The important moments in history of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition, from the birth of the coalition to the present day. Click on any point on the timeline to find out more about a particular event.
15 Apr 2020
Strengthening Food and Nutrition Security in the Caribbean: A Legacy Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Strengthening Food and Nutrition Security in the Caribbean: A Legacy Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Wednesday, April 15, 2020 – The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) and the…
27 Mar 2020
HCC Open Letter to CARICOM Heads of State and Government About NCDs and COVID-19
HCC OPEN LETTER TO CARICOM HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT CALLING FOR URGENT ACTION TO PROTECT THOSE LIVING WITH NCDs FROM COVID-19 March 27, 2020…
28 Feb 2020
HCC Open Letter to CARICOM Heads of State and Government About Processed Food Imports
HCC Calls on Caricom Heads of State and Government to Take a Closer Lo at Processed Food Imports as Part of an Ambitious Plan to…
11 Feb 2020
HCC Receives Sharjah Award for Excellence in NCD Civil Society Action
The HCC received the Sharjah Award for Excellence in NCD Civil Society Action at the third Global NCD Alliance Forum which to place 9-11 February 2020,…
19 Dec 2019
Climate Change and NCDs in the Caribbean
In August 2019, the HCC was invited to represent the Caribbean as one of the priority countries/regions of the Lancet Countdown over the period 2019-2023…
13 Dec 2019
Sweet Beverages in the Caribbean
On Friday December 13th 2019, The Healthy Caribbean Coalition CSO Regional Action Team for Childhood Obesity Prevention released the 2019 Sweet Beverages in the Caribbean Infographic…
06 Dec 2019
4th Caribbean Alcohol Reduction Day (CARD) 2019
On Friday December 6th the HCC with the support of partners PAHO and CARPHA, hosted the 4th Annual Caribbean Alcohol Reduction Day. 4TH ANNUAL CARIBBEAN…
29 Nov 2019
Consumers Right to Know: Joint Statement
Consumers Right to Know: Joint Statement from the Healthy Caribbean Coalition and the National Consumers League of Jamaica November 29, 2019 RIGHT NOW Caribbean countries…
29 Nov 2019
HCC Open Letter to Grenada Minister of Education and Minister of Health
HCC OPEN LETTER TO THE HONOURABLE EMMALIN PIERRE MINISTER OF EDUCATION OF GRENADA And TO THE HONOURABLE NIKOLAS STEELE MINISTER OF HEALTH, SOCIAL SECURITY AND…
05 Nov 2019
HCC Open Letter to The Bahamas Minister of Health and Minister of Education
HCC OPEN LETTER TO DR. THE HONOURABLE DUANE SANDS MINISTER OF HEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS And TO THE HONOURABLE JEFFREY LEONARD LLOYD MINISTER OF EDUCATION…
30 Sep 2019
Call to Urgent Action
Arising out of a multisectoral regional meeting “Accelerating Nutrition Policies in the Caribbean: Creating Supportive Environments for Healthy Children”,1 17-18 September 20191 in Bridgetown, Barbados,…
23 Sep 2019
HCC Receive UNIATF Award for Civil Society Action on NCDs
HCC President Sir Trevor Hassell, accepted the UNIATF award at the United Nations General Assembly on September 23rd, 2019, the award is in recognition of…
17 Sep 2019
Accelerating Nutrition Polices in the Caribbean 2019
Accelerating Nutrition Polices in the Caribbean – Creating Supportive Environments for Healthy Children September 17-18, 2019, Bridgetown, Barbados. Building on the November 2017 regional HCC meeting,…
28 Jun 2019
HCC Open Letter to CARICOM Heads of Government at the 40th COHOG
HCC OPEN LETTER TO CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT AT THE 40TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT June 28, 2019 Dear…
27 May 2019
UN High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage HCC Technical Brief
First United Nations High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage – Technical Brief for CARICOM Countries: A Contribution from Civil Society. This Technical Brief is a step…
25 Apr 2019
Childhood Obesity: Time for a New Narrative – Webinar
Childhood Obesity: Time for a New Narrative, the first webinar in the HCC Childhood Obesity Prevention Webinar Series, a series that consists of webinars intended…
27 Mar 2019
Managing Conflict of Interest in the Caribbean
Managing Conflict of Interest in the Caribbean – What Are the Rules of Engagement When Working With the Unhealthy Commodities Industry in Small Island Developing…
