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Public Health Decision-Making in CARICOM: Strengthening the Front-of-Package Nutrition Labelling Standardisation Programme Shajoe Lake, Isabel Barbosa, Kimberley Benjamin, Andrés Constantin, Maisha Hutton, Nicole Foster, March 19, 2024. Noncommunicable diseases are the leading cause of disability, morbidity and mortality in the Caribbean, where over 70% of all deaths are NCD-related. Unhealthy diets, alongside other modifiable risk […]

Webinar: Let’s Talk about Obesity &… the Right to Healthy School Food Environments March 8 2024 10:00AM JA/11:00AM AST Register The objectives of the session: Highlight the experience of children/young people in their school food environments Emphasize existing School Nutrition Policies in the region Emphasize the importance of a rights-based approach in addressing childhood obesity

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

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In support of the See the Truth campaign, HCC and partners are 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

SEE THE TRUTH: SOME FOOD INDUSTRY ACTORS WORKING AGAINST OCTAGONAL WARNING LABELS There is an urgent need to protect public health policymaking Since the start of consultations around the front-of-package labelling Regional Standard for pre-packaged food products in 2018, the ultra-processed food and beverage industry — supported by the wider private sector industry in the

8th Caribbean Alcohol Reduction Day (CARD) 2023. On December 1st, the Healthy Caribbean Coaliiton (HCC) co-hosted The 2023 Conference on the Harmful Use of Alcohol in the English-Speaking Caribbean alongside its partners, The UWI Faculty of Medical Sciences, St. Augustine and the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN). The Conference was held at the

Photo copyright PAHO The President, Vice President, Board of Directors, member organizations and staff of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) are shocked and deeply saddened by the news of the passing of PAHO Director Emeritus and our very own Caribbean public health champion Dr. Carissa Etienne. Dr Etienne, a Dominican national and a graduate of

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Schools are spaces for children to learn and grow. Lessons in and out of the classroom foster lifelong healthy habits. Therefore, the school environment should be protected; however, this is not always the case. Several food and beverage industry actors that sell and market unhealthy products, such as those high in salt, sugars and fats