The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has the highest prevalence of chronic noncommunicableĀ diseases (NCDs) in the region ofĀ theĀ Americas.
This dueĀ in largeĀ partĀ to PrimaryĀ HealthĀ CareĀ (PHC) programmeĀ successes in preventingĀ andĀ controllingĀ communicable diseases,Ā aging
of the population, economicĀ developmentĀ andĀ unhealthy behaviours.
Ā Global and localĀ influences Ā have shaped consumptionĀ lifestylesĀ which haveĀ fueledĀ theĀ epidemiologicalĀ transitionĀ inĀ theĀ Caribbean, so
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A strategy for strengthening Health and Family Life Education in CARICOM Member States
Preparing Teachers to Implement Health and Family Life EducationĀ In Schools of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Promoting and protecting the health of Caribbean children and youth goes back over six decades.Ā CARICOM member governments, members of the Caribbean community, stimulated and supported in many instances by the international community, have implemented a multiplicity of national and sub-regional projects over the decades to strengthen the role of schools in the discharge of this responsibility.
In evaluating Guyanaās progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Government of Guyana has identified MDG 5 ā improve maternal health ā as the goal that needs prioritisation if its associated targets are to be achieved by 2015 and thus a higher standard of maternal health care is to be established and sustained in the long run. Although there has been progress toward this goal, significant challenges remain.
Every human being is entitled to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health conducive to living in dignity. Access to health care, which includes access to essential medicines,
is a prerequisite for realising that right. National medicines expenditures, as a proportion of total health expenditures, currently range from 7% to 66% worldwide.
The United Nations Secretary-Generalās Special Envoys for AIDS are committed individuals selected by the United Nations Secretary-General to help advance the AIDS agenda at global level and to ensure that AIDS is kept high as a political priority in their respective regions. In a series of interviews with Unaids.org, the Special Envoys for AIDS share their views on the state of the AIDS epidemic and their own role in the global effort to end the epidemic.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Salutations.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), of which the Republic of Haiti is an integral part, welcomes this Regional Coalition for Water and Sanitation to Eliminate Cholera in the Island of Hispaniola.
This initiative further consolidates efforts at addressing the public health challenge of the cholera epidemic which followed the devastating earthquake experienced by Haiti in January 2010.
ā(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Salutations.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), of which the Republic of Haiti is an integral part, welcomes this Regional Coalition for Water and Sanitation to Eliminate Cholera in the Island of Hispaniola.
This initiative further consolidates efforts at addressing the public health challenge of the cholera epidemic which followed the devastating earthquake experienced by Haiti in January 2010.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As we commence this Nineteenth Ordinary Meeting of the Executive Board in the resilient land of Haiti, I greet you warmly on behalf of the 65 members that comprise the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) established Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP). I wish to join the First Lady of Haiti, Madam Sophia Martelly, in bidding you a warm welcome BIENVENUE!. Indeed, it is a pleasure to have so many of you for the first time in Haiti under the PANCAP umbrella.