Cancer Broadcast; Save the date for a
meeting on NCDs in the Americas: Awareness, Access, Action; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
August 22nd - August 28th - Featured: Youth 4 NCDs and CLAN Empowering youth around NCDs! Are you NCD+? News:
NCDs: can we and should we not do better?; SIDS in Samoa; Caribbean Wellness Day September 14, 2014; Globeathon Barbados 2014; Young Health Programme - Adolescents and NCDs: Evidence generation and programme implementation to tackle risk behaviours in adolescents; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; Million Hearts® and Smoking Cessation Webinar Registration; Brazil fines PMI for using 'Be Malboro' campaign to market to youth!; Help Your Pharmacist, Help You - By: Roslyn A. Douglas, Founder of Central Health - Grenada.; BBC Health Check Cancer during pregnancy; Our most popular articles in August in case you missed them; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
August 15th - August 21st - Featured: NCDs represent symptoms of the failure of our development paradigms News:
65th Annual UN DPI / NGO Conference: 2015 and Beyond Next Week!; Cancer Support Services Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Screening Programme; Save the date for a meeting on NCDs in the Americas: Awareness, Access, Action; HPV tests: the key to universal screening for cervical cancer?; Join the Global Movement to end Women's Cancers; The NCD Commission in collaboration with the Ministry of Health invites all business leaders to celebrate Caribbean Wellness Day; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; Green Youth Innovators Contest; Why Diet and Exercise Are Not the Key to Weight Loss and Health; Save the date: October 7 2014, 3-4 pm - CARIBAPAN Webinar - The need for alcohol policy in the Caribbean; Mom fined for smoking in bar; Global Day of Action for the Right to Health on October 25th; CDA 2014 Draft Programme is out!; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
August 8th - August 14th - Featured:
Sagicor Joins forces with Globeathon 2014 - The Walk to End Women's Cancers News:
NCD Child Conference Report - "Doing What Needs To Be Done"; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; NCD Child Connect; Why do so many civil society organizations fail?; UN Have Your Say; How much does a healthy diet actually cost?; BNR Cancer Snapshot; Trends in lifetime risk and years of life lost due to diabetes; HSFB Fun Walk and Run September 27th 2014; Study identifies EU policy shift on tobacco control after massive industry lobbying; National Forum Action Update August 2014; It may be your turn to win the $10,000 travel voucher!; Aruba Heart Foundation Symposium;
NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
August 1st - August 7th - News:
Spray it AND Say it!; YHP UNGA Save the Date; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; CARPHA Health Research Conference Call for Papers; CCS Conference 2014 Happenings; Cancer Support Services hosted a Back-to-School Treat; Ban Move Awor event; Barbados Association of Palliative Care SPONSORED WALK; Globeathon Barbados 2014; Wear it PINK and Denim Day; Heart Choices NOT Hard Choices; Go Blue for Breakfast World Diabetes Day 2014; NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
July 25th - July 31st - Featured:
Jamaica Cancer Society Relay for Life Another Big Success News:
It may be your turn to win the $10,000 travel voucher!; Cancer Support Services gets donationCancer Support Services receives $2500 USD ; Improving tobacco control with plain packaging; Our most popular articles in July in case you missed them;
NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
July 18th - July 24th - Featured:
The Global Asthma Network (GAN) News:
World Heart Federation Small Steps Campaign Videos; International Diabetes Federation - Act on Diabetes NOW Video; Luther L Terry Awards; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; Putting Women and NCDs on the Agenda at the United Nations; Heart Disease Can Be Serious, Silent in Young Women;End Cervical Cancer Now; A Vasectomy May Increase Prostate Cancer Risk; Officials Focus on E-Cigarette Ads Aimed at Youths;
NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
July 11th - July 17th - Featured: CARPHA signs MOU with International Development Law Organisation News:
Public Lecture Series: Issues of Ageing; NCDFREE is coming to London!; Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Paediatric First Aid Course; Cancer Support Services Prostate Specific Antigen Testing (PSA Testing); Caribbean regional grant writing workshop; Summary: UN NCD Review; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; Cancer Support Services Annual Conference; PAHO/WHO urges countries to reduce salt intake to prevent hypertension and heart disease; Curacao Heart Foundation presents Ban Move Awor 2014;
NCD Articles on WebMD more ...........
July 4th - July 10th - Featured:
At the UN NCD Review, NYC, July 10-11, 2014 News:
Jhpiego/IPPF VIA and Cryotherapy Regional Training in Guyana; Thanks for your questions and comments during our side event yesterday; WHO - Noncommunicable diseases country profiles 2014; Caribbean Grant Writing & Scientific Peer Review Workshop; The fight to improve tobacco control in Jamaica – never give up!; UN NCD Review: Updates; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; What's an NCD?; BPW Barbados Invites you to our Health Lecture: "Caribbean Women Live Well Now! Know your Heart!" Thank you HCC - Cancer Support Services; The Annual Caribbean Cardiology Conference; NCD Child Connect; Heart Foundation of Jamaica Facebook PageThe Heart Foundation of Jamaica has a new Facebook page more ...........
June 27th - July 3rd - Featured:
UN NCD Review July 10-11, 2014, UN Headquarters New York and 382 MILLION by Krystal Boyea News:
Cancer Institute of Guyana Screening Women and Changing Lives; 2nd General Assembly of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition; CARPHA Caribbean Public Health Day Video Message; focus on diabetes; Jamaica's amended Tobacco Control Regulations have been gazetted!; Barbados Diabetes Centre Flyer; The Framework Convention Alliance (FCA) joins the NCD Alliance as a global partner; The 5th International African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium Conferenc; Consensus Statement on Sodium more ...........
June 20th - June 26th - Featured:
Caribbean Civil Society Interests Represented at the June 19th, 2014, UN Civil Society Hearing on NCDs News:
The Trinidad and Tobago Cancer Society Launches Thrift Store for 45th Anniversary; Caribbean Grant Writing & Scientific Peer Review Workshop; Men in Heels continues to raise prostate cancer awareness; Please Save the Date; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; NCD Child Connect;WHO: Daily sugar intake should be halvedWHO: Daily sugar intake 'should be halved'; Veronica: a short film on cancer, and health; Alcohol and CVD: The Tippling PointAlcohol and CVD: The Tippling Point; Global disease burden and funding – explaining the disparities; Ban new smokers, call from BMA conference; Smoking should be banned for anyone born in the UK in the 21st Century; 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health more ...........
June 13th - June 19th - Featured:
HCC Congratulates the Medical Association of Jamaica News:
UN NCD Review: NCD Alliance priorities for Outcome Document; African Caribbean Cancer Consortium (AC3) to study tobacco related cancers; The South African Non-communicable Diseases Alliance National NCDs Stakeholder Report; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; Long-term Care Guidelines for Prostate Cancer Survivors more ...........
Jume 6th - June 12th - Featured:
Men in Heels 2 and HCC Fifth Annual Report News:
Central Health - Australian DAP programme has made a difference at the Jamaican Cancer Society; UN General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases; Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre campaign to raise the awareness of the End Cervical Cancer Campaign; Male Cancer Checked Out - June 25th 2014 arrive at 5:45pm. Get the facts!; Eat for Goals!; NCD Alliance E-Alert, news from the NCD Alliance; Action on Sugar A thirst for sugar?; UN Advisor Denounces Junk FoodUN Advisor Denounces Junk Food As ‘Culprit’ In Rising NCDs more ...........
May 30th - June 6th - Featured:
HCC Joins forces with Caribbean Institute on Alcoholism and other Drug Problems News:
Central Health - Grenada to raise the awareness of the CCCEP; CARIAD Annual Workshop - From June 9 to 20; Who's really in the business of good health?; Hypertension: an urgent need for global control and prevention (The Lancet); Trinidad & Tobago Heart Foundation Heart Walk; NCD Alliance Webinar; campaign to raise the awareness of the End Cervical Cancer Campaign; The East Caribbean Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Presents - An Exciting National Health Expo “CREATION Health, Come Know your numbers”; Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control - World No Tobacco Day; NCD Alliance E-Alert more ...........
May 23rd - May 29th - Featured: Civil Society Playing Important Role Driving Alcohol Advocacy in the Region News:
The HCC President at the 67th World Health Assembly (Part 2); Food manufacturer recognises it’s responsibly; NCD Alliance Online consultation on the UN Review; NCD Alliance E-Alert; NCDFREE - Starting local, thinking global; Central Health - Grenada Men's Health, Part 3 of 4 - Prostate Cancer; World Action for Salt and Helath (WASH) Saving Lives by Reducing Salt Intake; Public health isn't a priority for profit-driven alcohol industry; Cancer Support Services will be hosting its 3rd Annual Conference; Small Steps to Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD); Tips for using Twitter around health-related events; To Wellness Aquafitness News May 2014 more ...........
May 16th - May 22nd - Featured: From the HCC President at the 67th World Health Assembly & The Global Standardized Hypertension Treatment Project (GSHTP) Barbados Pilot News:
Providing Pap Tests for Indigenous Women in Guyana; Updates on the 67th World Health Assembly; NCD Alliance Launches Policy Brief at the 67th Session of the WHA; Addressing the NCD Challenge in the Post-2015 Development Agenda: the Life-Course Approach; MSH at 67th World Health Assembly; NCD Alliance E-Alert; The SA NCD Alliance launches its website; Prostate cancer 'may be a sexually transmitted disease' more ...........
May 9th - May 15th - Featured: Battling Cervical Cancer in Belize News:
NCD Alliance E-Alert - 67th World Health Assembly; HCC Pays Courtesy Visit to Belize; HCC Featured in NCD Alliance Annual Report; Belize Ministry of Health Launches National NCD Plan; Celebrating Five Years of the NCDA; CARPHA’s New Laboratory Promises Faster Detection and Response to Control Disease Outbreaks in the Caribbean; Bermuda's first Relay For Life; World Health Statistics 2014; Belize Diabetes Association Shares Vision for Future; Cancer Support Services Conference 2014; Riveting Discussion: Child Sexual Abuse As A Public Health Issue; Fed Up - a film about our addiction to sugar; Talking About the ‘Battle’ Against Cancer. more ...........
May 2nd - May 8th - Featured:
NCDs a Priority for Jamaican Civil Society News:
HCC Pays a Courtesy call on the Prime Minister of Belize;
600+ of Jamaica's Most Vulnerable Women Screened for
Cervical Cancer in Jamaica; HCC and the JCS share CSO NCD
Regional Status Report with Jamaican Minister of Health; HCC
at CARPHA 59th Annual CARPHA Health Research Conference; HCC
at CARPHA 59th Annual CARPHA Health Research Conference;
Cancer Society of the Bahamas Cancer Awareness Month May
2014 Events; National Cancer RegistryJamaica Ministry of
Health launches new National Cancer Registry; CARPHA and CTO
Launch Tourism and Health Programme more ...........
April 25th - May 1st - Featured:
HCC - NCD Perspectives News:
CARPHA’s 59th Caribbean Health Research Conference addresses Non-communicable Diseases as a Health and Economic Development Priority; Turning great health threats into great opportunities; Health App of the Month; NCD Alliance Webinar; NCD Alliance E-Alert; Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly only weeks away; Biennial General Meeting and Professional Development Summit; BBC Radio Soundbites. more ...........
April 12th - April 24th - Featured:
A Civil Society Regional Status Report: Responses to NCDs in the Caribbean Community - Release of Full Report and Country Profiles News:
HCC Member of the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention; CARPHA REMINDER - The 59th Annual CARPHA Health Research Conference (CHRC) Aruba May 1-3 2014; PAHO NCD Review 2014; Dominica’s Ministry of Health Initiates Mass Aerobics; Central Health - Grenada has produced a four part audio series on Men's Health - This second episode; Keoma L. HamerKeoma Hamer, President of the KeLaHa Projects Foundation and HCC Member Awarded 2013/2014 NAPW Professional Woman of the Year; NCD Alliance E-Alert; The War on Salt; UK Salt Reduction Saves Lives; BBC Radio Soundbites. more ...........
