From Port-of-Spain summit to united nations high level meeting CARICOM and the global non-communicable disease agenda

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-391

  Samuels, T A ^a   Hospedales, C J ^b  

^a IL   (Barbados)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CARICOM; Chronic non communicable diseases; Heads of Government; Summit; United Nations

Indexed keywords

AGING; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLINDNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FERTILITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEASLES; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; POLIOMYELITIS; RUBELLA; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TSUNAMI; UNITED NATIONS; URBANIZATION; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; WEST INDIES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84856366593     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Henry F. The Obesity epidemic - a major threat to Caribbean development: the case for public policies; New Strategies Needed to Fight Obesity in the Caribbean; CAJANUS 2004; 37.
2. Irons B, Smith HC, Carrasco PA, De Quadros C. The immunisation programme in the Caribbean. Caribb Health 1999; 2: 9-11.
3. World Health Organization: Preventing Chronic Diseases: A Vital Investment. Geneva; 2005.
4. Beaglehole R, Bonita R, Alleyne GAO, Horton R, Li L, Lincoln P et al. UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases: addressing four questions. The Lancet NCDAction Group. The Lancet 2011; 378: 449-55. (Epub 2011 June 13). DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60879-9.
5. Mathers CD, Boerma T, Ma Fat D. Global and regional causes of death. Br Med Bull 2009; 92: 7-32.
6. Abdulkadri AO. Economic Burden of Diabetes and Hypertension in CARICOM States. Social and Economic Studies 2009; 58: 175-97.
7. Health Situation in the Americas, basic indicators. Washington, DC: PAHO; 2009.
8. Hennis AJ, Fraser HS, Jonnalagadda R, Fuller J, Chaturvedi N. Explanations for the high risk of diabetes-related amputation in a Caribbean population of black African descent and potential for prevention. Diabetes Care 2004; 27: 2636-41.
9. Health Situation in the Americas, basic indicators. Washington, DC: PAHO; 2009.
10. GLOBOCAN 2000: Cancer Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence Worldwide, Version 1.0. IARC CancerBase No. 5. Lyon: IARC Press; 2001.
11. STEPS NCD Risk Factor Data, Ministry of Health, British Virgin Islands, 2009.
12. STEPS NCD Risk Factor Data, Ministry of Health, Barbados, 2007.
13. STEPS NCD Risk Factor Data, Ministry of Health, Dominica, 2008.
14. Wilks R, Younger N, Tulloch-Reid M, McFarlane S, Francis D. Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey 2007-8. Kingston: Epidemiology Research Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies.
15. STEPS NCD Risk Factor Data, Ministry of Health, St. Kitts, 2008.
16. World Health Organization. 2008-2013 Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases. Geneva: WHO; 2008.
17. Caribbean Cooperation in Health Phase III. Investing in Health for Sustainable Development; 2010.
18. Nassau Declaration on Health 2001. The Health of the Region is the Wealth of the Region. Georgetown, Guyana: Caribbean Community Secretariat; 2001.
19. CARICOM. Working Document for Summit of CARICOM Heads of Government on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases.
20. Declaration of Port-of-Spain. Uniting to stop the epidemic of chronic non-communicable diseases.
21. PAHO/WHO. Regional Strategy and Plan of Action on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases, including Diet, Physical Activity and Health. CD 47/17; 2006.
22. CARICOM: Communique issued at the conclusion of the regional summit of government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs). In: Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; 2007: Declaration of Port-of-Spain: uniting to stop the epidemic of chronic non-communicable diseases. Georgetown, Guyana: Caribbean Community Secretariat; 2007.
23. PAHO Country profile of capacity and response to CNCDs. WHO Website 2011. Available from: http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php? option=com_content&task=view&id=2446&Itemid=1992&lang=en
24. Compilation of Legislation for the English-Speaking Caribbean Countries and Territories on Prevention and Control of Obesity, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases. Washington, DC: PAHO;
25. Lim SS, Gaziano TA, Gakidou E, Reddy KS, Farzadfar F, Lozano R et al. Prevention of cardiovascular disease in high-risk individuals in lowincome and middle-income countries: health effects and costs. Lancet 2007; 370: 2054-62. (Epub 2007 Dec 11. Review).
26. Strategic Plan of Action for Prevention and Control of Chronic Non- Communicable Diseases in Countries of the Caribbean Community CARICOM 2011-2015. CARICOM/PAHO.
27. James HC, Samuels TA, Cummings R, G Gayle, Greene E. Raising the Priority of Chronic Non-communicable Diseases in the Caribbean. PAHO Public Health Journal 2011 (in press).
28. Samuels TA, Fraser H. Caribbean Wellness Day: mobilizing a region for chronic noncommunicable disease prevention and control. Rev Panam Salud Publica 2010; 28: 472-9.
29. Nugent R, Feigl A. Where have all the donors gone? Scarce Donor Funding for Non-Communicable Diseases. Centre for Global Development, Working Paper 228, November 2010.
30. Kirton J, Guebert J, Samuels TA. Controlling NCDs through Summitry: The CARICOM Case: Prepared for the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization April 27, 2011 Centre for International Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs in Trinity College at the University of Toronto. [Accessed June 10 2011]. Available from: http://www.ghdp.utoronto.ca/pubs/caricom-casestudy.pdf