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HCC Press-Release - Fighting Cancer with Advocacy - 21st March 2013 - Today is the start of the two-day workshop on Cervical Cancer Advocacy Capacity Building at the Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino in St. Maarten. The workshop was arranged by The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) in partnership with the Sint. Maarten Ministry of Public Health Social Development And Labour - Collective Prevention Services, for members of various Caribbean Cancer Societies and Foundations. This workshop was made possible through the generous support of the American Cancer Society, Health Action Partnership International (UK) and GlaxoSmithKline. more ...........

HCC Press-Release - Regional Collaboration to Fight Cancer - 14th March 2013 - The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) in partnership with the Sint. Maarten Ministry of Public Health Social Development And Labour - Collective Prevention Services, will be conducting the first regional Civil Society Cervical Cancer Advocacy Capacity Building Workshop at the Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino in St. Maarten on March 21st and 22nd 2013 for members of various Caribbean Cancer Societies and Foundations. This workshop was made possible through the generous support of our partners: American Cancer Society, Health Action Partnership International (UK) and National Heart Fund (UK). more ...........

HCC Press-Release - CONGRATULATIONS! - 20th February 2013 - The Directors, staff, volunteers and member organizations of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) warmly congratulate Dr. Carissa Etienne on her appointment as Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Longstanding HCC member, Priscilla Prevost, Health Coordinator of the Eastern Caribbean Conference of Seventh Day Adventists, last month congratulated newly installed PAHO Director and fellow Dominican on the occasion of Dr. Etienne’s inauguration as Director of PAHO/WHO.  more ...........

HCC Press-Release - NO PUBLIC SMOKING IN SURINAME - 10th February 2013 - The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) extends congratulations to the citizens of Suriname with the passing of the Anti-Tobacco Law by parliament on February 7th, which bans smoking in public places in Suriname. This is an important step in the fight against the ill-effects of tobacco and will have a positive impact on the health of the people of Suriname. more ...........

PAHO/WHO - From the Americas: Success Stories in the Fight against Noncommunicable Diseases. - PAHO/WHO report cites model efforts that can be replicated in both high- and lower-income countries - New York, 21 September 2011 (PAHO/WHO) — Countries in the Americas have pioneered effective ways to fight the growing epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), setting examples that other countries around the world can follow, says a new report released by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) this week during the historic U.N. summit on NCDs in New York. more ...........

Bloomberg Philanthropies - MORE THAN ONE BILLION PEOPLE NEWLY PROTECTED BY EFFECTIVE TOBACCO CONTROL POLICIES - Greatest Gains Made in Effective Warning Labels - Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced that the focused multi-national effort to implement effective tobacco control policies has made dramatic headway since 2008, with 1.1 billion people newly protected by at least one effective tobacco control policy since that time. According to a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) today, 55 percent of the world’s population is now covered by at least one of the WHO’s MPOWER suite of six effective anti-tobacco policies. more ...........

Health groups applaud Moscow Declaration’s strong focus on tobacco control - WASHINGTON, 29 April. The world’s health ministers should be congratulated for identifying tobacco control as a proven tool to fight major killer diseases and boost development, says the Framework Convention Alliance, which represents over 350 organisations from more than 100 countries. more ...........

AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMME FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS BEGINS in the Commonwealth of Dominica. - In keeping with the thrust on preventing and managing Chronic Non Communicable Diseases which include Diabetes, High blood pressure and Cancer and supporting the vision of the Hon Prime Minister in having a healthy public service, the Ministry of Health and the Establishment Personnel and Training Department have initiated an Employee Health & Wellness Program for public officers more ...........

NCD Alliance unveils ground‐breaking document for successful UN Summit on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) - March 22, 2011, GENEVA: Practical, achievable actions to turn the tide of a global epidemic of noncommunicable diseases are today published by the NCD Alliance. more ...........

Latin American civil society declaration on the health emergency due to NCDs. -  Non–communicable diseases increase poverty and inequality (Buenos Aires, 3/4/2011) More than 40 Latin American civil society organizations met in Buenos Aires to launch the Healthy Latin American Coalition (HLAC) more ...........

Washington DC-based Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is an organization - PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dawn Williams, 960. 8293; 817. 4576 KINGSTON, JAMAICA W.I January 20, 2011. Washington DC-based Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is an organization which facilitates the Bloomberg Global Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use. This organization first awarded The Heart Foundation of Jamaica a two year grant from April 2008-March 2010. more ...........