April 5th - April 11th - Featured:
Dominica Cancer Society trains community volunteers in Psychosocial Support and Advocacy in Cervical Cancer News:
Barbados virtual HIV research unit provides access to Caribbean data; Chronic Disease Policy in Barbados - Analysis and Evaluation of Policy Initiatives; idoctor the future of medicine?; NCD Alliance E-Alert - Webinar Slides and Recording; Big Tobacco's stealthy ads; Concerned about ads from tobacco industry; CARPHA The 59th Annual CARPHA Health Research Conference (CHRC); Mayo uses mHealth to reduce cardiac readmissions by 40%; The Lancet - From public to planetary health: a manifesto; Love your Heart Walk in T&T; Reminder - Barbados Association of Palliative Care Public Lecture; Youth and young professionals invited to pre-WCC workshop on tobacco; World Cancer Day 2014 Report Now Available! more ...........
March 29th - April 4th - Featured:
Caribbean Countries Win Awards For Tobacco Control Efforts In Costa Rica From The Interamerican Heart Foundation (IAHF) News:
Fruitful Partnership Between Sagicor Life Inc and the
Healthy Caribbean Coalition; The Diabetes Association of
Barbados "Power to Prevent"; National Health EXPO to take
place in Dominica on April 6 & 7; Barbados Association of
Palliative Care Public Lecture; NCD Alliance E-Alert; Recent
Hypertension Guidelines: Implications for Clinical and
Public Health Practice and Systems Change; NCD Alliance
Webinar Wednesday April 9th; National Taskforce on Physical
Activity and Exercise presents EXercise IN THE CITY; Policy
Coming to Regulate Tobacco Cultivation; 4th International
Conference on Women, heart disease, and stroke in
conjunction with the World Congress of Cardiology and
more... more ...........
March 15th - March 28th - Featured:
HCC pays courtesy visit to His Excellency the Honourable Anthony Carmona President of Trinidad and Tobago News: A Civil Society Regional Status Report: Responses to NCDs in the Caribbean Community; NCD Child meeting a success on all fronts; President's Youth Ambassadors highlight the importance of youth engagement in the NCD fight; Youth NCD Champions Chart the way forward; HCC pays courtesy visit to Australian High Commission funding agency of the C4PI to discuss the work done to date on the C4PI; NCD Alliance E-Alert - HCC launches regional Civil Society Status Report; Sharryl Spence Youth Tobacco Advocate from Jamaica; Caribbean countries urged to adopt regional food-labeling rules; 59TH ANNUAL CARPHA HEALTH RESEARCH CONFERENCE; Cervical Cancer Is On the Rise in the Caribbean (Part 1) and more.... more ...........
March 15th - March 21st - Featured:
Australian Government Funding changing lives for women with Cervical Cancer in Grenada and Dominica and Declaration of Bridgetown: Faith-Based Organisations of Barbados Uniting in Collaboration with the National NCD Commission and the Healthy Caribbean Coalition to Prevent and Control NCDs News: President of the Commonwealth of Dominica discusses NCDs and Civil Society with HCC; Grenada Minister of Health Signs Cervical Cancer E-petition Grenada Minister of Health Signs Cervical Cancer E-petition; The TTCS and the UWI School of Dentistry Team Up Against Oral Cancer; BARP on the move: just a pinch Agrofest 2014; eSAC Caribbean Webinar Series; CCS Early-Bird Deadline Extended to Monday; NCD Alliance February Webinar; Health Action Partnership International HAPI Email Alert - 21st February; South African envoy accredited to CARICOM; NCD Alliance E-Alert - National Spotlight: South Africa NCD Alliance Launched. more ...........
March 5th - March 14th - Featured:
Mapping of civil society organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean working on initiatives to reduce salt intake in the population" 2012-2013 News: CARPHA Vows to Fight Childhood Obesity; CARPHA Workshop: Prevention and Control of Childhood Obesity in the Caribbean; NCD Child Conference this week; CARPHA partners with CTO to establish a Tourism and Health Program; HCC president calls for NCDs to be included in national Development Plans; Cervical Cancer Is On the Rise In The Caribbean; CARPHA 59TH ANNUAL CARPHA HEALTH RESEARCH CONFERENCE; CARPHA - Data Analysis using Epi InFO 7® Training Workshop; PAHO - Technical Seminar Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF);
NCD Alliance E-Alert - Update on the NCD Review; 4th Latin American and
Caribbean Conference Tobacco or Health. more ...........
February 26th - March 4th - Featured:
The CARICOM political declaration on noncommunicable diseases seven years on: an evaluation to accelerate further multi-sectoral
implementation News: Supporting Youth NCD Advocacy - The Belize Cancer Society leading on Multisectoral effort to beat Cervical Cancer; HCC President to present on the eSAC Caribbean Webinar Series; World Salt Awareness Week 2014 Switch the Salt! NCD Alliance E-Alert - The NCD Alliance is Recruiting!; NCD Child NCD Child wants to hear the Voices of Youth!; The Power of Young People; 2014 PAHO/PAHEF Awards for Excellence in Inter-American Public Health; WHO Sodium Guidelines Why World Salt Week Matters (2014); Curacao Heart Foundation - First Aid, CPR & AED Course; Tools for Supporting Local Alcohol Policy in Ontario Making the Case; Barbados Take charge of your health now!; University of West Indies Surgical Pathology Conference; QEH Connects. more ...........
February 19th - February 25th - Featured:
Australian Government Funding changing lives for women with Cervical Cancer in Grenada and Dominica and Declaration of Bridgetown: Faith-Based Organisations of Barbados Uniting in Collaboration with the National NCD Commission and the Healthy Caribbean Coalition to Prevent and Control NCDs News: President of the Commonwealth of Dominica discusses NCDs and Civil Society with HCC; Grenada Minister of Health Signs Cervical Cancer E-petition Grenada Minister of Health Signs Cervical Cancer E-petition; The TTCS and the UWI School of Dentistry Team Up Against Oral Cancer; BARP on the move: just a pinch Agrofest 2014; eSAC Caribbean Webinar Series; CCS Early-Bird Deadline Extended to Monday; NCD Alliance February Webinar; Health Action Partnership International HAPI Email Alert - 21st February; South African envoy accredited to CARICOM; NCD Alliance E-Alert - National Spotlight: South Africa NCD Alliance Launched. more ...........
February 12th - February 18th - Featured:
HCC Learning Exchange News: Caribbean must adopt laws to control tobacco epidemic; Cancer SNAPSHOT from the BNR; Healthy Communities Need Healthy Women International Women's Day is approaching; Cancer Support Services holds its first prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing; Monitoring compliance with high-level commitments in health: the case of the CARICOM Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases; The 2014 NCD Child Conference Need YOUR Help; The 2014 NCD Child Conference Need YOUR Help At NCD Child, we make sure governments and leaders around the world think about children and young people when they make decisions about health. NCDs affect the lives of kids and young people all over the world, they are not just a problem for adults; Help us send a strong message to the world’s leaders by sharing YOUR story through a video message or photo blog; Beyond the Black Box: A Systematic Review of Breast, Prostate, Colorectal, and Cervical Screening Among Native and Immigrant African-Descent Caribbean Populations; The power of vertical swimming; Strategies For Health Enhancing Physical Activity (Hepa) Promotion To Prevent Obesity And Type 2 Diabetes In Italy; Mortality from diseases, conditions and injuries where alcohol is a necessary cause in the Americas, 2007–09. more ...........
February 5th - February 11th - Featured:
Heart Foundation of Jamaica warns against “the silent killer” News: The Maria Holder Diabetes Centre for the Caribbean is now officially open: St. Maarten to sharpen cancer advocacy skills; St. Maarten - Cancer Prevention Month by Judy Fitzpatrick; World Day of Physical Activity; Red Alert - Heart Disease the biggest killer of women; World Hypertension Day 2014; City Of Hope Program Educates African-American Women About Breast Cancer; Vast Study Casts Doubts on Value of Mammograms; Too much mammography - Mette Kalager, medical doctor and researcher; Caribbean Cardiac Society - Abstract Submission Closes in a Few Weeks; NCD Alliance E-Alert - UN General Assembly Discusses NCD Report; February is American Heart Month; Alcohol-linked deaths a problem for the Americas; Satellite Symposium on: "Acute Endocrinology" - The Caribbean Endocrine Society as part of The University Diabetes Outreach Programme's (UDOP) 20th International Diabetes Conference presents a Satellite Symposium on: "Acute Endocrinology"; 46th Ten-Day International Teaching Seminar on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention; CVS Bans Tobacco Products; Keep the Momentum Going; Pharmacy giant to stop selling tobacco products by Oct. 1; Tobacco industry claims 'plain' packs won't work based on weak evidence; Imperial Tobacco Said to Weigh IPO of Logista Business. more ...........
January 29th - February 4th - Featured:
Heart Disease is the Number One killer of Women in the Caribbean! and National Wear Red Day & Go Red For Women month News: Jamaica Cancer Society take PAP Smears to Rural Areas of Jamaica, Jamaica Cancer Society take PAP Smears to Rural Areas of Jamaica, Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control Statement on the Amendments to the Tobacco Control Regulations (2013), The 2014 NCD Child Conference, NCD Alliance Webinar - Wednesday February 26th, WHO: Imminent global cancer 'disaster' reflects aging, lifestyle factors, Calendar of Events 2014 - The Health Promotion Unit of the Ministry Health Barbados, NCD Alliance Alert - World Cancer Day 2014 . more ...........
January 22nd - January 28th - Featured:
Jamaica Cancer Society Targets 500 Women For Pap Smear Screening News: Teal Army rallies support for Cervical Cancer Awareness, Face of the District - Childhood Cancer Campaign, Hearts of Children Fundraiser The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados, Barbados Cancer Support Services, invites all men - especially over the age of Thirty-five to our Prostate Specific Antigen (P.S.A. Testing), TTCS - Our Aim is early detection it is the best protection, Barbados Cancer Support Services Tea Party, NCD Alliance Alert - 2014 UN NCD Review and Assessment. more ...........
January 15th - January 21st - Featured:
Inside a Pap smear By Akilah Holder & Kimlin Harrilal News: ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES AND ACTION Meeting Report, Call For Abstracts - 2014 NCD Child Conference - DEADLINE JANUARY 31st, Caribbean Cardiac Society - Charles Denbow Young Clinician Award Applications Open, Cancer Surveillance for the Caribbean Webinar Series - February 19, 2014, The State of Cancer Registration in the Caribbean, The Health Consequences of Smoking - 50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General, 2014, National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention News, NCD FREE - Using humour to inspire social change, Explaining the increase in coronary heart disease mortality in Syria between 1996 and 2006, Explaining the Decrease in U.S. Deaths from Coronary Disease, 1980–2000. more ...........
January 8th - January 14th - Featured:
Trinidad and Tobago Moves to Help End Cervical Cancer News: Cervical Cancer Awareness Month in Bermuda - Rhonda Smith-Simmons Education Officer of Bermuda Health and Cancer, HSFB Newsbreak January 2014 HSFB Newsbreak January 2014, Central Health - Grenada has produced a four part audio series on Men's Health, Call For Abstracts - 2014 NCD Child Conference - DEADLINE JANUARY 22nd, NCD Alliance Alert - Webinar Slides Available, What The World Eats Hungry Planet: What The World Eats - What's on family dinner tables around the globe? Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio traveled the world documenting that most basic of human behaviors — what we eat. Their project, “Hungry Planet,”, ODI publishes 'Future Diets' Report, Celebrating 50 Years of Tobacco Control - The First Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados aim for AEDs to be all over Barbados. more ...........
January 1st - January 7th - Featured:
Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Weight Loss Initiative and HCC Practice what you preach News: January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, The Rise of the Open Streets "The Rise of Open Streets", Jamaica - BAT and Carreras Limited withdraws its legal challenge, Legal showdown between Fenton, Carreras begins today. Call For Abstracts - 2014 NCD Child Conference, NCD Alliance Webinar, NCD Alliance E-Alert - UN Secretary-General's Progress Report, NCI Summer Curriculum in Cancer prevention lth (NIH) and other academic institutions, CCS 2014 - Abstract Submission Closes in under Two Months, California Soda Tax Would Save Hundreds Of Millions In Medical Costs. more ...........
