Caribbean Charter on Health and Ageing was launched in Guyana today Wednesday 20 October, 1999. The Charter has as its guiding principle a coordinated, systematic approach for ensuring the health and full integration and participation of older persons in Caribbean societies and economies.
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A Task Force on Workers Health in the Caribbean Community has defined the framework of operation for workers' health in the region to include the drafting of a model policy on Workers Health to guide Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in developing their National Plans of Action.
The set of recommendations include a multipartite monitoring mechanism to guide the development process of the national programmes at both national and regional levels.
The CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development has set the goal for the elimination of Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome from the Caribbean Community by the end of the year 2000.
The Resolution, passed at the first Ministerial Meeting of COHSOD, held at the Crowne Plaza Kingston Hotel, from Monday, 20 April to Tuesday, 21 April, noted the high economic and social costs to the Region, if the Rubella virus was left unchecked. The Meeting was chaired by Jamaica Health Minister, the Hon. John Junor.