29 Nov 2018
3rd Caribbean Alcohol Reduction Day (CARD) 2018
On Thursday November 29th the HCC with the support of partners PAHO, CARPHA, CARICOM Secretariat and the UWI Open Campus, will host the 3rd Annual…
20 Nov 2018
Beyond the Call to Action Event
Beyond the Call to Action Event: Towards School Policies in Support of Childhood Obesity Prevention, to place on Tuesday November 20th, 2018, United Nations Universal…
27 Sep 2018
HCC 10 Year Anniversary Report
We are pleased to announce the launch of the HCC 10 Year Anniversary Report – Celebrating 10 Years of a Civil Society Regional Response to the…
31 Aug 2018
Caribbean NCD Forum Report
The Caribbean NCD Forum Report gives a detailed and comprehensive account of all three days of this special event. The Caribbean NCD Forum: Supporting national and…
15 Jun 2018
HCC Open Letter to Dr. The Honourable Christopher Tufton
HCC OPEN LETTER TO DR. THE HONOURABLE CHRISTOPHER TUFTON MP MINISTER OF HEALTH OF JAMAICA CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A RESTRICTION OF SUGARY DRINKS…
08 Jun 2018
Sagicor Life Inc. Reaffirms its Commitment to the HCC
Sagicor Life Inc. has once again committed funding for the operations of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) through an extension of a Memorandum of Understanding…
23 Apr 2018
Childhood Obesity Call to Action Launched
The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC), to its Childhood Obesity Call to Action to Jamaica as it launched its regional Childhood Obesity Prevention campaign titled #toomuchjunk…
11 Dec 2017
HCC Wins Award for Excellence in Civil Society Action
The HCC wins award for excellence in civil society action at the 2nd Global NCD Alliance Forum in Sharjah. The Sharjah Awards in Excellence in…
17 Nov 2017
Caribbean Alcohol Reduction Day 2017
HCC and it’s partners PAHO, CARPHA and CARICOM present the 2nd Annual Caribbean Alcohol Reduction Day (CARD). The theme this year is: Drink Less, Reduce, Cancer. The harmful…
03 Nov 2017
NCDs and Trade Policy in the Caribbean HCC Policy Brief
This HCC NCD Policy Brief ‘NCDs and Trade Policy in the Caribbean‘ highlights the interactions and relationships between trade and NCDs and the role of…
30 Oct 2017
HCC Launches Online Portal of National NCD Commissions in CARICOM
With support of the Commonwealth Secretariat the HCC has worked with National NCD Commissions (and equivalents) across CARICOM to develop an on portal which contains…
30 Oct 2017
Model for Integrated NCD/Sexual & Reproductive Health (SRH) Service Delivery Report
With support from the NCD Alliance and Medtronic Philanthropy, the HCC provided a small grant for the Barbados Family Planning Association (BFPA) to work in…
11 Oct 2017
Preventing Childhood Obesity in the Caribbean – Civil Society Action Plan 2017-2021
The Healthy Caribbean Coalition’s (HCC’s) Civil Society Action Plan 2017-2021: Preventing Childhood Obesity in the Caribbean was developed to guide the response of Caribbean civil…
22 Sep 2017
HCC and Partners Shine a Spotlight on Childhood Obesity at the 72nd UNGA
On Friday September 22nd, 2017 at the 72nd UNGA in the Trusteeship Council Chamber, the Permanent Missions of Barbados, Jamaica and Canada to the UN, the Caribbean…
18 Sep 2017
HCC and the CDB Join Forces to Tackle Childhood Obesity in the Caribbean
The HCC and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) have joined Forces to Tackle Childhood Obesity in the Caribbean. The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved…
18 Apr 2017
HCC Signs MOU with University of the West Indies Open Campus
On Tuesday April 18th, the HCC signed an MOU with the University of the West Indies Open Campus (OC). The three year programme of collaboration…
12 Apr 2017
HCC Signs MOU to Advance Workplace Wellness Programmes in the Caribbean
HCC Signs MOU to Advance Workplace Wellness Programmes in the Caribbean, on Wednesday April 12th, 2017, the HCC signed an MOU with FirstCaribbean International ComTrust…
07 Apr 2017
An Insight into Depression in the Caribbean Infographic
Friday, April 7, 2017 is the World Health Organization’s World Health Day. The theme this year is depression. In recognition of World Health Day the…
04 Apr 2017
Getting National NCD Commissions Up and Running
Getting National NCD Commissions Up and Running is a publication, developed in partnership with the Commonwealth Secretariat, is the second of a two-part series on NNCDCs. Part…