December 4th - December 16th - Featured:
Situational Analysis of Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control in the Caribbean and HCC Welcomes New Member - The Sir Victor Sassoon (Bahamas) Heart Foundation News: The Trinidad and Tobago Cancer Society is calling for immediate and complete implementation of the Tobacco Control Regulations 2013, Heart Foundation of Jamaica and the Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control supports Trinidad and Tobago Cancer Society’s call for speedy implementation of tobacco control legislation, Smoking should be banned in T&T, Central Health Grenada thrilled to be welcomed as a member of the HCC, Prostate Cancer and the Jamaica Cancer Society, Press release from The Dominica Cancer Society 13th December 2013, Press release from The Cancer Institute of Guyana 13th December 2013, 25th Annual Drug Awareness Month, Promoting Healthy Living in the Americas, Prevention of alcohol-related injuries in the Americas, CARPHA - Mosquito-borne chikungunya virus in the Caribbean island of St Martin, NCD Alliance E-Alert, Tobacco Firms’ Strategy Limits Poorer Nations’, Facing Tobacco’s New Challenges. more ...........
November 27th - December 3rd - Featured:
HCC awarded grant from Australian Government News: Knighthood for HCC President, Executive Director of CARPHA breaks ground for new regional lab, Guy Manning at the summit of Mount Everest Everest hike peaks with $100,000 for cancer, A Cup of Tea Ends HPV A Cup of Tea Ends HPV, CICS Conquering Cancer lll Lets Fight Cancer Together, Dr. Vikash Chatrani presents for HCC at the Best of ASCO Conference 2013, Abstract Submission for CCS 2013, The NCDFREE Story So Far..., Diabetes and Sport Conference on Diabetes,
World’s leading lung societies unite to call for improvements in healthcare, New Report from Australian Council for International Development on NCDs, WHO guidelines for screening and treatment of precancerous lesions, Smoking, unsafe sex and alcohol 'pose growing threat in poorer countries, New test for cervical cancer, In Poor Countries, Cancer’s Stigma Kills. more ...........
November 20th - November 26th - Featured:
Strengthening Health Systems, Supporting NCD Action. Advocating for Policies and Action,
and HCC and Sagicor Launch Advocacy Handbooks News: ACS Meet the Targets Grant Progress Report Highlights HCC Cervical Cancer Advocacy Successes, Multi-sector approach to combat Non-Communicable Diseases, Advocacy what it means to you. Jamaica - Carreras is asking the Court To Quash Key Aspects Of Smoking Regulations, Cancer vaccine, Montserrat’s Minister of Health is the new Chairman of CARPHA’s Board, World Diabetes Congress Melbourne, Jamaican Ministry of Health is the first to adopt free and open source health system nationwide, Diabetes mellitus in Jamaica: sex differences in burden, risk factors, awareness, treatment and control in a developing country, Chicago to Crackdown on e-Cigarettes, Flavored Tobacco Products NCD Articles on WebMD. more ...........
November 13th - November 19th - Featured:
The HCC in collaboration with CARPHA and PAHO/WHO is hosting a Regional NCD Meeting: Advocating for Policies and Action News: NCD Alliance launches online advocacy toolkit, H2O Phlo Signs Up to Help End Cervical Cancer Now H2O, NCD Alliance E-Alert - Caribbean Regional NCD Meeting, The International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, World Diabetes Congress Melbourne, Healthy Islands, Best of ASCO Annual Meeting '13, NCD Articles on WebMD. more ...........
November 6th - November 12th - Featured:
World Diabetes Day November 14th 2013 and Snapshot of Caribbean Diabetes CSOs in Action News: CARPHA and COTED Agree to Tackle Obesity in the Caribbean. Promoting Healthy Living in the Americas: Multisectoral Interventions to reduce health risk factors. FDA Targets Trans Fat in Processed Foods. Your world needs you. Ten things you can do today for NCDs. NCD Child Connect - WHO Consultation Process. NCD Alliance E-Alert - Update: WHO consultations on NCD framework. NCD Articles on WebMD. more ...........
October 30th - November 5th - Featured:
Jamaica Cancer Society creates an e-advocacy buzz in Peru News: Officials of Tobago lend their support in the fight against cervical cancer, PAHO - Cancer in the Americas and Country Profiles 2013, Cancer mortality is declining in some countries of the Americas - new PAHO/WHO report, NCD Short Course - Issues in Global Non-Communicable Diseases: from research to policy, PSI Caribbean Quarterly Newsletter: Sept/Oct. 2013, BBC Health Check Radio Snippets BBC Health Check - NCD Radio Snippets, Abstract Submission for CCS 2013 Now Open, Women Deliver will be at the 2013 International Conference on Family Planning, NCD Articles on WebMD. more ...........
October 23rd - October 29th - Featured:
HCC applauds the “coming together” of health NGOs, Caribbean Cervical Cancer e-petition website re-launch News: President of the Caribbean Development Bank signs Caribbean Cervical Cancer e-petition, Team up to fight against cancer, Thursday final day for free breast cancer screening in St. Maarten, Positive Foundation facilitates pupils’ early awareness about breast cancer, The Barbados Association of Palliative Care 3rd Annual Conference - “Children in Grief: The Breadwinner has Died”, Breast Cancer Awareness Month comes to a close, NCD Alliance E-Alert.
more ...........
October 9th - October 22nd - Featured:
HCC Welcomes New Member - Belize Diabetes Association News: The HCC congratulates Dr. Larry Maxwell, Dr. Carol McIntosh and the entire Globeathon 2013 team on a phenomenal initiative, Jamaica: smoke-free public places & graphic health warnings regulations. Mandatory cancer registry proposed Cayman Islands. Congratulations to the Dominica Cancer Society. AGWADEC - l’Association Guadeloupéenne pour le Dépistage des cancers - held a walk to raise awareness of Breast Cancer on 19th October. Barbados Diabetes Foundation presents 'Moving Diabetes Care Forward'. Barbados Diabetes Foundation Calendar of Events for Diabetes Month. Diabetes Association of Barbados presents - Silouhettes a Ballroom and Latin Show. The greatest defence against Prostate Cancer Movember Moustache. more ...........
October 2nd - October 8th - Featured:
Trinidad and Tobago Cancer Society Education Initiative: EDUFEST - Young People Fight Back News: Reverend Bishop Phillip Wright signs the e-petition. Free Breast Cancer screens throughout October - PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten. Belize cancer Society - Updates on E petition and Breast Cancer Awareness. Life after a mastectomy Life after a mastectomy. NCD Alliance Webinars, Thursday October 17th. Global NCD Framework Campaign. The World Cancer Declaration World Cancer Declaration. No retreat on smoking ban - Jamaica Gleaner. UK Health Forum: Evidence in public health. Let's unite and fight - Jamaica. World Diabetes Congress 2-6 December 2013. NCD Alliance E-Alert - UN Interagency Task Force on NCDs. Health leaders pledge action to reduce deaths from NCDs by 25% by 2025. Blue Gardenia Dinner and Ball at the Hilton Barbados Cancer Support Services Fund Raiser.
more ...........
September 25th - October 1st
- Featured:
HCC member orgs across the Caribbean are kicking off breast cancer awareness activities News: In support of below the belt cancers Sagicor Life Inc. and the HCC support the International Globeathon 2013. Health, climate change top priorities for Caribbean island States at the UN. Some 600 expected for Friday’s Pink Parade for Breast Cancer Awareness. Cervical and female breast cancers in the Americas. NCD Alliance E-Alert - Productive week for NCD Alliance and Partners at the UN. Just over one month to go to World Diabetes Day. Yourwellness Magazine Advises on Life after Cervical Cancer. Monitoring national cervical cancer prevention and control programmes. Caribbean women, children to benefit from US$700-m World Bank health funding. Caribbean Cardiology Conference 2014 - The Bahamas. McDonalds Joins! - McDonald’s has partnered with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.
more ...........
September 18th - September 24th - Featured:
The Ground Miles Challenge, plus 'What are you doing for WHD 2013, plus HCC Director receives award News: HCC reaching out to Bahamas NGOs. Curbing the Non-communicable disease epidemic in the Caribbean. The Heart Foundation of Jamaica Simply Red Wine and Food Festival today. The Trinidad & Tobago Heart Foundation Red Day Sept 27th 2013. NCD Alliance E-Alert -This week at the UN General Assembly (UNGA). From designing to mobilizing. The 3rd Annual International Public Health Conference Oct 4-6, 2013. Stroke Prevention Lifestyle Tips more ...........
September 4th - September 17th - Featured:
Globe-athon 2013 News: New cardiac suite by year end Barbados. NCD Alliance E-Alert - HLM was a watershed moment. NCD Alliance E-Alert - UN High-level Week in New York. HCC member grabs award - HCC and CARIBAPAN member Caribbean New Media Group has scooped another award for its reality radio show. World Heart Day September 29th 2013. Papers for the 59th Annual CARPHA (CHRC) Conference 2014. PAHO Wellness Week. Women Deliver - newsletter. 2013 World Happiness Report Trinidad is the happiest country in the Caribbean. NCD Child Connect. E-Cigarettes as Effective as Nicotine Patches in Smoking Cessation more ...........
August 28th - September 3rd - Featured:
Strengthening Alcohol Advocacy in the Region News: Caribbean Red Cross to increase focus on NCDs. Population Reference Bureau launches report on Noncommunicable Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean. NCD Alliance selects National Implementing Partners in the Caribbean, Brazil and South Africa. The Heart Foundation of Jamaica and the Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control have received funds for a short term rapid response grant. HealthBridge Launchs a New Guide on Tobacco Control for NCD Prevention. Why don’t companies want to talk about shared value? more ...........
August 21st - August 27th - Featured:
THE HONOURABLE MINISTER for HEALTH of Dominica, Mr. Julius C. Timothy has joined leadership throughout the region in signing the Caribbean Cervical Cancer E-Petition (CCCEP), plus Cayman Islands Cancer Society - Eating, sleeping & dreaming the Caribbean Cervical Cancer E-Petition, plus Get to know HCC Members Victoria Anderson Gray - Cayman Islands Cancer Society
- Project Coordinator News: SIDS 2013 - HCC addresses the importance of the Telecommunications industry in combating NCDs. “Smoking Out Tobacco”: Caribbean Journalist wins Eighth Interamerican “Vital Air” Journalism Contest. First Citizens Globeathon Barbados - A Walk To End Women's Cancers. Sagicor joins fight. NCD Alliance e-alert - With less than a month until the opening of the UN General Assembly in New York. 5th International Cancer Control Congress. NCD Connect - Pan American Forum on NCDs Newsletter. A Visual Guide to Cervical Cancer - Slideshow. New Study Finds Population Sodium Reduction is Promising more ...........
August 14th - August 20th - Featured:
The Anglican Church in the Caribbean pledges full support of HCC, plus Get to know HCC Members - Rhonda J. Smith-Simmons RN - Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre News: HCC congratulates the Honourable Chris Sinckler MP. SIDS Conference - Interregional Preparatory Meeting. New tool to strengthen global collaboration against NCDs. World Congress of Cardiology Scientific Sessions 2014. Groundbreaking study on childhood cancer. Home HPV test a new weapon against cervical cancer - South Africa.
2nd virtual course on NCDs for the Caribbean: “How to effectively address NCDs in 21st century“. CITA/Cancer Support Services Walk - Rain not a stopper more ...........
August 7th - August 13th - Featured:
Heidi Walcott adds her support to the End Cervical Cancer Now - e-petition News: Global Forum on Cervical Cancer Prevention. Call for Universal Access to Cervical Cancer Prevention. The Heart Foundation of Jamaica presents Simply Red Wine and Food Festival. Upcoming WHO Regional Committees. Bermuda National Tumour Registry Annual Report. Dogs trained to help sniff out ovarian cancer. Latin American countries crack down on junk food. New WHO Discussion Paper on NCD Action Plan Indicators. CARPHA Pulse - News from the Caribbean Public Health Agency. more ...........
July 31st - August 6th - Featured:
NCDs responsible for two-thirds of all deaths globally News: Kenya: IBM and Futures Group to Fight Cervical Cancer in Kenya. Depression high among older Caribbean immigrants - study -(Jamaica Observer). Medics’ mission to roll out cervical cancer screening in Uganda. Walking To Work Could Reduce Risk Of Diabetes, Heart Disease And Obesity more ...........
July 22nd - July 30th - Featured:
Trinidad & Tobago Cancer Society - Men in Heels News: HCC strongly supports Jamaica and it's recently passed tobacco regulations. Caribbean group supports Ja’s smoking ban (Jamaica Gleaner). Saturday 3rd August, 2013 SLIC Hike - Dominica. Trinidad & Tobago Cancer Society Gala Fundraising Concert 17th August 2013 Trinidad & Tobago Cancer Society Gala Fundraising Concert 17th August 2013. WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2013. Revealed: tobacco giant's secret plans to see off plain cigarette packets. Multimillion Coca-Cola advertising campaign is withdrawn and sanctioned for being misleading and representing a health risk Mexico. New WHO Discussion paper on Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs. PAHO Press release more ...........
