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non-communicable diseases

CARPHA supports breastfeeding as long-term strategy for more productive, healthier Region

Staff Writer Aug 6, 2021

(Caribbean Public Health Agency Press Release) “Breastfeeding can help to prevent childhood obesity and maternal obesity, which are important risk factors for . If we are to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity and non-communicable…
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The dual assault of the pandemic and volcano eruption has sparked the need for deeper Caribbean…

Staff Writer May 10, 2021

By Chelston Brathwaite, Director General Emeritus of The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and Manuel Otero, Director General of The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) The…
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CARICOM Chair: Region must continue to address crime and violence as public health issue

Michelle Nurse Feb 24, 2021

Even as the Region focuses on recovery post-COVID-19 and the health and socioeconomic wellbeing of its people, it must remain committed to addressing crime and violence as a public health issue, according to CARICOM Chair, Prime Minister…
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Message Caribbean Wellness Day – Dr. Joy St. John, CARPHA

Jascene Dunkley-Malcolm Sep 12, 2020

This year, the people of the Caribbean Region will celebrate 12 years since the 2007 landmark summit, ‘Declaration of Port of Spain: Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of Chronic Non-communicable Diseases’ under a new theme, ‘Power Through…
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CARICOM Heads Recognise Covid-19 Economic Threat, Maintain Risk of Regional Transmission Low

Jascene Dunkley-Malcolm Feb 20, 2020 0

The CARICOM Heads of Government have recognised the risk of the novel corona-virus (Covid-19) to the Region but are also satisfied that the current risk of transmission is low. In a Communique issued after the hosting of the Thirty-First…
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