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ENOUGH NCDs

August 27th - August 31st 2018

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Caribbean NCD Forum Report

Caribbean NCD Forum Report
The HCC report detailing the proceedings at the World Diabetes Foundation/Sagicor sponsored Caribbean NCD Forum, is now available.

The Caribbean NCD Forum: Supporting national and regional advocacy in the Caribbean in the lead up to the 3rd UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs 2018, took take place in Kingston, Jamaica from 23rd-25th April 2018. The Forum was sponsored by the World Diabetes Foundation and HCC’s ongoing  sponsor Sagicor Life Inc..

The regional meeting brought together a diverse group of over 90 stakeholders, with the aim to mobilise regional civil society organisations (CSOs) and other key stakeholders to ensure that the Caribbean is fully engaged in the 3rd UN High Level Meeting (UNHLM) on NCDs.
Get the Report here

It's Time to Say ENOUGH
NCD Alliance Global Week for Action on NCDs

NCD Alliance Global Week for Action on NCDs
With the digital world switched on to talk about NCDs, the first Global Week for Action on NCDs - from Monday 3 September to Sunday 9 September - will provide everyone, everywhere the opportunity to mobilise on the ground in the lead-up to the HLM on NCDs, under the theme ENOUGH. Our Health. Our Right. Right Now.

This will be a global opportunity to talk to each other, to leaders, to media, to crowds, to the world about what works well and what needs to change to ensure a transition from commitment to tangible actions that not only yield reportable improvements in NCD targets and outcomes, but result in the improvement of health and lives of all people in all places.

The opportunities are endless. Possible activities include organising a meeting, community conversation, picnic, fun run, dance party, or art competition. The week is your chance to do something achievable, appropriate, relevant and impactful where you live, but linked to a global movement.
  • It’s time to say ENOUGH.
  • It’s time to celebrate progress and leadership.
  • It’s time to move from commitment to action.
  • It’s Time to Deliver action on NCDs.
Guide to planning your week of action
GLOBAL WEEK OF ACTION FOR NCDs
WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?
Please let us know of any action you take in this important week of action
ENOUGH. Our Health. Our Right. Right Now.
Email us at hcc@healthycaribbean.org
Voices of Change
Share your voice
With less than a month to go until the 3rd UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs, is your Head of Government attending? If your country has not committed, please continue your advocacy, to have the president or prime minister confirm their attendance at the HLM on NCDs, you can use our template letter to send to your Head of Government and our social media graphics.
 
Their attendance must be communicated to the country’s Mission in New York. There are 42 speaking slots remaining for the plenary session, these can be taken by Heads of State/Government and/or ministers, depending on the level of attendance at the HLM itself.

Please visit our dedicated HLM3 here.

Let’s get the Heads to New York! 

NCD Alliance Calendar of Side Events at the UNHLM

NCD Alliance Calendar of Side Events at the UNHLM
News

Jamaica Minister of Health Takes Health and Wellness Message to Parents and Schools

Jamaica Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton
Jamaica Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a Parent Sensitisation and Consultation Session on health and wellness at Glenmuir High School in Clarendon
(Photo: Mark Bell)
Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is continuing his quest to make Jamaicans less likely to develop chronic lifestyle diseases by partnering with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information to take his health and wellness message to schools and parents.

The Minister maintains that a big part of the education system is a holistic approach to education, which must not only include academic knowledge but also enhance development from a health and wellness perspective.

That is why, come January 2019, the Government will be placing restrictions on sugary drinks made available to children in schools.
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Caribbean Wellness Day 2018.

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#toomuchjunk
Who's Signed
Look who has had enough of unhealthy food environments for children and supports the call for urgent policies to prevent childhood obesity.
Over 200 Freshers at UWI Cave Hill campus, thanks to the Cave Hill Guild of Undergraduates
Shoppers in Nassau, the Bahamas
Shoppers in Nassau, the Bahamas
Here's a reminder of the policies and legislation which have been demonstrated as effective measures to combat childhood overweight and obesity.
Enacting legislation related to The International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes.
Banning the marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children (includes non-school environments).
Adoption and application of regional standards for nutritional and front of package labelling of foods and beverages.
Mandatory physical activity in all primary and secondary schools.
Banning the sale, promotion and marketing of SSBs, and unhealthy foods and beverages in and around schools.
Imposition of a tax of not less than 20% on Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) and use tax revenue for NCD prevention and control.
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See a gallery of Who's Signed here.