July 8th - July 21st - Featured:
The Commonwealth Medical Association: "Unlocking the Power of the Commonwealth" Breaking News: United Nations agrees to establish a UN Task Force on NCDs. News: St. Maarten Public Health Minister signs the End Cervical Cancer e-Petition. Stakeholders strategise ways of fighting chronic diseases. Healthy initiative - (Barbados Advocate 21st July 2013). HPV virus 'linked to third of throat cancer cases' - (BBC News). UNESCO and UNICEF “My World, My SIDS” SID Youth conference. Smoking ban takes effect today July 15th - Jamaica. Australian model Nikki Phillips opens about cervical cancer diagnosis that 'turned her world upside down'. Global Campaigns Update: Deadline for post-2015 civil society consultations. PAHO/WHO Celebrates Implementation of New Tobacco Control Legislation in Jamaica. Guidelines on cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccines not followed more ...........
July 1st - July 7th - Featured:
Caribbean Prime Ministers support electronic petition to End Cervical Cancer Now News: Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) officially launched, Guardian General Group of Companies donates to the Caribbean Cervical Cancer Electronic Petition, Sagicor promotes the Cervical Cancer E-Petiiton, rinidad and Tobago West Indies cricket star Dwayne Bravo supports the petition, HCC Directors get a tour of the Trinidad & Tobago Cancer Society, longstanding members of the HCC, Cayman Islands Cancer Society launches cervical cancer e-petition, Civil Society Alcohol Advocates Come together at a PAHO sub regional meeting on alcohol policy more ...........
June 24th - June 30th - Featured:
Get to know the HCC - Ian Pitts News: Jamaica Gov't to ban smoking in public places as of July 15, The Heart Foundation of Jamaica Congratulates Government on passage of tobacco regulation, The The Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control Congratulates Government on passage of tobacco regulation, The Barbados Association of Palliative Care Public Lecture, Global Campaigns Update: Recap of OWG 4 discussions on health, Barbados National Registry - Who's Having a Heart Attacks & Strokes? more ...........
June 3rd - June 23rd - Featured:
Get to know the HCC - Kimlin Harrilal News: WHO - Marketing of foods high in fat, salt and sugar to children, WHO Director-General addresses health promotion conference, Global Campaign Update: Health Promotion, Post-2015, OWG4, Smoking billboard - a cause for concern, Heart disease numbers too high in Barbados, NCD Alliance Analysis: UN High-Level Panel Final Report on post-2015 more ...........
Ireland set to become second country in the world to introduce plain pack cigarettes “It is with great pleasure that I announce, ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Friday, that I have received Government approval to begin the process of introducing standardised/plain packaging of tobacco products in Ireland. While many arguments will be made against such an introduction, I am confident that this legislation will be justified and supported purely by the fact that it will save lives” stated Minister Reilly today.
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Sint Maarten Supports World Hypertension Day - GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – St. Maarten’s calendar of health observances is to promote particular local or global health issues, and encourage our population to Get Checked. World Hypertension Day, Friday, May 17th, is one of the listed opportunities.
In 2013, World Hypertension Day is dedicated to the theme, “Healthy Blood Pressure – Healthy Heart Beat.”
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Assault on cancer - Barbados Today May 14th - Non-Governmental Organisations across the region will begin a move next month to get regional governments to look seriously at the issue of cervical cancer, the second leading cause of death in the Caribbean.
Led by the locally-based umbrella body, Healthy Caribbean Coalition, an e-petition is set to be launched utilising technologies across the region to gain 250,000 signatures as the starting point to drive action on the part of governments and hopefully with the assistance of CARICOM.
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TXT TO STOP - Barbados Today May 14th - Barbados is set to be the testing ground for a small US-funded project looking at the effectiveness of a technology driven campaign targeting smokers.
Discussions on the mobile health campaign, which will be led by the Barbados Cancer Society and facilitated by the Healthy Caribbean Coalition are currently ongoing with the National Institute of Cancer and the Department of Health and Human Services in the US aimed at getting smokers to quit.
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MENTAKE CHARGE GET CHECKED! On March 20, 2013 the Rotary Club of St Martin Sunrise hosted a panel discussion on Men's Health under the theme "MENTAKE CHARGE GET CHECKED!" at the Divi Little Bay Resort. The event, was organized in collaboration with the St. Maarten Positive Foundation, and Collective Prevention Services Department of the Ministry of Health, aimed to bring awareness about health issues affecting men. more ...........
Largest gathering of Caribbean advocates at cancer conference
- Friday, 22 March - PHILIPSBURG - Some 20 cancer organizations representing 16 Caribbean countries gathered at the Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort on Thursday for the start of a two day Cervical Cancer Advocacy workshop. President of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) Professor Trevor Hassell said there has never been a coming together of such a large number of Caribbean cancer organizations, an achievement of which he is proud. Hassell, said too that due to the work of participants, the coalition now has a comprehensive and active audit of Caribbean cancer organizations as well as an audit of cervical cancer programmes in many Caribbean countries.
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After big soda ban, NYC's Mayor Bloomberg wants to hide cigarettes
By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News. If New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gets his way, stores won't be able to publicly display tobacco products and will have to keep cigarettes under the counter or behind curtains. The legislation announced Monday is the latest public-health crackdown by the mayor, whose ban on super-sized sugary soft drinks was shot down by a judge last week.
The proposed law would "prohibit display of tobacco products" in most retail shops, Bloomberg said. "Such displays suggest smoking is a normal activity and invite young people to experiment with tobacco."
He said it would be the first of its kind in the nation.
A second law would impose new rules to make it harder to sell smuggled cigarettes. more ...........
Pass tobacco control laws now - Jamaica Gleaner, Sunday March 3, 2013
Professor Everard Barton, chief of nephrology at the University Hospital of the West Indies, and chairman of Caribbean Institute of Nephrology, has called on the Government to make haste in passing tobacco-control legislation. Barton, speaking during a recent Gleaner Editors' Forum at the company's North Street offices, said the implementation of a Tobacco Control Act would go a far way in reducing kidney-related illness.
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Honour Everett Koop's memory - Friday, March 1, 2013 - The world has lost a sterling man in former United States Surgeon General C Everett Koop, a paediatric surgeon known for his anti-smoking campaigns.
C Everett Koop was not afraid to take on the big tobacco companies. He won!
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HCC Get the Message Campaign
featured as 'ehealth experience' on PAHO website
- The mHealth initiative called Get The Message Campaign aimed to educate, inform and advocate throughout the Caribbean region for the greater awareness on Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and in support of the United Nations High Level Meeting (UNHLM) on NCDs, held September 2011, with the hope that the meeting would bring additional resources to the Caribbean for the prevention and treatments of these diseases. The Get The Message Campaign was developed by the Healthy Caribbean Coalition with support from the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and other private and public institutions.
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HCC member congratulates new PAHO director
- Longstanding HCC member, Priscilla Prevost, Health Coordinator of the Eastern Caribbean Conference of Seventh Day Adventists, last month congratulated newly installed PAHO Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, and fellow Dominican on the occasion of Dr. Etienne’s inauguration as Director of PAHO/WHO. In doing so, Ms Prevost, who attended the inauguration in Washington DC as the official representative of the HCC presented Dr Etienne with a copy of the HCC “Civil Society Strategic Plan of Action for Prevention & Control of NCDs for countries of the Caribbean Community, 2012- 2016” and delivered a personal congratulatory note from President of HCC, Professor Trevor Hassell to Dr Etienne on behalf of the HCC.
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We must implement tobacco picture labelling now
- February 18, 2013 - Times Notebook congratulates Suriname for passing comprehensive tobacco legislation last week. We sincerely hope that Suriname will implement the law more diligently than Trinidad, and we sincerely hope that the Health Ministry here will move quickly to table Guyana’s own tobacco legislation.
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GLOBAL LEADERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE HEALTH – PROFS K. SRINATH REDDY AND SALIM YUSUF – POISED TO DO BATTLE AGAINST THE WORLD’S NUMBER ONE KILLER
- Geneva, 28 January 2013 – The election of two of the world’s leading experts in cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and control has given the World Heart Federation powerful leadership, and a strategic advantage, in ensuring commitments made by governments to reduce non-communicable disease (NCD) deaths by 25 per cent by 2025 are delivered on. CVD accounts for about one-third of deaths worldwide and are the leading cause of deaths and disability. Prof. Srinath K. Reddy, MD, DM, MSc took over as President and Prof. Salim Yusuf, DPhil, FRCPC, FRSC as President Elect, effective as of 1 January. more ...........
New multi-sector partnership seeks to reduce cervical and breast cancer in the Americas
- Without action, cases are expected to increase 70% in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2030
Washington, D.C., 8 February 2013 (PAHO/WHO) — A new initiative launched at the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) this week brings together partners from different sectors to step up action for the prevention and control of cervical and breast cancer, the leading women’s cancers in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Dr. Carissa F. Etienne named WHO Regional Director for the Americas
- Geneva, 22 January 2013 – Dr. Carissa Etienne was today named Regional Director for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO) by the WHO Executive Board, which is holding its 132nd session this week in Geneva.
Dr. Etienne was elected Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) by the countries of the Americas on 19 September 2012 during the 28th Pan American Sanitary Conference. PAHO serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of WHO (WHO/AMRO). Dr. Etienne will begin her five-year term as PAHO Director and WHO Regional Director on 1 February, succeeding Dr. Mirta Roses Periago of Argentina. more ...........
Suriname passes law that bans smoking in public
- Saturday, 09 February - PARAMARIBO, Suriname - With the passing of the Anti-Tobacco Law on Thursday, Suriname's National Assembly DNA has effectively outlawed smoking in public. The law, which has been years in coming, finally reached Parliament some two weeks ago and found approval from 39 of the 52 Members of Parliament (MPs).
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Suriname parliament approves drastic anti-smoking legislation - Jamaica Gleaner,
Friday February 8, 2013
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The National Assembly has passed legislation outlawing smoking in public.
“This is truly a historic moment for Suriname. With the approval of the tobacco law parliament is handing government a tool to further improve the health of our community,” said Theo Vishnudatt who chaired the Parliamentary committee that spearheaded the new legislation.
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Caribbean News Now and here
DwtOnline)
In First Year, Global Fight Against NCDs Gathers Momentum
- Cancers, cardiovascular diseases, chronic lung diseases and diabetes -- four of the biggest killers among the group together known as non-communicable diseases (NCDs) -- have emerged as one of the greatest social and economic development challenges of this century. From a global health perspective, NCDs now account for more deaths every year than AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and all other causes combined - they result in roughly two out of three deaths worldwide.
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UNDP chief calls for 'permanent' focus on NCDs
- The way U.N. Development Program Administrator Helen Clark sees the future, the fight against noncommunicable
diseases can only be won by making sure it is on everyone’s
agenda. “By placing NCDs permanently on the global
development agenda, people’s lives, opportunities, and
future prospects will improve – thereby advancing
sustainable human development overall,”
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Trevor Hassell (HCC): "These cancers require a whole-of-society approach"
- Professor Trevor Hassell, Chairman of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC), said that "no one sector of society can really effectively prevent and treat" breast and cervical cancer.
According to Hussel, NGOs can perfom several functions: "act as advocates, inform about the importance of screening, and empower people in the region."
"Civil society organizations have a role in trying to encourage public policy around chronic diseases, and they can encourage policymakers to effectively deal with these issues," he said during the first meeting of the Women's Cancer Initiative: A joint commitment to save lives, launched at the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)
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HCC courtesy call
- Professor Trevor Hassell, President of the HCC and Maisha Hutton, Manager, pay a courtesy call on James Hill, DD/ERP PAHO while in Washington DC 5-7 February 2013, for the Pan American Forum for Action on NCD meeting "Women's Cancer
Initiative: A joint commitment to save lives.