22 Mar 2017
Trinidad & Tobago NCD Alliance Launched
It was a historic occasion in Trinidad this past Wednesday March 22nd, when nine civil society organisations came together to officially launch the Trinidad & Tobago…
17 Mar 2017
Sodium Adds Up a Comparison of Sample Meal Plans in Barbados
Sodium Adds Up – A Comparison of Sample Meal Plans in Barbados. With World Salt Awareness week upon us we carried out our own survey…
24 Feb 2017
A Spoonful of Sugar – The “Not So Sweet” Truth About Barbados’ Breakfast Cereals
A Spoonful of Sugar – The “Not So Sweet” Truth About Barbados’ Breakfast Cereals (Inclusion of Barbados in WASH Global Breakfast Cereals Survey 2016). World…
17 Feb 2017
HCC Strategic Plan 2017-2021 Officially Launched
The HCC Strategic Plan 2017 – 2021 was officially launched at the HCC Advocacy, Accountability and Conflict of Interest Meeting held in Antigua and Barbuda…
17 Feb 2017
Advocacy, Accountability and Conflict of Interest in the Caribbean
On Friday Feb 17, 2017, over 50 stakeholders from Civil Society, Government and the Private Sector met in Antigua and Barbuda for a one and…
02 Feb 2017
The HCC Caribbean Cancer Alliance Cancer Advocacy Agenda
The HCC Caribbean Cancer Alliance Celebrates World Cancer Day 2017 with the Launch of Our Caribbean Cancer Advocacy Agenda. This Caribbean cancer advocacy agenda was…
19 Dec 2016
Civil Society Led Tobacco Control Advocacy in the Caribbean Report
Civil Society Led Tobacco Control Advocacy in the Caribbean: Experiences from The Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control This report documents best practices of the Jamaica Coalition…
25 Nov 2016
Capacity and Information Needs Assessment Report
Capacity and Information Needs Assessment of Healthy Caribbean Coalition Civil Society Organisation Members Working in the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases. The Report provides…
18 Nov 2016
HCC Caribbean Alcohol Reduction Day 2016
The “First Annual Caribbean Alcohol Reduction Day: Misuse of alcohol is a bigger problem than you think”, is an initiative of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition…
06 Oct 2016
Sugar in the Caribbean Infographics
On the 6th October 2016 we launched an infographic on the sugar content of popular sugar sweetened beverages in the Caribbean. The consumption of sugar sweetened beverages…
28 Sep 2016
Blood Pressure Control Through Community Action Report
Blood Pressure Control Through Community Action. Multi Country Project implemented in Dominica, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, & St. Vincent & the Grenadines – Funded by…
28 Jul 2016
HCC Brief: A Closer Look, The Implementation of Taxation on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages by the Government of Barbados
HCC Launches New Brief: A Closer Lo, The Implementation of Taxation on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages by the Government of Barbados This policy brief provides an overview…
22 Apr 2016
HCC Brings Together Regional Civil Society Organisations to Develop 2017-2021 Strategic Plan
On April 22, 2016, Civil society representing twenty four NGOs from across eleven CARICOM territories came together to reflect, celebrate and plan the way forward…
14 Apr 2016
Climate Change, NCDs and SIDS
In the first of a series of occasional papers on NCD prevention and control the HCC examines Climate Change, NCDs & SIDS. Climate Change, NCDs…
21 Sep 2015
Measuring and Engaging the Business Sector Response to NCDs Report
Measuring and Engaging the Business Sector Response to NCDs: The Caribbean NCD Private Sector Forum Meeting Report. This is a meeting report of the The…
21 Sep 2015
The Caribbean Private Sector Response to NCDs Report
The Caribbean Private Sector Response to NCDs: A Situational Analysis and Framework for Action. The report is a Situational Analysis and Framework for Action and…
21 Sep 2015
A Civil Society Report on National NCD Commissions in the Caribbean
A Civil Society Report on National NCD Commissions in the Caribbean: Towards a More Effective Multisectoral Response to NCDs. Part I This report provides a…
10 Jul 2015
HCC Signs MOU for 3 More Years With Sagicor Life Barbados
HCC Signs MOU for 3 More Years. On July 10, 2015 the HCC officially renewed its relationship with Sagicor Life Barbados signing and extending Memorandum…
