
Commission Profile
Status as at June 2019 | Inactive |
Country | Jamaica |
Name | Jamaica National Committee on Non-Communicable Diseases |
Date of first meeting | December 2011 |
Date of last meeting | May 2014. The NCDC had completed its term and is awaiting re-appointment |
Number of meetings over past 12 months | - |
Chairperson’s name | None at present. |
Title | - |
Organisational affiliation | - |
Duration of tenure | - |
Legal authority/reference | - |
Location(sector/entity) | - |
Mandate/Scope of work | Advocacy, advise on policy/legislation/programmes. No explicit mandate for implementation of programmes, resource mobilization, monitoring and evaluation or research. No mandate for hospital services review |
Terms of reference | No |
Conflict of interest policy | No |
Code of ethics | No |
Standard operating procedures | No |
NNCDC strategic plan/plan of action | Yes |
Decision-making process (consensus, majority, other) | - |
Membership and Personnel | 9 ex-officio and 33 members |
Government sector membership and level of representation | Ministries of Agriculture and Education, Trade, Consumer Affairs, Transport, Local government, Food and Nutrition |
Civil society membership and level of representation | University of the West Indies, Health NGO, Sports groups and Faith-based organisations |
Private sector membership and level of representation | Manufacturers, Food retailers, Advertising and Media |
Ex officio members | Chief Medical Officer, NCD Focal Point, Health Promotion Officer |
Secretariat exists? If so, please give date of establishment | No |
Resources | The Commission obtains professional, administrative and secretarial support from the staff of the NCD Focal Point in the Ministry of Health (MOH). There is however no secretariat, secretary or budgetary support. |
Full-time human resources/functions | No |
Part-time human resources/functions | No |
Main functions (advisory, accountability, strategic planning, project/programme implementation, other) | - |
Main areas of interventions for NCDs and NCD risk factors | - |
Other health issues that the NCD/Wellness Commission /Wellness Coordinating Mechanism addresses | - |
| Mental health is considered an integral part of the work of the Commission and in addition the Commission liaises with the HIV/AIDS programme to share successes and methodologies. |
Framework(s) of reference (national policy, strategy or plan; international plans/strategies) | - |
Focus of interventions (legislation, taxation, policy development, project/programme development, project/programme implementation, capacity building, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation, other) | - |
Work groups/subcommittees/task forces and their functions | It has 9 Sub-Technical Committees whose Chairs or Co-Chairs are members of the National Committee. Sub-Technical Committees:
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Accountability mechanisms (periodicity of monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and to whom; financial accountability mechanisms) | Occurs every 2 years |
Main successes |
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Success factors | - |
Specifically | |
| - |
Main challenges |
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How were these challenges overcome?
Specifically:
| - |
Partnerships, technical cooperation (TC) – please summarize partners and relevant TC areas | None |
Main source(s) of funding and approximate percentage of funding from each source | None |
Indicative annual budget (USD) | None |
Resource mobilisation, main areas | None |
Mechanisms for sustainability | None |