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Smoking in public now banned
- PARAMARIBO 8th February 2013 – With the passing of the Anti-Tobacco Law on Thursday, the National Assembly DNA has effectively outlawed smoking in public. The law that has been years in coming, finally reached Parliament some two weeks ago and found approval from 39 of the 52 MP’s. “This is truly a historic moment for Suriname. With the approval of the Tobacco Law Parliament is handing Government a tool to further improve the health of our community,” said MP Theo Vishnudatt who chaired the Parliamentary committee that spearheaded the new legislation.
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How Much Is A Life Worth? The Truth About Tobacco.
This video spotlights the devastating global tobacco epidemic and how the tobacco industry works to addict new users, especially kids. Data comes from The Tobacco Atlas, Fourth Edition, published by the American Cancer Society and World Lung Foundation and is just one way the American Cancer Society will be celebrating the Great American Smokeout®. This annual event, taking place on the third Thursday of November, encourages smokers to use the date of the observance to make their plan to quit smoking for good or to plan in advance and quit smoking that day.
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WASH will be holding it's 6th World Salt Awareness Week on Monday 11th – Sunday 17th March 2013
- ‘Less Salt Please’, showing how everybody, including chefs, can use less salt and still enjoy the great flavour of their food.
We will show you how to take control of the salt in your own food preparation, by simply using less salty and more tasty ingredients, as well as adding less salt during cooking and at the table. However it is harder to eat less salt when eating food prepared by other people, such as chefs in restaurants, cafes, canteens, takeaway and fast food venues – not to mention recipe suggestions in cook books. These foods can contain a lot of hidden salt, and without labels on these products, it is very hard to make a healthier choice. We aim to highlight to the catering industry, chefs and others involved, the importance of adding less salt to our food and the long-term health implications of eating a high salt diet.
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Say no to tobacco production - 26th January 2013 - The Minster of Health is warning Barbadians not to allow tobacco manufacturers to take root in this country. The Minister, Donville Inniss, was speaking to the media at a press conference launching advertisements for healthy lifestyles on Wednesday afternoon. more ...........
Get on the ‘low-salt bus - January 24, 2013 - Commuters at the bus shelter located opposite JB’s Super Centre in Sargeant’s Village, where the Cut Down On Salt messages have been erected. The message of reducing daily salt intake and making healthy lifestyle choices is being taken to the travelling public with the National Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Commission bus advertisement campaign.
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The Power of Nutrition
This video illustrates the importance of early childhood nutrition in strengthening the future for children, communities and nations. Learn more at
aliveandthrive.org/power-of-nutrition.
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Tobacco law shrouded in smokescreen
- January 20, 2013 PARAMARIBO – Parliament says it will not facilitate amendments to the impending tobacco control legislation that, when passed will outlaw smoking in public places. The bill will be tabled on Tuesday, but on Friday regional health watchdog Healthy Caribbean Coalition rang the alarm bells, saying that the concept was amended and weakened, and left with insufficient laws to be enforceable. “We will not give any concessions on this issue. This legislation will be presented in its original form and once it is passed and becomes law, it will be enforced,” reacted National Democratic Party (NDP) parliamentarian Theo Vishnudatt who chairs the Tobacco Law Committee of the National Assembly DNA.
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Smokescreen shrouds Suriname’s tobacco law
- January 20, 2013 PARAMARIBO – Parliament says it will not facilitate amendments to the impending tobacco control legislation that, when passed will outlaw smoking in public places. The bill will be tabled on Tuesday, but on Friday regional health watchdog Healthy Caribbean Coalition rang the alarm bells, saying that the concept was amended and weakened, and left with insufficient laws to be enforceable. “We will not give any concessions on this issue. This legislation will be presented in its original form and once it is passed and becomes law, it will be enforced,” reacted National Democratic Party (NDP) parliamentarian Theo Vishnudatt who chairs the Tobacco Law Committee of the National Assembly DNA.
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The Global Action Plan for NCDs 2013-2020 (GAP) - is a critical component of a comprehensive Global NCD Framework. The GAP 2013-2020 will define priorities for NCD prevention and control for the next seven years, and recommend clear actions for all sectors. These actions will help countries achieve the global voluntary targets included in the Global Monitoring Framework.
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Healthy Caribbean Director elected President of the InterAmerican Heart Foundation (IAHF) - Jamaica Gleaner,
Monday December 17
Deborah Chen, executive director of The Heart Foundation of Jamaica, is the new president of the InterAmerican Heart Foundation (IAHF), an intercontinental organisation whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke in the Americas.
Chen was made president at the IAHF's general assembly in November during the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2012. She also served as secretary and prior to assuming the post of president, was vice-president of the World Heart Federation for two years.
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Dominica - Castle Bruce Health District gets SLIC for World Diabetes Day - In observance of World Diabetes Day, the Castle Bruce Health District, launched its SLIC/SELFHELP LIFE STYLE CHANGES CONTROL CNCD’S Kalinago Territory Segment on Thursday 22nd November, 2012. The Activity was very successful and surpassed all expectations. Over 150 SLIC participants, which included community members (Mahaut River, Salybia, Castle Bruce) and students from the Salybia Primary School publicly took a stand Diabetes.
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International Mens Day -
On November 19th, 2012 PAHO hosted an International Men’s Day activity around this year's theme “Helping Boys and Men Live Longer, Happier and Healthier Lives": Promoting Men’s Health in the Caribbean.
Given the high relative morbidity and mortality of boys and men between 20 and 39 years; one of the key messages of this event was the need to generate
and use health statistics which highlight the specific health needs for all boys and men and thus drive the development of tailored male-focussed
interventions.
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Smoking 'rots' brain -
says King's College study Does smoking affect the health of the mind as well as the body? Continue reading the main story
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Smoking "rots" the brain by damaging memory, learning and reasoning, according to researchers at King's College London.
A study of 8,800 people over 50 showed high blood pressure and being overweight also seemed to affect the brain, but to a lesser extent.
Scientists involved said people needed to be aware that lifestyles could damage the mind as well as the body.
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Fagan Calls for Sustained Anti-Smoking Programme - Thursday, 22 November 2012 18:34 Written by Chris Patterson
Minister of State for Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan, says a sustained public education programme, targeted particularly at the youth, is critical in raising awareness of the adverse effects of smoking.
“Statistics provided to me indicate a worrying trend that has shown that Jamaica is now having children as young as 10 years old addicted to smoking; a trend that is increasing,” he lamented. The State Minister was speaking at the ‘Partnerships for Smoke Free Spaces’ breakfast meeting this morning (November 22) at the Terra Nova Hotel in St. Andrew.
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PAHO/WHO supports a smoke-free environment - Jamaica Gleaner,
Friday November 23
The Jamaica Office of the Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) said yesterday that it recognised the efforts made by the Ministry of Health to protect the rights of local citizens to a tobacco-free environment.
Last week, on National World Diabetes Day, Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson committed to bringing the Tobacco Control Act to Parliament early in the next financial year. The legislation will include the banning of smoking in public and workplaces. In this regard, Jamaica will be positioned among the countries taking the lead in this area in the Caribbean.
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Beware! Cigarette companies luring kids into smoking with technology - Jamaica Gleaner,
Friday November 23
The Heart Foundation of Jamaica is warning parents to be even more vigilant, as cigarette and tobacco companies have stepped up their use of technology and mobile applications to entice individuals to smoke.
Speaking at a forum yesterday, Executive Director of the Foundation, Deborah Chen said these companies have increased their use of smart phone applications, computers and mobile games to pass on subtle messages even to children.
She said there are more than 100 mobile applications which appear to promote smoking to users of these technologies.
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How the Catelli Girl Got Out the Box - featured speaker was Claire Haynes who delivered a powerful presentation entitled: 'How the Catelli Girl Got Out the Box'. The presentation
focussed on the urgency of re-evaluating traditional Caribbean eating habits and shifting away from diets comprised of highly processed foods to
healthier diets consisting of more natural, organically based foods.
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National eHealth Strategy Toolkit 2012 - The National eHealth Strategy Toolkit is an expert, practical guide that provides governments, their ministries and stakeholders with a solid foundation
and method for the development and implementation of a national eHealth vision, action plan and monitoring framework. All countries, whatever their
level of development, can adapt the Toolkit to suit their own circumstances.
Representing one of the most significant collaborations in recent years between the World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication
Union, the Toolkit is a landmark in understanding what eHealth is, what it can do, and why and how it should be applied to health care today.
NB: pdf version is now posted below, free of charge; the hard-copy version can be purchased separately.
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DIABETES EATING AWAY AT SOCIETY’S CORE - Barbados Today by Lisa Bayley
We hear the statistics which
tell the tale of the number of
persons who are living with
diabetes. We listen as the
doctor speaks about the need
for awareness, prevention and
behaviour change. The ministers
and technocrats repeatedly
describe the cost of CNCDs,
including diabetes, to the country
and its taxpayers. But whose fight is it? (PDF)
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Innovation Competition - Public eHealth Innovation and Equity in Latin America and the Caribbean (eSAC)
Presents - Call for Concept Notes: Equity-Oriented, ICT-based Public Health Solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. Deadline for Submission: January 11 2013. Introduction
- Public eHealth Innovation and Equity in Latin America and the Caribbean (eSAC) is a project that aims at improving the health of disadvantaged groups and contributing to the advancement of equity in health in the Region
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Civil society representatives support NCD strategy - Representatives of civil society praised the strategy and plan of action on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) under discussion at the 28th Pan American Sanitary Conference, pledging support for efforts to combat NCDs and proposing actions to take.
Dr. Asin Oostburg a spokesperson for the Healthy Caribbean Coalition, which works to slow the epidemic of NCDs in the Caribbean, said m-health and e-health strategies were promising tools in the fight against NCDs.
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American Cancer Society DetermiNation - Join the American Cancer Society DetermiNation team to finish a half-marathon or marathon, all while saving lives from cancer. We'll help you cross the finish line, and you'll help change the course of cancer forever.
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EDITORIAL - Putting ethics into politics - Jamaica Gleaner, September 15, 2012. Fresh concerns about ethical implications for politicians have been raised by the Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control (JCTC) with the disclosure that four politicians, two from either side, received cash donations from tobacco companies in breach of the World Health Organisation's treaty convention for tobacco control, which is seeking to protect public health policy from the interference of tobacco companies.
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Ban public smoking - Sept 12, 2012, Jamaica Gleaner, André Lowe, Senior Staff Reporter, Elliott calls for new law to help fight doping. Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) chairman, Dr Herb Elliott, is calling for the speedy passing of the law which would ban the practice of smoking in public places, citing that it not only jeopardises general health, but also makes it difficult to accurately test some sporting personalities - footballers in particular - for banned substances.
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JCTC SUPPORTS MINISTER OF HEALTH ON HIS PRINCIPLED STANCE - September 07, 2012
It was announced that a tobacco company will be spending 20-million dollars to support skills training in four St Catherine constituencies. Experience has shown that such actions by tobacco companies are primarily geared towards garnering support of the public at large and to encourage the use of tobacco which on a yearly basis affects to a great extent, the health and lives of Jamaicans.
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Premier announces new export factory but the product is secret - The Montserrat Reporter 8th June 2012- On May 1 following the signing of the MOU with DFID Premier Reuben Meade hinted that there was soon to be progress of a manufacturing plant developed in Montserrat. He said at the time he was not at liberty to say what kind of plant it would be. Since then there have been much speculation as to what this secret industry would be that forces the Premier to be mum on the issue. It became just a bit more than whisper as TMR has learnt from usually reliable sources that this manufacturing business has much to do with tobacco.
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'I call it the devil' - Former addict details struggle to quit smoking - Thursday June 7 - When 57-year-old Hugh Bruce took his first puff of tobacco - in the form of a cigarette at age 12 - facts like these might not have been around. Even if they were, chances are he would have turned a blind eye. After all, it was the age when smoking was 'cool' and most of his friends at the prominent high school in Kingston he attended were also lighting up.
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Puffing away billions in public health - Sunday June 3 - Politicians not serious about halting smoking in open spaces - lobbyists
The local anti-tobacco lobby is convinced that some legislators - past and present - do not have the political will to enact laws to prevent smoking in public places and to impose a number of similar restrictions on smokers.
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Health Minister calls for cooperation for smoke-free Jamaica - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - JAMAICA is now in its final stages of drafting and reviewing the Tobacco Control Regulations, which will represent a series of laws to protect citizens from the effects of tobacco, including the banning of smoking in public and workplaces.
The acceleration of the legislation comes even as local cigarette manufacturer, Carreras Limited, calls for full inclusion in the crafting and enactment of any such tobacco control regulations.
