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TRINIDAD: New smoking ban to take effect - Caribbean Daily. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Smokers in Trinidad and Tobago will soon be stripped of their right to light up in public as they wish as a new law that seeks to curb the practice is to take effect this week. more ...........

Smoking ban in enclosed public places starts Wed - Trinidad & Tobago Express. FROM Ash Wednesday, smokers will no longer be allowed to light up in any enclosed public place. The Ministry of Health yesterday issued a release, announcing that the Tobacco Control Act, passed back in December 2009, will be proclaimed by President George Maxwell Richards and enforced in phases from Wednesday onwards. more ...........

Anti-tobacco law in effect - The Trinidad Guardian - A couple of weeks ago, the Minister of Health announced that some parts of the 2009 Tobacco Act would come into effect on Ash Wednesday. more ...........

PAHO Policy Statement on “Preventing cardiovascular disease in the Americas by reducing dietary salt intake population-wide” - The PAHO/WHO Regional Expert Group on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention through Dietary Salt Reduction has produced this policy statement. It has the rationale and recommendations for a population-based approach to reduce dietary salt intake among all people in the Americas, be they adults or children. more ...........

Smoking ban makes good sense - Jamaica Gleaner Online, February 11, 2010 - Smoking has been recognised as a serious medical problem and, in the last 40 years, has been linked irrefutably to many serious diseases of various tissues, including cancer, heart disease, gangrene of lower limbs, stroke and lung disease. Cigarette smoking also increases the complications of diabetes and hypertension. more ...........

Smokers under attack - Jamaica Gleaner Online, January 22nd, 2010 - The bandwagon of local smoking bans now steamrolling across the nation has nothing to do with protecting people from the supposed threat of 'second-hand' smoke. more ...........

Agencies push for inclusion of non-communicable diseases in global health agenda - MediaGlobal, February 11, 2010, By Ryan Dicovitsky. When the international community adopted the Millennium Development Goals in 2000, the chief health focus was on diseases that affect young children and women. more ...........

Caribbean Nations Push for Resolution to Address Non-Communicable Diseases - Europa Newswire, February 5, 2010. By Amy Lieberman. UNITED NATIONS. Non-Communicable, or transferable, diseases, like diabetes and cancer, account for more than 60 percent of the global deaths, 40 percent of which are premature, yet no international resolution or convention recognizes this growing trend. more ...........

30th September 2009 - Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) launches its public access defibrillation programme - CONCERNED about the increasing number of persons dying from heart-related problems in Jamaica, the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) yesterday launched its public access defibrillation programme, intended to increase the use of automated external defibrillator (AED) in public locations. more ...........

20th September 2009 - A Report of the activities of Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) for the 12 month period following the Healthy Caribbean Conference 2008. Professor Trevor Hassell, Chairman of The Healthy Caribbean Coalition. more ...........

16th September 2009 - UWI Chancellor urges higher taxes on cigarettes ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC - Chancellor of the University of the West- Indies (UWI), Professor George Alleyne, says he is concerned over the incidents of chronic non communicable diseases in Dominica and is recommending an increase on tobacco taxes to curb the problem. more ...........

19th April 2009 - The Fifth Summit of the Americas concluded on 19 April 2009 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, with a declaration addressing the most pressing challenges facing the region, including non-communicable diseases. The Summits of the Americas bring together the 34 democratically elected Heads of State and Government of the Americas to jointly seek solutions to the Americas' challenges. more ...........

23rd March 2009 - Project Manager Report on the Bloomberg Grantee meeting and the 14th WCTOH, Mumbai India, March 2009. Bloomberg Initiative Grantee meeting - March 5-8th 2009, 14th WCTOH Meeting March 8-12th 2009. Barbara McGaw, Project Manager, The Heart Foundation of Jamaica/Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control. more ...........

8th March 2009 - For the Guyana Diabetic Association for the pass few months the Association have built a stronger partnership with the Ministry of Health of Guyana. We have done joint projects The Ministry held the out of town activities with the Secretary of the Association attending. more ...........

1st September 2008 - Purpose and Objectives and Preliminary Programme - The purpose of this conference is to bring together a wide spectrum of partners from throughout the CARICOM countries -namely civil society, the business community, educators and researchers, and policy makers - to plan civil society’s response to the chronic non-communicable disease (CNCD) epidemic in the Caribbean. more ...........

30th July 2008 - Progress report and update on the “Healthy Caribbean 2008 – a wellness revolution conference” - Strategic purpose of the conference - To focus attention of the Caribbean on the epidemic and burden of the Chronic Non Communicable Diseases (CNCDs) leading in turn to post conference follow-up action, activities, programmes and policies that will lead to reduction of CNCDs in the Caribbean. The conference will be led by Caribbean Civil Society and is a follow up to the Heads of Government of CARICOM Summit on CNCDs held in Port of Spain last year. more ...........

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