Cultural Change Needed to Confront Public Health Crisis that is Obesity

Obesity Crisis
“The obesity epidemic has the potential to negate many of the health benefits that have contributed to the increased longevity observed in the world.” - World Health Organization Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity.

One of the greater healthcare crises facing The Bahamas is the incidence of obesity, with the resulting explosive growth in non-communicable diseases including high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes.

Yet scores of Bahamians are largely unaware or significantly ill-informed about the risk factors involved in obesity and the onset of various diseases.

By example, many Bahamians do not clearly understand how the consumption of large quantities of carbohydrates and the absence of vegetables in their diets significantly affect their health, mortality and quality of life.
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Suriname to Improve Health Services Delivery with IDB Support

Primary Health Care
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $20 million loan that will improve access to high-quality, well-integrated primary care services as well as enhance the effectiveness of Suriname’s health sector to address priority epidemiological challenges throughout the country.

Suriname is currently in the advanced stages of an epidemiological transition, marked by a sharp rise in the prevalence of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the general population, while high rates of Communicable Diseases (CDs) persist in specific population subgroups. 
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Research Shows Many Adolescent Experienced Poor Health

Dr. Susan Kasedde – UNICEF Representative in Belize
Dr. Susan Kasedde – UNICEF Representative in Belize
Research shows that the country’s health programmes are not reaching the adolescent population. As a result, there is a high rate of teen pregnancy, sexual-transmitted disease, and obesity.  These are causes for concern since it hinders their ability to attain their full potential. Last week, the Ministry of Health, UNICEF, PAHO and UNFPA met to address the issue in the hopes of coming up with a solution. Love News spoke with Dr. Susan Kasedde, UNICEF Representative in Belize who spoke about the condition of adolescent health in Belize.

“Presented that three out of every four deaths in the Caribbean are the result of what we call non communicable diseases. These are diseases linked to lifestyle but they are also diseases that reflect in equity in terms of access to services and information"  Dr. Susan Kasedde said.
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Jamaicans Gearing Up To ‘Work It Out’ With The NHF

National Health Fund
Competitors in the National Health Fund's Work It Out Challenge 2017
participate in an exercise session.
An estimated 1,500 individuals - 300 teams of five persons each - from organisations and communities across the island are expected to participate in the National Health Fund's Work-It-Out Challenge 2018.

Now in its ninth year, the challenge is a weight loss and fitness competition organised by the National Health Fund (NHF) and is aligned with the Ministry of Health's healthy lifestyle progamme, Jamaica Moves, which is aimed at tackling the risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
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WHO is Working with Google to Share Health Advice Through New and Innovative Platforms

WHO is Working with Google
Photo: WHO
WHO is working with Google as part of the Organization’s broader ambition to engage closely with the digital world to promote and protect the health of all people. Through the Google Fit app, WHO is looking to reach more people with its recommendations on physical activity, and showing why moving more is good for health.  
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Energy Drinks Ban for Children
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UK Government Proposes Energy Drinks Ban for Children


The sale of energy drinks could be banned in England to anybody under 18, amid fears they are damaging children's health, the prime minister has said.

The government has launched a public consultation on its plans to make it illegal to sell the drinks to children. Energy drinks contain high levels of sugar and caffeine and have been linked to obesity and other health issues.

The government is asking for views on what age the ban should apply to, but gave under 16 and under 18 as options.
Juul
Credit: Jason Henry for The New York Times

Did Juul Lure Teenagers and Get ‘Customers for Life’?


SAN FRANCISCO - The leaders of a small start-up, PAX Labs, gathered at a board meeting in early 2015 to review the marketing strategy for its sleek new electronic cigarette, called Juul. They watched video clips of hip young people, posed flirtatiously holding Juuls. And they talked about the name of the gadget, meant to suggest an object of beauty and to catch on as a verb - as in “to Juul.”

While the campaign wasn’t targeted specifically at teenagers, a former senior manager said that he and others in the company were well aware it could appeal to them.
borsht soup
Credit: Liz West 

WHO Culinary Master Class, Moscow: Healthy Nutrition Can Be Easy, Affordable and Tasty

 
To help dispel some of the new and old misconceptions surrounding healthy nutrition, WHO together with the Russian Federation Ministry of Health hosted an unconventional event in one of Moscow’s parks - a culinary master class on healthy nutrition for representatives of the media.