Health Canada - Harper Government to strengthen and enlarge health warnings on cigarette packages. -  December 30, 2010 For immediate release OTTAWA - The Harper Government announced today it intends to launch updated, larger health warning messages and a toll-free quitline on cigarette and little cigar packages that will be the backbone of a social marketing campaign to encourage smokers to quit. more ...........

December 16 2010 - United Nations High-Level Summit on prevention and control of Non-Communicable Diseases – September 2011 -  The UN General Assembly, the principal decision-making body of the UN which represent all UN member states, triggered by the Heads of Government of CARICOM, has decided to hold a UN High Level Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in order to bring global attention to these diseases and agree on a plan of action to address them. more ...........

December 6 2009 - Tobacco Control Bill passed in the lower house in Trinidad & Tobago - The Trinidad and Tobago Cancer Society would like to express sincere thanks to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago for its commitment to the Tobacco Control Bill 2009. We would also like to thank all the Senators for their valuable contributions, especially as all amendments to the Bill made at committee stage has not adversely affected the legislation. more ...........

September 24 2009 - Barbados Diabetes Foundation - Exhibitors for Global Village Expo 2009 - Barbados has one of the highest rates of Diabetes globally and nearly everyday someone has an amputation related to diabetes. It is for this reason that the Barbados Diabetes Foundation has renewed its efforts to put disease high on the public’s agenda and is calling on the private sector to get on board in the fight against this remorseless disease, through exhibiting at the 3rd annual Global Village Expo. more ...........

May 17 2009 - Washington DC - The World Hypertension League is highlighting salt and high blood pressure as the two silent killers for this year’s observance of World Hypertension Day. This is an international event with public activities taking place worldwide to raise awareness about high blood pressure. more ...........

March 19 2009 - On behalf of the Medical Commission for Caribbean Games 2009, Dr. Terry Ali (Chairman), Dr. Ian Hypolite and Dr. Adrian Lorde (Barbados) and the Medical Advisory Committee of CG09 it gives me great pleasure to join with the Bloomberg Foundation and the Cancer Society of Trinidad and Tobago to promote the inaugural Caribbean Games 2009 as a “Smoke Free” event. more ...........

March 19 2009 - Smoke Free Games Media Launch You are cordially invited by the Caribbean Games 2009 and the Bloomberg Foundation to the press launch of ‘SAVE’, on Thursday March 19, 2009 at 10 am at the Trinidad and Tobago Cancer Society, 62 Rosalino Street, Woodbrook. more ...........

March 11 2009 - The National Commission for Chronic Non-communicable Diseases’ Draft Strategic Plan 2009-2012 is now in the hands of Minister of Health, Donville Inniss. more ...........

March 5 2009 - The first Active Caribbean Workshop, hosted by the Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI, Cave Hill will be launched today, Friday, March 6 at the Accra Hotel & Resort by the Minister of Health, the Hon. Donville Inniss M.P. more ...........

February 17 2009 - The Barbados Diabetes Foundation is undertaking a research project to determine the influence of genetics in the development of kidney and eye disease among diabetics. more ...........

February 17 2009 - The Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill is hosting a physical activities workshop in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization, the Centre for Disease Control and the Ministry of Health, Chronic Non-Communicable Disease Commission and The Healthy Caribbean Coalition next month in Barbados. The event entitled ‘The Active Caribbean Workshop: Road to the Wellness Revolution’ comes off at the Accra Beach Hotel & Resort on Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7. more ...........

September 24, 2008. - Science of Peace Lecture and Award/PRMR Inc. The spotlight on Chronic Non Communicable Diseases and their impact on Caribbean citizens continues in October when the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of the West Indies, hosts the prestigious Inter American Heart Foundation’s (IAHF) Science of Peace Lecture and Award ceremony. more ...........

July 2008 - Healthy Caribbean 2008 - A Wellness Revolution Conference - Last year the Caribbean Heads of Governments in recognising chronic diseases as the primary causes of premature death and reduced quality of life in the Caribbean, signed a joint treaty in Trinidad and Tobago, the “Declaration of Port of Spain; Uniting to stop the epidemic of Chronic Non Communicable Disease (CNCDs)” more ...........

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