This proposed webinar, “Taking Stock: Wins, Gaps, and the Road Ahead for Healthy Food Policy in the Caribbean” in collaboration with PAHO, CARPHA, and the OECS Commission provides a timely opportunity to highlight policy progress, share lessons learned, and strengthen collective efforts toward regional NCD prevention and control.
The objectives of the webinar are to:
- Examine progress and key challenges in the implementation of fiscal policies including sweetened beverage (SB) taxes and subsidies across the Caribbean
- Identify lessons learned from school nutrition policy development and implementation, including navigating engagement with the private sector (with an emphasis on health neutral/health promoting companies)
- Highlight challenges, progress and opportunities in other key food policy areas including: TFA regulation; FOPWL, marketing of breast milk substitutes and marketing to children.
- Reflect on approaches and tools to address the cross cutting challenge of undue influence and conflict of interest in food policy implementation
- Explore actionable recommendations to accelerate policy progress, including the application of innovative research approaches and findings.
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Webinar Participants and Presenters
Moderators:
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Mr. Alex Johnson
Clinical Dietitian, Health Advocate and Healthy Caribbean Youth, Jamaica
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Ms. Latifah Holder
Public Health Specialist and Healthy Caribbean Youth, Trinidad and Tobago
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Opening Remarks:
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Dr. Karen Sealey
Board Member, Healthy Caribbean Coalition, Chair, Trinidad and Tobago NCD Alliance and Member of the Board of Trustees, World Obesity Federation
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Dr. Gloria Giraldo
Advisor, NCDs and Mental Health, Subregional Program Coordination for the Caribbean, PAHO
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Presenters:
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Ms. Kaj Archer
Team Lead, Healthy Bahamas Coalition, Ministry of Health and Wellness, The Bahamas
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Ms. Danielle Walwyn
Advocacy Officer and Lead, Healthy Caribbean Youth, Healthy Caribbean Coalition
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Professor Euridice Martinez
Researcher, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo
Brasil
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Panelists:
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Ms. Sashana Small
Staff Reporter – Jamaica Gleaner
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Dr. Michele Lashley
Paediatrician, UWI/ Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados
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Ms. Janet Simon
Educator, CARICOM Youth Ambassador, Healthy Caribbean Youth, Antigua and Barbuda
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Ms. Keeley Holder
Agri-Food Systems Specialist, Barbados
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