Raising the priority of chronic noncommunicable diseases in the Caribbean Aumentar la prioridad de las enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles en el Caribe

• Main Authors: C. James Hospedales, T. Alafia Samuels, Rudolph Cummings, Gayle Gollop, Edward Greene
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2011
• Subjects: enfermedad crónica; factores políticos; Naciones Unidas; región del Caribe; chronic disease; political factors; United Nations; Caribbean region; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Larga
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/784d4166a0b74d369dde6e476fb8fb07

The Caribbean's long history of cooperation in health now focuses on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), given that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have the highest NCD burden in the Americas. The heads of government convened a first in the world one-day summit on NCDs, largely due to advo...