Led by famous Russian television personality and celebrity chef, John Warren, a team of WHO and Ministry of Health experts prepared a 3-course meal during the open air event on 22 August 2018.  The menu included a healthy version of one of Russia’s most traditional soups, borsht, as well as a highly nutritious and filling lentil salad, and a naturally sweet and fresh dessert made with pumpkin, orange and dried apricots. Low-fat yogurt with a drizzle of lemon was used to dress the salad.
Heavy metals
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Heavy Metals in Fuels, Fertiliser and E-cigarettes Increases Heart Disease Risk 'Even at Low Levels'


Heavy metal particles from industrial emissions, e-cigarettes and fertiliser-treated crops may increase the chances of heart attack and stroke, even at very low levels, according to new research. 

Lead, copper, cadmium and arsenic are known to be poisonous or carcinogenic at high levels but may harm cardiovascular health in smaller doses, the study published in the British Medical Journal found.

An Evidence-based Five-point Plan to Tackle Child Obesity in Australia

Child Obesity in Australia
Few challenges are a greater threat to the health of Australians than obesity. Weight gain has now become the norm - the biological and social path of least resistance. Within a decade and without significant government intervention, more Australians are expected to be obese than normal weight.
 
Obesity is a complex problem, caused by many inter-connected factors including genetics, our environment and our access to, as well as affordability and awareness of healthier choices. Over the past century, our food systems and environments have shifted from a focus on seasonal, fresh and relatively calorie-poor staples with minimal processing or meat, to ones where junk foods and processed foods are ubiquitous, heavily advertised, hugely profitable and for many communities, arguably the only feasible “choice.” As a result, poor nutrition is now the leading risk factor for disease in our country. Fewer than 4 per cent of Australians are eating according to the Australian Dietary Guidelines and it’s no longer possible to balance this high energy diet balanced by increased physical activity alone.
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The Caribbean Regional Center for Research Excellence

Laboratory/research needs assessment survey
The Caribbean Regional Center for Research Excellence was funded by the National Cancer Institute to provide regional infrastructure to support research on cancer and cardiometabolic disease. Part of their strategic plan is to better equip researchers in the Caribbean region by delivering appropriate research enhancement activities to address the laboratory and research needs of the region. To do this they must first conduct a laboratory/research needs assessment.

Please take 10 minutes of your time to complete the online needs assessment form which can be accessed here.

If you have questions please contact us at ac3project@gmail.com.
Complete the survey
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Key Messages From Our Publications
HCC Advocacy Priorities for the 3rd UNHLM on NCDs Outcome Document
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HCC Publications

Preparing CARICOM Ministries of Foreign Affairs for the 3rd UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Beyond
Preparing CARICOM Ministries of Foreign Affairs for the 3rd UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Beyond: a briefing note contribution from civil society
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The Caribbean NCD Forum – Technical Document
The Caribbean NCD Forum – Technical Document: Supporting national and regional advocacy in the Caribbean in the lead up to the 3rd UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs in 2018
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See All HCC Publications
Forthcoming Events
‘Jamaica Moves’ to be Introduced in High Schools

Joint Endometriosis Seminar with the Barbados Drug Service

Joint Endometriosis Seminar with the Barbados Drug Service
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NCD Alliance Global Week for Action on NCDs

NCD Alliance Global Week for Action on NCDs
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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Heart Health

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Heart Health
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World Heart Day 2018 September 29

My Heart Your Heart
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World Cancer Conference 2018 Registration Now Open

World Cancer Conference 2018
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International Conference - Climate Change: Impacts on Food & Nutrition Security

Climate Change: Impacts on Food & Nutrition Security
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The 84TH UWI/BAMP CME Conference

Save the Date
The 84TH UWI/BAMP CME Conference takes place at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Saturday 17th-18th November, 2018.

This conference will feature the inaugural lecture in the 'Distinguished Lecture Series' delivered by HCC President Professor Sir Trevor Hassell.

Also featured is the 2nd Annual 'Prof. George Nicholson Memorial Lecture', delivered this year by Dr Adrian Sawyer.
There will be many other presentations, discussions and breakout groups, to see the first draft programme of events click on the button below.
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World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health

World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health
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