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CARICOM pledges stronger action on NCDs

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Good news for the NCD response in the Caribbean! The communiqué issued at the thirty-seventh CARICOM Heads of Government Conference (July 4-6) places chronic diseases firmly on the leaders’ agenda in the run-up to the 10th anniversary of the Port of Spain Declaration on NCDs.

Noting that progress on the epidemic has been “variable”, the Heads of Government agreed to adopt a “more holistic approach”.

They pledged to address such issues as banning smoking in public places; banning the advertising of unhealthy foods to children and raising taxes on food high in sugar, salts and trans fats.

Read full press release in the link below. 

Post Date: 
Thursday, 28 juillet, 2016
Category - News: 
Announcements
Related Resource: 
Healthy Caribbean Coalition Civil Society Regional Status Report - Responses to NCDs in the Caribbean Community [1]
Related Link: 
Press release [2]
Caribbean Unity in Health - Love That Body [3]
Source URL: https://old.ncdalliance.org/fr/node/8559

Liens
[1] https://old.ncdalliance.org/fr/node/4065
[2] http://www.caricom.org/media-center/communications/communiques/communique-issued-at-the-conclusion-of-the-thirty-seventh-regular-meeting-of-the-conference-of-heads-of-government-of-the-caribbean-community-caricom-4-6-july-2016-georgetown-guyana
[3] http://www.onecaribbeanhealth.org