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Healthy Caribbean Coalition: building on
success
HCC/PAHO capacity building civil society chronic
diseases workshop
27 -28 October 2010
Trevor A. Hassell
Healthy Caribbean Coalition
• The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) was
formed in 2008. It is a network of nongovernmental and civil society organisations
from across the CARICOM region that has a
remit to address non-communicable diseases
(NCDs)
Map of the Caribbean
Heads of Government of
CARICOM on NCDs, 2007
• “the burdens of NCDs can be reduced by
comprehensive and integrated and control
strategies at the individual, family,
community, national and regional levels
through collaborative programmes,
partnerships and policies supported by
governments, private sectors, NGOs and our
other social , regional and international
partners”.
Civil society’s response to Heads of
Government of CARICOM Summit on
NCDs
• As a direct response to the call for a
collaborative and supportive role of civil
society in responding to the chronic diseases,
a civil society Caribbean Chronic Disease
conference was held titled:
“Healthy Caribbean 2008: A Wellness
Revolution Event”.
Delegates:
Participants
conference 2008
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Agriculture
Business
Education
Faith Based
Finance
Food Industry
Gov./Policy
H C Providers
Health Finance
Labour
Legal
Media
NGO/CNCD
Pharma
Reg./Pol
Service Clubs
Sports/PA
Urban Dev.
Youth
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Anguilla
Antigua
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
BVI
Cayman islands
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
Montserrat
St. Lucia
Trinidad and Tobago
St. Kitts
Outcome from Healthy
Caribbean Conference 2008
• Publication of a Report of the Conference
• Bridgetown Declaration
• Action Plan
Action Plan
• establishment of a Caribbean Civil society CNCD
Coalition/Network
• contribution and participation in all aspects of
advocacy as a tool for influencing positive change
around NCDs
• development of an effective method of
communication for and among members of the
coalition
• contribution to chronic disease public education
campaigns and programmes
Action Plan
• monitoring, evaluating and holding policy
makers and stakeholders accountable
• support for Annual Caribbean Wellness Day,
• advocacy and support for chronic disease risk
factor reduction
• support of initiatives, plans and programmes
at country and organization level
Implementation by an Organising Task Force
Achievements
• website established and effective communications
system established
• endorsed paho policy statement on preventing
cardiovascular disease through population salt
reduction
• initiated public education salt reduction campaign
• considered as a model for development of HLA
Coalition
• advocacy initiative started aimed at CARICOM Prime
Ministers and Ministers of Government, leading up
to the UN Summit on NCDs
Achievements: relations
• PAHO
• Agita Mundo
• International Union for Health Promotion and
Education
• Global Advocacy for Physical Activity
• Common Interest Group of the NCD Alliance
• Health Action Partnership International, UK
• National Heart Forum,UK
Achievements: presentations
• High Level Forum on Developing Capacity for
Health Equity, HAPI, London
• Meetings of CMOs and Health Ministers of
OECS countries
• Chronic Disease Management in India; a
Health Systems Agenda
• University Diabetes Outreach Programme:
“Diabetes and smoking: the deadly duo”
Lessons learnt
• The HCC represents the first attempt to
mobilize people in the Caribbean around a
health agenda
Lessons learnt
• Limited experience in the region of civil
society coming together around health issues
to advocate for change and hold policymakers
accountable
Lessons learnt
• In developing the Healthy Caribbean Coalition
there has been a need to educate and inform
about the tools available to civil society to
effect change, even as attempts are made to
bring organizations together in an effective
network.
Lessons learnt
• The electronic media is a very effective tool in
informing and bringing together Caribbean
civil society to respond to chronic diseases
Lessons learnt
• Expressions of intent by regional policy
makers often surpasses implementation of
legislation, policies and programmes
necessary for combating this group of diseases
The way forward
• hosting, together with PAHO, a Caribbean civil
society capacity building workshop on
chronic diseases, 27-28 October 2010
scaling up of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition
Capacity building of civil society around chronic
diseases within countries
Identification of specific HCC projects, 2010-2012
Production of a HCC road map leading to UN
Summit on chronic diseases, 2011
www.healthycaribbean.org.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing
is not enough; we must do.
Goethe