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Draft of Tobacco Control Regulations in final stages - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - IN observation of World No Tobacco Day being celebrated today, Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson is calling on everyone to practice a smoke-free lifestyle and change unhealthy habits. Nearly six million people are killed each year as a result of tobacco use mainly through cigarette smoking. Eight million are projected to lose their life to tobacco smoking by 2030, 80 percent of whom reside in the developing world.
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Gov't Looks to Curb Youth Smoking - Thursday, 31 May 2012
The Ministry of Health will be using World No Tobacco Day which is celebrated Thursday May 31 to educate young people about the harmful effects of smoking, including second-hand smoking.
Under the theme: ‘Tobacco Industry Interference’, this year’s observance will also expose the nefarious tactics used by tobacco manufacturing companies to increase their customer base and profits.
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Healthy Caribbean at
Commission on Population and Development side event - Ms Krystal Boyea, Youth Ambassador, North America & the Caribbean, International Diabetes Federation represented the Healthy Caribbean Coalition at a side event during the Forty-fifth Session of the Commission on Population and Development Laying the Foundation for Healthy and Productive Living: Prevention of Non Communicable Diseases in Adolescents and Youth .
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Comprehensive Tobacco Control Act to be drafted - Monday, 02 April 2012
Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has said that the Ministry is in the process on finalising preparations to seek Cabinet approval to draft a Tobacco Control Act that would provide sweeping protection against unwanted tobacco exposure.
“Tobacco use remains a leading cause of cancers, heart disease and a range of other avoidable illnesses and we intend to curtail tobacco use in public spaces as one method in reducing these conditions,” Dr. Ferguson said.
He was addressing participants in a seminar on ‘Employees Wellness, a Source for Competitive Advantage: managing wellness in the current and future workforce’ at the 18th International Diabetes Conference, held at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios, on March 30. more ...........
FDA Acts to Stop Tobacco Industry Deception about Health Risks of Products - Statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Mar. 30 2012. WASHINGTON, DC — For decades, the tobacco industry has deceived the public about the health risks of tobacco products, most prominently in its fraudulent marketing of light and low-tar cigarettes as a safer alternative. Today, the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration has taken action to prevent a repeat of the industry's deception and ensure that any future health claims about tobacco products are supported by sound science and do in fact reduce the death and disease caused by tobacco use. For the first time, we have a policy that places protecting public health over promoting the tobacco industry's products and profits. more ...........
Bloomberg Philanthropies Continues its Life-Saving Leadership In Global Fight Against Tobacco - Statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. SINGAPORE – New York City Mayor and philanthropist Michael R. Bloomberg announced today at the World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Singapore that he will commit an additional $220 million to the global fight against tobacco use, bringing his total commitment to more than $600 million. Today’s announcement continues the unprecedented and visionary leadership Mayor Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies have provided in combating the global tobacco epidemic, the world’s number one cause of preventable death. more ...........
Multisectoral action for the prevention and control of NCDs - through effective partnership
Consultation on options for strengthening and facilitating multisectoral action for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases through partnership
19 March 2012 – 19 April 2012. the WHO Secretariat has prepared two WHO Discussion Papers for a web-based consultation with Member States, as follows:
WHO Discussion Paper 1: Effective approaches for strengthening multisectoral action for NCDs (including Annex I).
WHO Discussion Paper 2: Lessons learned from existing multisectoral partnerships that may inform the global response to NCDs.
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Ministry intensifies efforts to ban smoking in public space - Published: Monday March 19, 2012. Barrington Flemming, Gleaner Writer
WESTERN Bureau:
The Ministry of Health is working feverishly to make a submission to Cabinet to receive approval for the passing of the Tobacco bill, designed to implement a ban on smoking in public places, including work places.
Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson made the announcement on Thursday while delivering the main address at the National launch of the Jamaica Association of Administrative Professionals, JAAP LINAC Project at the Cornwall Regional Hospital, Montego Bay. more ...........
Tobacco-control law long overdue - Published: Monday March 19, 2012
THE EDITOR, Sir: It is welcome news that the minister of health, Fenton Ferguson, has again committed that he will ensure that the tobacco-control legislation will soon become a reality. more ...........
Tobacco Dependency Treatment Training Workshop for Health
Care Professionals - Kingston, Jamaica May 30, 2012 - The use of tobacco is the most preventable cause of disease and death globally and indeed in our region. All our countries in the Caribbean have now ratified the WHO treaty, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control although so far, only Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago have implemented legislation to comply with this treaty. We are anticipating that in due course the other Caribbean countries will also pass legislation, and with this in mind, we need to build capacity in tobacco dependency treatment so that we will be able to cope with the anticipated increase in the demand for this service. This workshop will train health care professionals who interface with patients who smoke on a regular basis.
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Diabetes amputation rates show huge regional variation - By Adam Brimelow Health Correspondent, BBC News. Amputation rates for diabetes patients are 10 times higher in some parts of England than in others, according to a study.
Researchers say the figures highlight the importance of ensuring the right specialist care.
The findings coincide with an NHS report putting the annual cost of diabetes-related amputations at £120m.
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Request for Applications - Building Academic Curricula for
Tobacco Control Research and Leadership Development - The American Cancer Society is currently inviting Colleges and Universities, Schools of Medicine or Nursing, and other institutions of higher learning to submit an Application to develop academic training programs on tobacco control within their institutions. The overall goal of the Request for Applications is to establish a rigorous, formal course of study, preferably at the graduate level, which will prepare students in low and middle-income countries for tobacco control work in civil society,
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Red for a cause - By Tonia Husbands Barbados Today 29th February 2012. Last Saturday night, several women painted the Concorde Experience red as the Barbados Heart & Stroke Foundation launched it's Go Red for Women campaign. Aimed at making women aware of heart disease and the steps that can be taken to prevent it, President of the Foundation, Humphrey Metzgen told patrons that the disease was the number one killer among women and accounted for one in three deaths yearly.
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Tobacco Control Group Pledges to Support Anti-Smoking Law - THURSDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 2012 09:55
The Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control (JCTC) has pledged to support the Government’s efforts to curtail smoking in public places through anticipated passage of anti-tobacco legislation.
Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has committed to advancing anti-smoking legislation in keeping with Jamaica’s obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
“The Government’s passing of the law will protect the public health of the citizens,” said JCTC Project Manager, Barbara McGaw.
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Heart attack symptoms 'differ in women' - By Dominic Hughes
Health correspondent, BBC News
- 22nd February 2012. Fewer women than men suffering from a heart attack appear to experience chest pain symptoms, according to a study of more than one million people in the US.
Overall men have significantly more heart attacks, but under the age of 55 women are more likely to die from one.
Without displaying the classic chest pain symptoms of a heart attack, researchers say some women may not be getting the right kind of treatment.
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Legislation will not shut down tobacco industry - Published: Friday, February 17, 2012
Dear Editor
I wish to respond to a letter the Observer of February 15 from Ms Nicolette Crump who shares her concern about the banning of tobacco, the impact it will have on the sales at her stall and her ability to take care of herself and her family.
We empathise with the situation as she presents it but must point out that it is not true that the impending tobacco legislation will ban the sale of cigarettes.
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Kill Smoking Habit Before It Kills You - Published: Friday February 3, 2012. THE EDITOR, Sir: A man walked into a store holding his little girl's hand and continued to smoke his cigarette. The sales agent greeted him and asked him why he was smoking in the presence of the child. He replied, "A nuh nutt'n, everybody a do it: me a do it, her mama a do it, a nuh nutt'n. She betta get used to it!" more ...........
Barbados upgrades its role in the fight against cancer - Barbados has scaled up its efforts by joining the global fight against cancer through the establishment of the Barbados National Registry for Cancer (BNR-Cancer). This population-based registry started in 2009 and collects cancer data on the prevalence and outcomes of malignant disease. This registry is one arm of the tripartite Barbados National Registry for Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases, a Ministry of Health-led initiative, for the surveillance of Cancer, Stroke and Acute Myocardial Infarction nationally. Cardiovascular diseases and cancer are now the leading causes of ill health and death globally and Barbados is similarly affected. more ...........
Women at high risk for heart disease - 1/31/2012 By Patricia Thangaraj. Heart disease is the number one killer in women worldwide.
This according to CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados (HSFB), Gina Pitts, who explained that women increased their risk and are more vulnerable at menopause. They also are at a greater risk if overweight or are obese, a major risk factor for heart disease. more ...........
National Salt Awareness Week 2012 - will focus on salt reduction and the
prevention of stroke. The week will run from 26th March - 1st April.
Stroke is the third biggest killer in the UK and the leading cause of
severe adult disability. Salt reduction and stroke prevention has been
selected as the topic for SAW 2012 because salt is the major factor that
raises blood pressure and high blood pressure is the single most
important risk factor for stroke - responsible for 62% of strokes..
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Money Going Up In Smoke -
Published: Saturday | January 21, 2012. THE EDITOR, Sir:
My fellow Jamaicans, it is the new year, and you have resolved to take
better care of yourselves, eating right and exercising regularly,
however, for some, they will be facing an uphill challenge - that of
smoking.
The temptations are great and they continue to be fed by the loopholes
which exist in our lack of effective current tobacco legislation which
aids and abets those already operating in the marketplace, and those now
entering the market.
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Multi-sectoral approach needed to tackle obesity, says doctor -
BY TANESHA MUNDLE Friday, January 27, 2012.
THERE is urgent need for a multi-sectoral approach to ensure the
availability of healthy foods to tackle Jamaica's growing problem of
obesity.
The observation was made by Dr Fitzroy Henry, director of the Caribbean
Food and Nutrition Institute at the University of the West Indies.
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Jodie Myrie takes on Carreras with bama’s cigarettes - BY AL EDWARDS
Friday, January 13, 2012
LOCAL businessman Jodie Myrie has launched bama’s cigarettes in Jamaica
and has plans to take the brand into the English-speaking Caribbean.
bama’s cigarettes will be distributed and operated through Myrie’s
company Pakia Limited based at March Pen Road in Spanish Town and are
manufactured by Montepaz in Uruguay. Pakia also distributes Harlem
Bluntz, the best-selling machine-rolled flavoured cigars in the country.
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Canada reduced Junk Food Consumption by Banning Ads - Every parent knows that come Saturday morning, their kids will be asking
for the hottest new toy, the fun new cereal, and to go to the drive thru for the kid’s meal that comes with the must-have collectible action
figure. And parents know this because Saturday morning cartoons are littered with company advertisements aimed at their target audience,
their captive audience: children..
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Krystal clear passion - By Gercine Carter - Nation News - January 01, 2012
At age 24, Krystal Boyea is fast becoming the recognized face and voice of diabetes in Barbados.
As the International Diabetes Federation’s (IDF) first regional youth representative for the North American and Caribbean region, she is on a mission. Through her advocacy, Krystal aims to raise awareness about diabetes by being a powerful voice for prevention, education, access to quality care, improved quality of life, and the end of discrimination worldwide.
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Hard and Fast Hands-only CPR - Vinnie Jones shows how hard and fast Hands-only CPR to Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees can help save the life of someone who has had a cardiac arrest. The Hollywood hardman is starring in a British Heart Foundation TV advert urging more people to carry out CPR in a medical emergency.
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Monitoring framework and targets for the prevention and control of NCDs - Consultation on a comprehensive global monitoring framework for NCDs and voluntary global targets for the prevention and control of NCDs.
20 December ׀ 2011 Geneva -- In response to paragraphs 61 and 62 of the Political Declaration of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (resolution 66/2), WHO has developed a discussion paper outlining a comprehensive global monitoring framework and the technical background for developing a set of voluntary global targets for the prevention and control of NCDs, for consideration by Member States.
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Brazil to Become World’s Largest Smoke-Free Country - Historic Tobacco Control Law Adds Momentum to Latin America’s Progress In Fighting Tobacco Use
WASHINGTON, DC – The Brazilian government has taken historic action to protect the health of the nation’s more than 190 million citizens by enacting a comprehensive tobacco control law. Signed by President Dilma Rousseff today
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Is fried chicken setting back development in the Caribbean? - The Caribbean: Are people getting sick from eating fried chicken?
We've all been there... it's lunch time, we're hungry, we don't have much time to wait, don't want to spend too much money, but want to make healthy choices. So, what are our options? Well, on a recent mission in the Caribbean the choices were fried chicken or stew with fried chicken, not many other choices.
