CARICOM SUMMIT ON CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (CNCDs)
15 September 2007 Crowne Plaza Trinidad Hotel Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Stemming the Tide of Non-Communicable Diseases In the Caribbean
Background to the Summit
Conference Communique
Communique issued at the conclusion of the Summit, including the Declaration of Port-of-Spain : Uniting to stop the Epidemic of Chronic NCDs
1. Opening remarks by the Right Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister, Barbados
2. Talking points for Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, Director, Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) 3. Presentation by the Hon. Dr Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis and the Lead Head of Government with responsibility for Health, in the Quasi Cabinet of CARICOM (PowerPoint presentation) 4. Remarks delivered by Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago 5. Remarks by His Excellency Edwin W. Carrington, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) 6. Executive Summary of the Working document
2. Talking points for Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, Director, Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO)
3. Presentation by the Hon. Dr Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis and the Lead Head of Government with responsibility for Health, in the Quasi Cabinet of CARICOM (PowerPoint presentation)
4. Remarks delivered by Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
5. Remarks by His Excellency Edwin W. Carrington, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
6. Executive Summary of the Working document
7. Potential years of life lost <65 years by cause. CARICOM countries, 2000 and 2004 (PowerPoint slide) 8. Projected national income lost from Heart diseases, stroke, cancer, diabetes, 2005-2015 (PowerPoint slide) 9. Prevalence of diabetes among adults in the Americas (PowerPoint slide)
8. Projected national income lost from Heart diseases, stroke, cancer, diabetes, 2005-2015 (PowerPoint slide)
9. Prevalence of diabetes among adults in the Americas (PowerPoint slide)
1. Alarming facts on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCDs) 2. CARICOM health expenditures 3. Estimates of economic burden of diabetes and hypertension in the Bahamas, Barbados and Jamaica 4. Feedback from the Barbados Diabetes Foundation 5. Follow-up Report on the Caribbean Commission on Health and Development, presented to the 27th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, July 2006 (PowerPoint presentation) 6. Fundamental tenets of the Nassau Declaration 2001: The Health of the Region is the Wealth of the Region 7. Health=Wealth: Synthesis of the Report of the Caribbean Commission on Health and Development (CCHD) 8. Health for Development : Presentation by Sir George Alleyne at the 9th conference of the OAS Lecture Series of the Americas, 11 October 2005 9. How to be not fat 10. Landmarks of Caribbean Cooperation in Health
11. Undercutting common myths about Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases
CARICOM Heads adopt Declaration on NCDs (press release 212/2007)
International agencies support CARICOM in NCD fight (press release 210/2007)
Make the healthy choice the easy choice - PM Douglas (press release 208/2007)
Historic CARICOM Summit on chronic NCDs launched Wednesday (press release 206/2007) Opening Remarks by the Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, to the Media Clinic for the Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases, 15 September 2007, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (press release 205/2007) CARICOM Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (press release 196/2007) First CARICOM Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases set for Trinidad (press release 195/2007) Caribbean Unity to Fight Chronic Diseases Epidemic : Obesity a major target (press release 194/2007)
Historic CARICOM Summit on chronic NCDs launched Wednesday (press release 206/2007)
Opening Remarks by the Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, to the Media Clinic for the Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases, 15 September 2007, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (press release 205/2007)
CARICOM Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (press release 196/2007)
First CARICOM Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases set for Trinidad (press release 195/2007)
Caribbean Unity to Fight Chronic Diseases Epidemic : Obesity a major target (press release 194/2007)
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