06 Jun 2015
Caribbean Civil Society Regional Preparatory Meeting
June 6th, 2015 at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel Caribbean Civil Society Regional Preparatory Meeting In preparation for the Global NCD Alliance Forum Meeting Summary: On Saturday June 6th,…
05 Jun 2015
Strengthening The Multi-Sectoral Response to NCDs in the Caribbean – National NCD Commissions
June 5th, 2015 – Courtyard Marriott Hotel, Barbados Meeting Summary: Friday June 5th, 2015 at the Courtyard by Marriott Bridgetown in Barbados, key stakeholders came…
04 Jun 2015
Caribbean NCD Private Sector Forum
June 4th, 2015 – Courtyard Marriott Hotel, Barbados Meeting Summary: On Thursday June 4th, 2015 at the Courtyard by Marriott Bridgetown in Barbados, 40 business…
18 Mar 2015
Caribbean Civil Society Health Systems Strengthening Meeting Report
Caribbean Civil Society Health Systems Strengthening Meeting Report The HCC is pleased to the report of the Caribbean Civil Society Health Systems Strengthening Meeting…
12 Mar 2015
HCC Awarded Grant from Australian Direct Aid Program (DAP) to fund BPCCA I
HCC has been awarded a grant from the Australian Direct Aid Program (DAP) to fund BPCCA I, the Australian Government and the HCC collaborate to…
26 Feb 2015
The NCD Commissions Strengthening Project (NCDCSP)
The NCD Commissions Strengthening Project (NCDCSP) is a collaborative effort of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) and the Commonwealth Secretariat, working to strengthen the multisectoral…
20 Feb 2015
The American Cancer Society Supporting C4PI II
The American Cancer Global Health Programme is supporting HCC member organisations in a second round of funding aimed at building the capacity of the Jamaica…
22 Oct 2014
Caribbean Civil Society – Health Systems Strengthening Meeting 2014
On Wednesday October 22, 2014, a Caribbean Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) Meeting hosted by the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) in partnership with PAHO/WHO and CARPHA to…
07 Oct 2014
HCC First Webinar – The Need for Alcohol Policy in the Caribbean
Healthy Caribbean in partnership with CARIAD present the First CARIBAPAN ‘The Need for Alcohol Policy in the Caribbean’ To place on Tuesday October 7th 2014.…
22 Aug 2014
Youth4NCDs Initiative Launched
Join Youth4NCDs Young people have the power to influence real change. The HCC is launching Youth4NCDs – an on advocacy movement for young people living…
06 Jun 2014
HCC Joins Forces with CARIAD
HCC Joins Forces with CARIAD, the HCC and the Caribbean Institute on Alcoholism and other Drug Problems (CARIAD) have just signed an MOU aimed at…
20 Mar 2014
HCC – Launches a Civil Society Regional Status Report
HCC – Launches a Civil Society Regional Status Report: Responses to NCDs in the Caribbean Community and target Country Profiles. This report is one of…
05 Dec 2013
Situational Analysis of Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control in the Caribbean
Situational Analysis of Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control in the Caribbean, Results from a 2013 assessment of country, policies and services for HPV vaccination, cervical cancer…
30 Nov 2013
Knighthood for HCC President
Knighthood for HCC President, the Board of Directors, staff, volunteers and membership of the HCC would like to extend our congratulations to the founder and…
29 Nov 2013
Australian High Commission Supports Caribbean Civil Society Cervical Cancer Prevention
Australian High Commission Supports Caribbean Civil Society Cervical Cancer Prevention, the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) has been awarded a grant by the Australian High Commission…
22 Nov 2013
HCC and Sagicor Launch Advocacy Handbooks
The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) is pleased to make available the Caribbean Civil Society Cervical Cancer Advocacy Handbo and Planning Tool, A practical tool for…
22 Nov 2013
Strengthening Health Systems, Supporting NCD Action Meeting 2013
The November 22nd, 2013 regional meeting ‘Strengthening Health Systems, Supporting NCD Action Meeting 2013 – Advocating for Policies and Action’ held in Trinidad, was a…
02 Sep 2013
NCD Alliance Selects HCC as Partner in the Caribbean
NCD Alliance Selects HCC as partner in the Caribbean as well as national implementing partners in Brazil and South Africa. ‘Strengthening Health Systems, Supporting NCD…