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Funds needed to stem health burden - Dr. Knox Hagley
Chairman
The Heart Foundation of Jamaica. Dear Editor,
The recently concluded United Nations meeting reviewed the impact of the chronic non-communicable diseases on peoples throughout the world and brought into focus the need for urgent measures to be implemented to stem the high and rising health burden created by these diseases. Our Minister of Health Rudyard Spencer expressed disappointment over the lack of commitment to provide funds to countries to assist in tackling the issues. The meeting was not conceived to be a fund-raising venture; although the hope is that the UN exposé will prove to be a step in that direction.
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Stop smoking, look after yourselves, Davidson urges - HEAD of the School of Public Health at the University of Technology (UTech) Professor Winston Davidson has urged young Jamaicans to quit smoking and pay more attention to their oral health.
At the same time, Dr Davidson, who was speaking at Tuesday's launch of Oral Health Month at the University of Technology, said that the move was crucial in improving the country's dental care services.
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Heart Foundation head lobbies government - TV
Jamaica, Date
Aired: 10th October 2011. A call is being made this evening for the
government to become more responsible and put the necessary
legislative framework in place to reduce the country's
health bill. It has been revealed that Caribbean countries
including Jamaica are finding it difficult to finance the
health care for individuals who are chronically ill. more ...........
Reflections on the UN High Level Meeting on NCDs - J. Stephen Morrison
Senior Vice President, CSIS & Director, Global Health Policy Center at CSIS
The September 19-20 High-Level Meeting at the UN General Assembly was a high-profile, somewhat risky and ultimately sobering test of the proposition that non-communicable disorders (NCDs) could become a new global health priority. Hopes were high among advocates that the meeting would be a transformative historical moment, akin to the 2001 UN High-Level Meeting that put a spotlight on HIV/AIDs.
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Tobacco farmers urged to cultivate more of the crop - 24, September 2011. A top executive at cigarette distributing company, Carreras, has declared that farmers should have the right to invest in tobacco cultivation while the demand for the product exists. Corporate and Regulatory Affairs Manager, Chris Brown, made the comment against the background of a recent Sunday Gleaner story. The story stated that the Jamaican government was facing censure the international community over its perceived failure to stand by its international obligations to stem tobacco cultivation in the country.
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We must deal with those terrible diseases - By DEBORAH CHEN Saturday, September 24, 2011. WE would like to congratulate the Jamaica Observer for its excellent and timely editorial "Fluffy might be nice, but it is not healthy". We are facing an epidemic in Jamaica, the Caribbean and internationally, and until we recognise it as such, corrective and preventive action will elude us.
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Tobacco worries - Jamaica in treaty contravention - Sunday September 18, 2011. The Jamaican Government seems set to face censure at a high-level international meeting which starts tomorrow in New York over its perceived failure to stand by its international obligations to stem tobacco cultivation in the country.A Rural Agriculture Development Authority 2011 study has found that Jamaica is in breach of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) to moderate cultivation, as hundreds of tobacco farms have sprung up all over the country.
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What is the MoH doing about tobacco? - Friday, September 16, 2011. The Smokefree Action Coalition wishes to join the writer in the September 15 Observer in expressing its concern about Jamaica's position on tobacco. Cigarette advertisements abound in Jamaica. Is that okay? Letter to the editor by Rosemarie Greene.
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Concern at tardiness honouring obligations under FCTC - allow me to congratulate Angellique Virtue who on September 15 asked, "What is the Gov't doing about tobacco cultivation?" This very well written and researched article explored the challenges we face in Jamaica regarding the delayed tabling of tobacco control legislation and the troubling news that the government is contemplating increasing tobacco production. Letter to the editor by Dr. Hagley.
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What is the gov't doing about tobacco cultivation? - Thursday, September 15, 2011. Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Health Minister Rudyard Spencer. Over the last few months, I have listened and observed throughout the media the debate over tobacco control and the pending passage of new legislation to restrict smoking and control the distribution and the marketing of tobacco and its related products. Letter to the editor by Angellique Virtue.
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Health Ministry Praised for Developing Strategic Plan to
Combat Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases - KINGSTON
- The Ministry of Health has been commended for taking steps toward developing a national strategic plan to combat chronic non-communicable diseases.
This commendation was extended by Pan-American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Hugo Prado-Monje, at the opening of a two-day workshop, titled ‘National Consultation on Strategic Plan for Non-Communicable Diseases’, at the Wyndham Hotel, in New Kingston, on September 6.
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Collection of
recent interesting news articles published across the
Caribbean - Jamaica Observer Online - Concern at tardiness to enact tobacco law, Jamaica Gleaner - Gov't dragging feet on smoking ban, Diabetes Health -- Monitor Your Blood Sugars While You Drive?, Barbados Advocate - Tobacco control treaty embraced globally but needs boost on the ground
Jamaica Observer - Taxes burn Carreras - Cigarette company says high levy helping to grow illegal tobacco trade, Jamaica Observer - Carreras continues push for local tobacco legislation, Guyana Trakker News - Tobacco control treaty embraced globally but needs boost on the ground - World Tobacco Day, Trinidad Express - Tobacco industry battling with Caricom govts.
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CDRC
Diabetes Radio Feature - The Barbados-based Chronic Disease Research Centre, CDRC, a division of the University of the West Indies, and which is headed by Professor Anselm Hennis, is following up a previous four-year study on diabetic amputations with a new five-year investigation.
The study is headed by Professor Clive Landis of the Edwin Cohen Laboratory for Vascular Research, a unit within the CDRC.
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U.S. finalizes picture warning requirements for cigarette
packages - The U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday June 21, 2011 announced the final 9 picture-based
warnings that will appear on the top 50% of the front and back of cigarette packages. The
warnings include a toll-free quitline number. As of Sept. 22, 2012, manufacturers will
not be able to manufacture cigarettes without the new warnings on packaging, and as of
Oct. 22, 2012, manufacturers will not be able to distribute cigarettes without the new
warnings on packaging.
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Smoking:
the right to choose - Jamaica Observer Online, June 18, 2011 -The matter of choice has been raised in discussions in relation to tobacco smoking. I would like to raise a few points for consideration regarding this issue. Data from the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey 2008 show that 40 per cent of smokers initiate the
habit by the age of 16. more ...........
Collection of
recent interesting news articles published across the
Caribbean - Kaieteur News Online - Campaign to address non-communicable disease launched - Text to save lives…
Jamaica Observer Online - Ban smoking in public places.
Jamaica Observer Online - Tobacco Bill to go before Parliament.
Jamaica Observer Online - Letters to the Editor - Enact tobacco law quickly.
Jamaica Gleaner Online - LETTER OF THE DAY - Kick butt on tobacco smoking in public spaces
- Guyanna Times Online
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Digicel in advocacy campaign on chronic disease. more ...........
Banning smoking in public places - June 2 2011 -
THE EDITOR, Sir: ACCORDING TO The World Health Organization
(WHO), the harmful effects of tobacco smoking currently
cause 5.4 million deaths each year. Notwithstanding, the WHO
and those who advocate for smoking bans internationally are
met with much resistance from some local governments,
smokers, tobacco growers and the big players in the tobacco
industry.
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Smoking dangers -
June 1 2011 - Speaking recently on “World No Tobacco Day”, Minister of Health Leslie Ramsammy bemoaned the lack of regional cooperation on reaching a standard on labelling and packaging of cigarettes. This lassitude ignores the incredible devastation wrought by this scourge. The figures alone are very stark: Extensive prospective epidemiologic data clearly establish that cigarettes cause over three million deaths annually across the globe – with over one million of those deaths due to lung cancer. Cigarette smoking is the major cause of lung cancer.
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Guyana moving forward in tobacco fight -
30 May 2011 - As World No Tobacco day is observed - Come May 31, Guyana will join the world in celebrating “World No Tobacco Day”. The day was designated since 1987.The focus for this year will be on implementing legislation that will protect the public from the hazards of smoking.
Smoking kills almost 6 million people every year and the World Health Organisation is urging all its member states, including Guyana, to pass legislation that will reduce and prevent these deaths.
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Everyone has a role to play in fighting CNCD's -
Addressing the chronic disease challenge requires a multisectoral and multidisciplinary response from all of society. that is according to Chairman of the National Commission for Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCDs), Professor Trevor Hassell
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WHO warns of enormous burden of chronic disease -
By Kate Kelland, Health
and Science Correspondent. (Reuters) - Chronic illnesses like cancer, heart
disease and diabetes have reached global epidemic proportions and now cause
more deaths than all other diseases combined, the World Health Organization
(WHO) said on Wednesday.
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CARICOM Ministers in Russia for health talks - MOSCOW, Russia, Friday April
29, 2011 – Two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Health have
travelled here to participate in three major global health events on Non-
Communicable Diseases (NCDs), as the region steps up its preparation for the
UN High Level Meeting on Chronic Disease prevention later this year.
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Club owner wants to accommodate smokers - 29, April 2011 Jamaica Observer. I
think we already know that smoking kills, and likewise we are also aware of
the benefits of tobacco, so I will not dwell too much on those aspects.
Being the owner of a club can be a very hard task and in an effort to make
my job easier, I try to please as many of my patrons as possible because it
is difficult to please all - where smoking is concerned.
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WHO: Non-communicable diseases are world's top killers - 29, April 2011
Jamaica Observer. LOW and middle-income countries, including Jamaica,
accounted for nearly 80 per cent of the 36.1 million deaths caused by non-
communicable diseases in 2008, according to the first World Health
Organisation (WHO) Global Status Report on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs)
launched Wednesday. more ...........
Investment in health is an imperative - Guyana Chronicle Online - consensus reached at COHSOD meeting in Guyana. THE 21st Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) opened yesterday morning with a consensus that, notwithstanding the economic burdens on Member States, greater investment in health was an imperative, especially in the fight against Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCDS). With its focus on health, the two-day COHSOD meeting is being hosted by Guyana under the theme, Promoting Equity in Human Development through Public Health.
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Going up in smoke - by Tony Deyal. Smokers are at their last gasp, but not the cigarette industry, or Big Tobacco as it is called. It is no sense saying that you pay twice for your cigarettes - first when you get them and second when they get you - when the tobacco industry continues to make big bucks despite recessions, punitive taxation, anti-smoking legislation and consumer advocacy.
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Rethink tobacco policy, PM - This an open letter to the prime minister of Jamaica. The Caribbean Cardiac Society (CCS) views with deep concern the decision of the Government of Jamaica to use government lands for the expansion of tobacco production.
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Smoking Cessation Collaboration -
Dear HCC members, We have received a request through the InterAmerican Heart Foundation for assistance in identifying persons/organizations who are interested in collaborating in the area of smoking cessation.
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Send a Strong
Message - Health campaign launching soon -
Barbados Advocate 31st March 2011. It has been said that the Caribbean punches above its wright and those efforts are to once again bear fruit in just a few months, with a
high level summit being hosted by the United Nations, on the issue of prevention and control of non communicable diseases. Chairman of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC), Professor Trevor Hassell, maintains that this is an initiative that the region should be justly proud of and ensure that they are well represented when the Summit comes off in September in New York.
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CARICOM Prepares For High Level UN Meeting On NCDs - CARICOM Secretariat, Public Information Unit - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is stepping up preparations for the United Nations High Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in September 2011.
In this regard, Heads of Government, at the recently concluded Intersessional Meeting in Grenada, agreed to organise national consultations, involving a wide range of stakeholders, to garner inputs for the Meeting in September.
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Jamaica tobacco deal may affect us - By Aabida Allaham. WITH Jamaica in talks to commence tobacco production and cigar manufacturing by the end of the year, project officer at the Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean Tobacco Control Project Rosemarie Gajar, believes the move can have serious implications for this country.
As such, she is calling on the Government to accelerate efforts to have the remaining clauses of the Tobacco Control Act put into effect. .
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OPEN LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA AND THE PEOPLE OF JAMAICA - The Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control is becoming increasingly concerned about the
decision to expand the production of tobacco growing in Jamaica which is in direct
contravention of the World Health Organization (WHO) Treaty - The Framework Convention on
Tobacco Control (FCTC), which the Government of Jamaica signed on September 24, 2003 and
ratified on July 7, 2005. In 2003, the WHO established this first ever public health treaty in
response to the globalization of the tobacco epidemic.
