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Statement by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the occasion of Caribbean Wellness Day, 14 September 2013
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Six years after the historic signing by Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) of the 2007 Port-of-Spain Declaration ‘Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of NCDs’, the people of the Region are once again invited to join the Wellness Revolution as we observe Caribbean Wellness Day 2013. The Declaration is the outcome of…
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PANCAP to host Bi-National Commission on health for Guyana & Suriname
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) in collaboration with the German International Cooperation (GIZ), EPOS Health Management and Ministry of Health Guyana will host a Bi-National Commission for Collaboration on Health for Guyana and Suriname from 11-13 July, 2013 in Georgetown, Guyana. The three day meeting to be held at the Guyana…
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Remarks at the Launching of the Caribbean Public Health Organization Dr. The Rt. Hon Denzil Douglas National Academy of the Performing Arts Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Celebrating a triumph of the spirit of regionalism Today we are gathered in this splendid environment of the National Academy of the Performing Arts in Port of Spain to celebrate an extraordinary achievement, the official launching of the Caribbean Public Health Agency. This is indeed a timely gift to the people of the Caribbean Community which marks its 40th anniversary…
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Remarks by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, (CARICOM) At The Launch of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)
Today’s historic launch of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) demonstrates clearly to this Region how the co-operative deployment of many skills to achieve one objective can be of collective benefit. We had long recognised the desirability of creating such an institution. The Declaration of Needham’s Point issued by Heads of Government at their Twenty-Eighth Regular Meeting held in Barbados…
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Interview with John Edward Greene, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for AIDS in the Caribbean
The United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoys for AIDS are committed individuals selected by the United Nations Secretary-General to help advance the AIDS agenda at global level and to ensure that AIDS is kept high as a political priority in their respective regions. In a series of interviews with Unaids.org, the Special Envoys for AIDS share their views on the state…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF REGIONAL COALITION ON WATER AND SANITATION FOR THE ELIMINATION OF CHOLERA IN THE ISLAND OF HISPANIOLA, PAHO HEADQUARTERS, WASHINGTON DC. TUESDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER, 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Salutations. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), of which the Republic of Haiti is an integral part, welcomes this Regional Coalition for Water and Sanitation to Eliminate Cholera in the Island of Hispaniola. This initiative further consolidates efforts at addressing the public health challenge of the cholera epidemic which followed the devastating earthquake experienced by Haiti…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF REGIONAL COALITION ON WATER AND SANITATION FOR THE ELIMINATION OF CHOLERA IN THE ISLAND OF HISPANIOLA, PAHO HEADQUARTERS, WASHINGTON DC. TUESDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER, 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Salutations. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), of which the Republic of Haiti is an integral part, welcomes this Regional Coalition for Water and Sanitation to Eliminate Cholera in the Island of Hispaniola. This initiative further consolidates efforts at addressing the public health challenge of the cholera epidemic which followed the devastating earthquake experienced by Haiti…
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REMARKS BY THE HON. DR. FLORENCE DUPERVAL GUILLAUME MINISTER OF HEALTH HAITI TO THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE 19TH MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF PANCAP HAITI 5 SEPTEMBER 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As we commence this Nineteenth Ordinary Meeting of the Executive Board in the resilient land of Haiti, I greet you warmly on behalf of the 65 members that comprise the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) established Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP). I wish to join the First Lady of Haiti, Madam Sophia Martelly,…
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CARPHA TO COLLABORATE WITH CARIBBEAN TOURIST ORGANIZATION ON QUALITY TOURISM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) which started its operations this month under Interim Director, Dr. Jerome Walcott, former Minister of Health, Barbados was a subject of discussion at the Council of the Caribbean Tourism Organization, held during the Market Place Conference in Nassau The Bahamas on 22 January 2012 After receiving a presentation…
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