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Healthy Caribbean 2008 –A Wellness Revolution Conference
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16th - 19th October 2008
 The Healthy Caribbean 2008 conference is aimed at mobilising
civil society and will bring together a wide cross section of the Caribbean
community, including the many sectors of civil society, educators, government,
and business, to address in a highly participatory and interactive workshop
format, this most burdensome, yet most preventable, epidemic of our times:
chronic disease.
Chronic diseases are the number one cause of premature death
and reduced quality of life in the Caribbean. The Pan American Health
Organization, the InterAmerican Heart Foundation and the Heart & Stroke
Foundation of Barbados have organized this Healthy Caribbean 2008 conference to
be held 16th – 19th October, 2008, in Barbados to bring together policy makers
and opinion leaders capable of changing the course of this epidemic.
This conference follows the ground breaking action of Heads
of Government of the Caribbean Community who met on 15th September, 2007, and
issued the “Declaration of Port of Spain; Uniting to stop the epidemic of
Chronic Non Communicable Diseases”. This action signalled the political will at
the highest level to promote policies throughout the Caribbean that favour
prevention and enhanced treatment of chronic diseases. The underlying causes of
these diseases are physical inactivity, poor diet and tobacco use, as well as
lack of treatment and control of diabetes, dyslipideamias, hypertension and
other conditions, which contribute to heart disease, stroke, lung disease and
many cancers.
International and regional leaders in the field of chronic
disease prevention and treatment will attend the conference and assist in the
attaining of conference objectives. The principal outcomes from the conference
will include a preliminary Caribbean Civil Society plan to tackle chronic
diseases over the next 2 - 5 years, with specific attention aimed at improved
identification and treatment of diabetes, dyslipideamias and hypertension
throughout the Caribbean.
Highlights of the conference will include the delivery of
the InterAmerican Heart Foundation Science of Peace Lecture and the presentation
of the Science of Peace Award to Sir George Alleyne, Chancellor of the
University of the West Indies, and the presentation of the 5th InterAmerican
Journalism Contest Awards on Tobacco Control.
Visit the Healthy Caribbean 2008 Conference website
www.healthycaribbean.org
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