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NEWS Roundup
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24 February 2024
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Webinar: How Are Some Food Industry Actors Working Against Octagonal Warning Labels?
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In support of the See the Truth campaign, HCC and partners hosted a webinar on 22 February 2024. The webinar, brought together civil society advocates, academics and policymakers to share experiences of weak governance and industry interference, and discussed strategies to protect NCD policymaking processes from interference.
The See the Truth campaign was launched on 22 January 2024, by the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) and Partners, the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados (HSFB), and the Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN). See the Truth, a six-week long, regional social media campaign aimed to promote healthy food policies – like the front of package octagonal warning label (FOPWL), building support for the implementation of measures to safeguard policymaking processes by highlighting industry interference tactics deployed during the CARICOM Standards Approval process in opposition to octagonal warning labels and the PAHO nutrient profile model. See the Truth complements HCC’s broader advocacy to support the implementation of healthy food policies across the region and builds on previous campaigns such as Make it Make Sense, People Over Profit and Octagonal Warning Labels Help Consumers Act on Facts.
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| See the Truth Campaign Video and Graphics |
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| Youth Meeting in Barbados, Empowering Caribbean Youth Voices for Health Advocacy – Igniting Change for Healthy Food Policies |
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The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) and Healthy Caribbean Youth (HCY), in partnership with the Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN), the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados (HSFB), and UNICEF Jamaica, hosted a regional youth meeting, “Caribbean Youth Voices in Health Advocacy Spaces – Healthy Food Policy Action”, from February 7th to 9th, 2024, in Bridgetown, Barbados.
This three-day health policy focused youth meeting, a first of its kind in the Caribbean, adds to the ongoing efforts of the partners to build capacity and momentum to empower the region’s youth to advocate for the implementation of Healthy Food Policies. The meeting focused on the implementation of octagonal front-of-package nutrition warning labeling and restricting the availability and marketing of unhealthy products in and around school settings.
See our meeting photo gallery here. |
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| Let's Talk Obesity Webinar |
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| NCD Commission Chair: Nix Harmful Food Advertising |
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Barbados Today: Businesses shouldn’t be able to promote harmful foods to children, the head of the Non-Communicable Diseases Commission said Thursday as a childhood obesity prevention campaign rolled out to schools.
Declaring the launch of the School Nutrition Policy in 2023 was arguably a success for the group and doctors who have pushed for years to cut the number of sugary drinks in schools, Bulbulia said more needs to be done to address the daily advertising of unhealthy foods and drinks to children.
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Suliman Bulbulia, Head of the Non-Communicable Diseases Commission (Photo: Barbados Today)
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| Photo: St. Lucia Times website
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82 Percent Of Deaths In Saint Lucia Attributed To NCDs
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St. Lucia Times: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes are the leading cause of illness and death globally.
In Saint Lucia, the Epidemiology unit reports that 82% of deaths are attributed to these diseases. |
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| Youth Ambassador Plans To Promote Healthy Lifestyle in Montserrat |
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ZJB Radio: A Montserratian CARICOM Youth Ambassador is looking at ways to influence change and the implementation of healthy lifestyle policies for young people on island. Dr Tiffany Skerritt is back home after attending a Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) and Healthy Caribbean Youth (HCY) conference in Barbados last week.
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CARICOM Youth Ambassador, Dr Tiffany Skerritt
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| Youth Suicide Prevention: Recognize the Signs |
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Caribbean Life: Children and teens can be moody, but when signs of mental health troubles last for weeks, don’t assume it’s just a passing mood. Suicide is a leading cause of death among U.S. children, teens and young adults ages 10-24, and rates have been on the rise. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all teens be screened for suicide risk starting at age 12.
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| Photo: SeventyFour / iStock via Getty Images Plus
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| PAHO Partners With St Jude Children’s Research Hospital |
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| A new partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to help strengthen equitable access to cancer medications for children in Latin America and the Caribbean. Read more |
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| AHA: The scientific statement, published Thursday in the journal Circulation, provides updated guidance for health care professionals about how to identify people at high risk. |
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| Creating a ‘Smoke-Free Generation’ Is a Unique Chance To Lead the World in Tackling Tobacco |
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| Daily Telegraph (UK): Over the coming weeks, MPs will debate new laws to create a ‘smoke-free generation’. |
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World Obesity Day is on 4 March 2024.
Organisations around the globe will be participating in a Walk for Obesity!
Show your support for urgent implementation of evidence-based efforts to address obesity by participating in this global walk! |
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- WHO Multistakeholder Briefing on the 2nd Global NCD Financing Dialogue
- World Oral Health Day: A happy mouth is a happy body
- Cancer Prevention Action Week
- World Obesity Day: Let's talk about obesity and NCDs
- Personal NCD stories
- NGO strategies in commercial determinants of health
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Open Letters and Statements
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| Exploring The Pursuit of Effective Public Health Policies Through A Trade Lens – Webinar |
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| January 13, 2020 |
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| Exploring The Pursuit of Effective Public Health Policies Through A Trade Lens, the third webinar in the HCC Childhood Obesity Prevention Webinar Series, a series that consists of webinars intended to build the capacity of civil society organisations (CSO’s) and other key stakeholders advocating for and implementing childhood obesity prevention policies in the region. |
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Vaping Among Adolescents and Youth in the Caribbean: Situation, Policy Responses, and Recommended Actions
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Our Health, Our Right – A Rights-Based Childhood Obesity Prevention Agenda for the Caribbean
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NCD Prevention and Control in the Caribbean – Essential Considerations for Equity-Based and Rights-Based Approaches, Policy brief.
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