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UN
to tackle cancer, heart disease - Impressive leadership - that's how an article in the leading medical journal, The Lancet, has termed the Caribbean Community's (Caricom) campaign against so-called non-communicable diseases. These lifestyle diseases, which include cancer, stroke, diabetes and heart disease, account for 60% of all deaths, according to the United Nations.
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The truth about
salt - UWI professor sees cause for concern. UWI professor says high intake among Jamaicans cause for concern.BY TANESHA MUNDLE Jamaica Observer staff reporter. A lead researcher at the University of the West Indies (UWI) has expressed concern about the high salt intake among Jamaicans, saying that the issue must be addressed at the Government level if the problem of cardiovascular diseases in Jamaica is to be seriously tackled.
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Looking beyond
salt - by Lisa King | Tue, January 18, 2011 - 12:00 AM - Barbados Nation Newspaper. TASTE IS AN ACQUIRED thing and can change if people really want to. With diabetes and hypertension so prevalent, Barbadians have been advised to change their eating habits or face the likelihood of contracting these diseases.
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Second-hand smoke just as dangerous - First Published Friday 14th January 2011 Barbados Advocate
- by Patricia Thangaraj. THERE is no safe exposure to second-hand smoke. Inhaling second-hand smoke can greatly increase a person's risk of getting a heart attack and stroke and can exacerbate diabetes symptoms.
This is according to Nadia Adams Tobacco Project Officer at the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados (HSFB) Inc, who spoke with the Barbados Advocate yesterday.
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Vendors urged to provide healthier foods - First Published Friday 14th January 2011 Barbados Advocate
- by By Kerri Gooding. CHAIRMAN of the National Commission for Chronic Non. Communicable Diseases, Professor Trevor Hassell, spoke to the vendors at the Agrofest 2011 Food Vendors Workshop earlier this week on “The Link Between Food, Cooking, What We Eat and Health”.
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Electronic Cigarettes Not Proven To Be Safe - By Lisa Bayley, first published
- January 14, 2011 Nation Newspaper.
The recent emergence of the electronic or e-cigarette on the market has caused local health officials to issue a warning to prospective users of this new product.
The Health Ministry has advised that the e-cigarette had not been tested to determine its long-term effects, and is therefore not recommending it as a replacement or additional smoking device, nor as a tool to stop smoking.
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Summit to
Discuss CNCD's to be held next year - First Published Barbados Advocate 29th December 2010 - In order to bring international attention to chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) and to draft a plan of action to address this issue, the CARICOM Heads of Government along with the UN General Assembly, the principle decision making body of the UN, which represents all UN member states, has decided to hold a UN High Level Summit.
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Smoking banned in WC venues - Dec 30th 2010 - If you are a smoker better don’t go to the stadium to watch the matches of the World Cup 2011. Cigarettes, alcohol and musical instruments are among the items banned at Bangladesh’s World Cup venues.
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The National Heart Forum (UK)
free information based website - We know that public health professionals need access to information in a broad range of topic areas and access to information is much more challenging in public health. At the NHF, the information services team has begun to organise information available in chronic disease by identifying, classifying and making this information available to you. We check the quality of information for you and customise this information to support you in your work to make a healthier society.
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Excellent
editorial on cardio-vascular disease - Jamaica Observer
- Monday, November 22, 2010 - Dear Editor, The Heart Foundation of Jamaica strongly commends the Observer on its editorial on cardio-vascular disease (CVD) on November 11. It was informative and the obvious research into the topic both buttressed and provided a mantle of authority to the many points made in the article. The comment on prevention of the CVD is worthy of much attention. The added tragedy of the impact of these diseases is that much of the ill health, disability and death is either preventable or can be greatly minimised.
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Cardiovascular
disease taking a heavy toll - Jamaica Observer Editorial - Thursday, November 11, 2010. CARDIOVASCULAR disease (CVD), which refers to cardiac disease, vascular diseases of the brain and kidney and peripheral vascular disease, is often thought to be a problem of wealthy, industrialised countries. But it is the leading cause of death worldwide, with major impact not only on
developed nations but also on low and middle-income developing countries,
where it accounts for 30 per cent of all deaths.
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Increase in prevalence, cost of chronic diseases - By Amanda Nieves. At the Diabetes Global Expo, some startling statistics were presented about the
prevalence and high cost of chronic diseases in Barbados. Professor Trevor Hassell, Chairman of the National Commission for Chronic Non Communicable Diseases, gave these statistics at yesterdays opening of the Diabetes Expo.
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Call for
mandatory salt curbs - By Helen Briggs Health reporter, BBC News. A high salt diet is bad for health Forcing food manufacturers to cut salt levels in processed food could help cut heart disease rates, claim Australian researchers. more ...........
Five to be awarded honorary degrees at UWI Mona - Jamaica Gleaner Saturday October 9, 2010 - The University of the West Indies (UWI) will this year confer honorary degrees on 15 persons from across the region. They will collect their degrees at annual graduation ceremonies in Bridgetown, Port-of-Spain and Kingston.
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Caricom Health Ministers Moving Forward on Carpa - Press release 370/2010
(23 September 2010)
CARICOM HEALTH MINISTERS MOVING FORWARD ON CARPHA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana). The Caribbean
Community (CARICOM) Caucus of Health Ministers will convene
its Nineteenth Meeting in Washington on 25 September 2010,
to review a number of issues on the Region’s health agenda
including the implementation of the Caribbean Public Health
Agency (CARPHA).
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PAHO offers
Virtual Course - in Tobacco and Public Health: From Theory to Practice. It covers topics that include the biology and epidemiology of tobacco use, tobacco control policies, options for treating tobacco
dependence as well as information to help understand and counteract tobacco industry opposition. Throughout the course successful experiences in the region are highlighted.
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The
NCD Interviews Sir George Alleyne - The NCD Alliance had the pleasure of speaking with Sir George Alleyne shortly after the United Nations DPI/NGO conference took place in Melbourne this past 30 August – 1 September on the theme “Advance Global Health: Achieve the MDGs”. Sir George highlighted the central role of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) for global health and development as a keynote speaker in the closing ceremonies.
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Smoking ban in Jamaica will save lives - Jamaica Observer Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - MORE Jamaicans die from heart disease than from any other cause and smoking is one of the leading risk factors for this disease. We at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica and the Caribbean Tobacco Control Project would like to applaud the Jamaica Observer for hosting a "Monday Exchange" highlighting the devastating impact of cardiovascular disease on our society and for identifying tobacco use as the killer that is contributing to the death of thousands of our countrymen every year.
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'Love that
body, make it last' - Jamaica Observer Monday, September 13, 2010 - JEAN LOWRIE-CHIN - It was painful to hear our alarm go off at 5:45 am last Saturday. Crawling out of bed, we headed to Emancipation Park for a session with Tai Chi Master Stewart Maxwell. To our surprise the Park was a hive of activity — lots of folks were walking, jogging and stretching, a vision of active contentment. At the end of class we felt refreshed and finally happy to greet the day — those endorphins had kicked in.
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HANDS
ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN – TARGET 50,000 - First Published
Trinidad Guardian 17th August 2010 -
By Dr Clive Dottin - Imagine 50,000 persons throughout the Caribbean beginning the ‘HANDS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN’ NEWSTART walk at 7:00a.m. in 25 countries, extending from St Croix in the North to Guyana & Surinam in the South.
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NEVERTHELESS - First Published Barbados Advocate 13th August 2010 - column by Eric Lewis - Them couldda do that long time ago as far as I concern, I talking bout banning smoking in public places. Just in case you missed it, as from October 1st this year there will be a ban on smoking in public places.
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More power to
inspectors - Barbados Today 11th August 2010 - Health
Inspectors will have capacity to enforce smoking ban. Public
Health Inspectors will be given the "power" to enforce the
ban on smoking in public places on October 1st.
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No Room for
Smokers! - Barbados Nation 6th August 2010 -
This is the message which the Ministry of Health has for businesses, including rum-shops and bars, after the planned October 1 ban.
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No Smoking -
Barbados Nation 6th August 2010 - Barbados is outlawing smoking in public places from October 1.
The ban, announced yesterday by Minister of Health Donville Inniss, comes with stiff fines for both smokers and businesses that don’t clamp down on people taking a puff.
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WASH news - The Canadian Sodium Working Group have released their Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada (July 2010) . The strategy sets out a multi-staged approach (similar to that in the UK) for sodium reduction
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Guyana- CPCE declared a no-smoking
zone - Published: 5th June. www.caribdaily.com.
Strong disciplinary action will be taken against teachers if they are in breach of the ‘No Smoking’ declaration. This disclosure was made by Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, even as efforts were engaged to expand the No Smoking stance to the Cyril Potter College of Education.
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Coordinate approach to health care
needed & Health system falls short on chronic care - 1. Co-ordinate approach to health care needed
- A coordinated approach to the provision of health care at
both the primary and tertiary care levels and the need for
an improved ambulance service that would help to transport
patients with acute infarctions to the Queen Elizabeth
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Health system falls short on chronic care -
The current health care system is not meeting the health requirements of patients with chronic conditions. "We have come to the realization that there is a mismatch between chronic care needs of the population and the acute care orientation of our entire healthcare system - public and private more ...........
The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados celebrates 25
years - As the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados
(HSFB) celebrates its 25th anniversary, the Board of
Directors wishes to express heartfelt thanks to patron
His Excellency Sir Clifford Husbands, Governor
General of Barbados as well as the Executive, CEO and
staff, volunteers, members, donors and sponsors, and
medical professionals who have contributed to its
formation and growth and who continue their devoted
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Soccer World Cup attacked for 'unhealthy sponsors' -
FIFA has scored an "own goal" by agreeing sponsorship deals for the 2010 World Cup with companies that sell unhealthy products, campaigners say.
The World Cancer Research Fund criticised the governing body for partnering with the likes of Coca Cola, McDonald's and Budweiser.
It said the tournament should be an opportunity to promote active lifestyles.
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Shaking free of Salt -
First Published on: 5/28/2010. Barbados Nation - BY KAMMIE HOLDER -
DOCTORS ARE RUNNING IN PANIC, children crying and family members screaming: "Don't let him die." But it's too late, another young Barbadian has died from a stroke.
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United Nations General
Assembly - is about to consider a resolution calling for comprehensive action to address non-communicable
diseases (NCDs). Thanks to the swift action taken by NGOs around the world
- including many FCA members -
the United Nations General Assembly is about to consider a resolution calling for comprehensive action to
address non-communicable diseases (NCDs), tobacco use and other risk factors.
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Health Minister warns: Fatty and salty foods bad for you - Trinidad and Tobago Government News - March 11th 2010 - Of the CNCDs, heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes are the leading causes of illness and premature death in the Caribbean today. The picture is similar for Trinidad and Tobago. CNCDs have been responsible for four of the five leading causes of death in our country over the last two decades and heart disease, cancers, diabetes and strokes account for 60% of the total causes of death in our country.
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TRINIDAD: New smoking ban to
take effect - Caribbean Daily.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Smokers in Trinidad and Tobago will soon be stripped of their right to light
up in public as they wish as a new law that seeks to curb the practice is to take effect this week.
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Smoking ban in enclosed
public places starts Wed - Trinidad & Tobago Express.
FROM Ash Wednesday, smokers will no longer be allowed to light up in any enclosed public place. The Ministry of Health yesterday issued a release, announcing that the Tobacco Control Act, passed back in December 2009, will be proclaimed by
President George Maxwell Richards and enforced in phases from Wednesday onwards.
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Smoking ban makes good sense
- Jamaica Gleaner Online, February 11, 2010 - Smoking has been recognised as a serious medical problem and, in the last 40 years, has been linked irrefutably to many serious diseases of various tissues, including cancer, heart disease, gangrene of lower limbs, stroke and lung disease. Cigarette smoking also increases the complications of diabetes and hypertension.
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Smokers under attack
- Jamaica Gleaner Online, January 22nd, 2010 - The bandwagon of local smoking bans now steamrolling across the nation has nothing to do with protecting people from the supposed threat of 'second-hand' smoke.
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19th April 2009 - The Fifth Summit of the Americas concluded on 19 April 2009 in Port of Spain,
Trinidad and Tobago, with a declaration addressing the most pressing challenges facing the region, including non-communicable diseases.
The Summits of the Americas bring together the 34 democratically elected Heads of State and Government of the Americas to jointly
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