02 Jun 2013
Caribbean Cervical Cancer Electronic Petition (CCCEP)
Under the banner of ‘End Cervical Cancer Now‘, the CCCEP campaign was created to raise awareness of cervical cancer, the HPV vaccination and to lobby…
21 Mar 2013
Cervical Cancer Advocacy Workshop 2013
March 21-22, 2013, Cervical Cancer Advocacy Workshop for Caribbean Cancer Societies and Foundations – Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino, Sint. Maarten. Fighting Cancer…
08 Mar 2013
First Edition of the HCC Weekly Roundup
First Edition of the HCC Weekly Roundup was produced on March the 8th 2013, prior to this we did send out es containing links to…
21 Dec 2012
HCC Strategic Plan 2012-2016
HCC Strategic Plan 2012-2016, A Civil Society Strategic Plan of Action for Prevention & Control of NCDs for countries of the Caribbean Community 2012-2016 Produced by…
01 Nov 2012
HCC Appoint Experienced Health Specialist Maisha Hutton
HCC appoint Experienced Health Specialist Maisha Hutton. The not-for-profit civil organisation Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC), today announced the appointment of a new manager, Maisha Hutton. Professor…
18 Sep 2012
MOU Signed Between Sagicor Life and HCC
MOU Signed Between Sagicor Life and HCC. On the 18th September 2012 at the headquarters of the United Nations sub regional office for Barbados and…
27 May 2012
Rallying for Action on NCD’s 2012
May 27-29, 2012, an NCD Prevention and Strategic Planning Workshop for Civil Society Organizations entitled ‘Rallying for Action on NCD’s 2012’, to place at Wyndham Kingston Hotel…
05 Dec 2011
HCC at mhealth Summit 2011
HCC at mhealth Summit, Dec 5-7, 2011 The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) and the mHealth Alliance announced held the 3rd annual mHealth…
19 Sep 2011
UN High Level Meeting on the Prevention & Control of NCD’s
Billed as an NCD summit to shape the international agenda, the UN High Level Meeting on the Prevention & Control of NCD’s to place 19-20 September 2011…
16 Sep 2011
Mobile phones and social media in the response to NCDs
Mobile phones and social media in the response to NCDs – a side event organised by the Healthy Caribbean Coalition, PAHO/WHO, Global Health Council, Young professionals…
18 Mar 2011
Get the Message Campaign
Get the Message: On 18th March 2011 the Healthy Caribbean Coalition launched a civil society led Health Revolution: a text based Social and Traditional Media…
06 Oct 2010
HCC First Facebook Post
On October 6th 2010 the HCC moved into social media making it’s first post on : Health Ministry chastised for slow action on tobacco control,…
29 Nov 2009
Statement on Commonwealth Action to Combat NCDs
Statement on Commonwealth Action to Combat NCDs, November 29th 2009 The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) was held from 27–29 November 2009 in Port…
11 Mar 2009
The National Commission for CNCDs Draft Strategic Plan 2009-2012
The National Commission for Chronic Non-communicable Diseases’ Draft Strategic Plan 2009-2012 The National Commission for Chronic Non-communicable Diseases’ Draft Strategic Plan 2009-2012 is now in…
18 Oct 2008
Caribbean Civil Society Bridgetown Declaration
Caribbean Civil Society Bridgetown Declaration: Tackling the Caribbean Epidemic of Chronic Diseases We, the undersigned representatives of Caribbean Civil Society and related organizations, on the…
16 Oct 2008
Healthy Caribbean 2008 – A Wellness Revolution Conference
October 16, 2008, Healthy Caribbean 2008 – A Wellness Revolution Conference. The purpose of this conference was to bring together a wide spectrum of partners…
25 Apr 2008
healthycaribbean.org domain name registered
One of the first steps towards the forming of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition was the registration of the domain name healthycaribbean.org, this to place on…
09 Oct 2007
Declaration of St. Ann
Declaration of St. Ann: Implementing Agriculture and Food Policies to prevent Obesity and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the Caribbean Community We, the Ministers of Agriculture…
15 Sep 2007
Declaration of Port-Of-Spain: Uniting to Stop the Epidemic Of Chronic NCDs
Declaration of Port-Of-Spain: Uniting to Stop the Epidemic Of Chronic NCDs Declaration of Port-Of-Spain 15 September 2007. We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community…
