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The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARHPA), EarthMedic and EarthNurse Foundation for Planetary Health, and the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) adapted and updated a series of brochures originally developed by Dr. Saria Hassan (ECHORN with funding from the National Heart, Lung, […]

Back to School, Back to Health: Nothing at School Should Encourage Unhealthy Choices – Let’s Do Better for the Children! On Thursday September 11, 2025, the HCC brought together health experts, youth advocates, civil society leaders, private sector representatives, and the media to call for urgent action to eliminate predatory marketing to children and young

HCC and HSFB team The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) has been welcomed into the family of the region’s media fraternity and got the esteemed opportunity to fulfil one of our commitments which we have strived to achieve over the last five (5) years; to host the media’s best for an in-person sensitization on the health

“Prove you care about the youth: regulate unhealthy food environments, whether in or out of schools.” Across the Caribbean, the voices of young people are growing louder. In classrooms, on stages, and now through the “Hope for the Future” campaign, we’re united in one demand: healthy school food environments—not tomorrow, now. We live in a

Virtual Veranduh Chat – Prioritizing Breastfeeding: Policy to Practice On Thursday 7 August 2025, the Healthy Caribbean Coalition and Healthy Caribbean Youth in partnership with the Breastfeeding and Child Nutrition Foundation hosted a Virtual Veranduh Chat, the subject for discussion was Prioritizing Breastfeeding: Policy to Practice. The panellists and participants discussed the following: Promoting breastfeeding

Webinar: Putting People & Health First in Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery On Monday 16th June 2025, the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC), in collaboration with Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Earth Medic Earth Nurse, hosted a regional webinar entitled: Putting People & Health First in Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery. This session drew over

Webinar: Caribbean Regional Stakeholder Meeting on the 4th UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health On Wednesday 30 July 2025, the Healthy Caribbean Coalition, in partnership with the Pan American Health Organisation, convened a virtual Caribbean Regional Stakeholder Meeting in support of the 4th UN High-Level Meeting (HLM4) on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) including Mental

Schools are meant to be places of learning and growth, where children develop not just academically but also physically and emotionally. They should be environments that nurture healthy habits and protect young minds. Yet across the region, many of our schools inadvertently support and even promote unhealthy diets. Branded sports gear, canteens filled with unhealthy

HCC OPEN LETTER TO CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE OF THE 49TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT JULY 6-8, 2025, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA July 23, 2025 The President and the Board of Directors of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) note with disappointment the distinct absence of

Webinar: Act on Facts: Lets do it Better for the Children On Wednesday 28th may 2025, the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) hosted a regional webinar entitled: Act on Facts: Lets do it Better for the Children. This webinar discussed the experiences and lessons learned around the implementation of healthy school nutrition policies in the Caribbean