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Healthy Caribbean Coalition - Press Releases

December 6 2009 - Tobacco Control Bill passed in the lower house in Trinidad & Tobago - The Trinidad and Tobago Cancer Society would like to express sincere thanks to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago for its commitment to the Tobacco Control Bill 2009. We would also like to thank all the Senators for their valuable contributions, especially as all amendments to the Bill made at committee stage has not adversely affected the legislation. more ...........

September 24 2009 - Barbados Diabetes Foundation - Exhibitors for Global Village Expo 2009 - Barbados has one of the highest rates of Diabetes globally and nearly everyday someone has an amputation related to diabetes. It is for this reason that the Barbados Diabetes Foundation has renewed its efforts to put disease high on the public’s agenda and is calling on the private sector to get on board in the fight against this remorseless disease, through exhibiting at the 3rd annual Global Village Expo. more ...........

May 17 2009 - Washington DC - The World Hypertension League is highlighting salt and high blood pressure as the two silent killers for this year’s observance of World Hypertension Day. This is an international event with public activities taking place worldwide to raise awareness about high blood pressure. more ...........

March 19 2009 - On behalf of the Medical Commission for Caribbean Games 2009, Dr. Terry Ali (Chairman), Dr. Ian Hypolite and Dr. Adrian Lorde (Barbados) and the Medical Advisory Committee of CG09 it gives me great pleasure to join with the Bloomberg Foundation and the Cancer Society of Trinidad and Tobago to promote the inaugural Caribbean Games 2009 as a “Smoke Free” event. more ...........

March 19 2009 - Smoke Free Games Media Launch You are cordially invited by the Caribbean Games 2009 and the Bloomberg Foundation to the press launch of ‘SAVE’, on Thursday March 19, 2009 at 10 am at the Trinidad and Tobago Cancer Society, 62 Rosalino Street, Woodbrook. more ...........

March 11 2009 - The National Commission for Chronic Non-communicable Diseases’ Draft Strategic Plan 2009-2012 is now in the hands of Minister of Health, Donville Inniss. more ...........

March 5 2009 - The first Active Caribbean Workshop, hosted by the Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI, Cave Hill will be launched today, Friday, March 6 at the Accra Hotel & Resort by the Minister of Health, the Hon. Donville Inniss M.P. more ...........

February 17 2009 - The Barbados Diabetes Foundation is undertaking a research project to determine the influence of genetics in the development of kidney and eye disease among diabetics. more ...........

February 17 2009 - The Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill is hosting a physical activities workshop in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization, the Centre for Disease Control and the Ministry of Health, Chronic Non-Communicable Disease Commission and The Healthy Caribbean Coalition next month in Barbados. The event entitled ‘The Active Caribbean Workshop: Road to the Wellness Revolution’ comes off at the Accra Beach Hotel & Resort on Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7. more ...........

September 24, 2008. - Science of Peace Lecture and Award/PRMR Inc. The spotlight on Chronic Non Communicable Diseases and their impact on Caribbean citizens continues in October when the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of the West Indies, hosts the prestigious Inter American Heart Foundation’s (IAHF) Science of Peace Lecture and Award ceremony. more ...........

July 2008 - Healthy Caribbean 2008 - A Wellness Revolution Conference - Last year the Caribbean Heads of Governments in recognising chronic diseases as the primary causes of premature death and reduced quality of life in the Caribbean, signed a joint treaty in Trinidad and Tobago, the “Declaration of Port of Spain; Uniting to stop the epidemic of Chronic Non Communicable Disease (CNCDs)” more ...........

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