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Webinar: Global Updates on Front of Package Warning Labelling On Friday 16 May 2025 the HCC in partnership with PAHO and CARPHA hosted a webinar entitled: Global Updates on Front of Package Warning Labelling showcasing progress and lessons learned, underscoring the efficacy of the evidence-based ‘high in’ octagonal warning label and the critical importance of a robust […]

Countdown to the UNHLM The 4th UN High Level Meeting on NCDs (HLM4) will take place 24 September 2025 in New York at the 80th United Nations General Assembly. Heads of States and Government will set a new vision to prevent and control NCDs towards 2030 and 2050 through a political declaration to be decided

LET’S DO BETTER FOR THE CHILDREN! – A Healthy Caribbean Coalition Campaign While marketing like financial donations, sponsorships, scholarships and donations of branded items by ultra-processed product/food companies may seem helpful on the surface, they pose three main problems: They promote unhealthy choices to impressionable children They build relationships and a financial dependency between these

OPEN LETTER The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, Q.C., M.P. Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment And The Honourable Ryan R. Straughn, M.P. Minister in the Ministry of Finance Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment 15 March, 2024 Dear The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley and The Honourable Ryan R. Straughn, The

Webinar: Changing Systems, Healthier Lives: The Caribbean Road to UN High Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health Date: Thursday 13 March, 2025 | 10am to 11:30am AST In commemoration of World Obesity Day under the theme “Changing Systems, Healthier Lives”, the HCC will host a webinar, “Changing Systems, Healthier Lives: The Caribbean Road to

 March 4 is recognised as World Obesity Day, with the theme “Changing Systems: Healthier Lives.” This theme is a significant call to action for governments, healthcare institutions, and communities to confront one of our time’s most critical health challenges. Obesity has emerged as a global epidemic, and the Caribbean region is not exempt from its

With fourteen (14) delegates, the Caribbean was well represented at the recent NCD Alliance Global Forum held in Kigali, Rwanda from 12-15 February 2025. The meeting was the largest yet, bringing together over 700 NCD advocates from across the globe united and moblising around the upcoming 4th UN High Level Meeting on NCDs to be

Almost half of all cancer cases can be prevented by improving individual behaviours and implementing supporting policies. This means there are specific actions we can take to help avoid cancer and there are health policies that can help create environments that make those individual choices easier and more achievable! Backed by research and written by