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NCDs : A Caribbean Crisis. Dr. Christopher Tufton Hon. Minister of Health, Jamaica. NCDs : Burden in The Caribbean. 3 out of 4 people die from an NCD. NCDs: Caribbean Highest Premature Mortality. Unconditional Probability of dying from an NCD between ages of 30 - 70.
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NCDs : A Caribbean Crisis Dr. Christopher Tufton Hon. Minister of Health, Jamaica
NCDs : Burden in The Caribbean 3 out of 4 people die from an NCD
NCDs: Caribbean Highest Premature Mortality Unconditional Probability of dying from an NCD between ages of 30 - 70 • Premature Mortality: • Caribbean = 19.3% • -Region of Americas = 15.6%
NCDs : Economic Impact Trinidad & Tobago • US$1.2 Billion or 4.3% of GDP • Annual economic burden NCDs related to diabetes, hypertension & cancer Jamaica ( PAHO/WHO) • 17 Billion: Estimated loss in GDP due to NCDs & mental health conditions(2015- 2030) • 18 times Jamaica’s total health spend in 2013 *Source : PAHO/WHO and Working Document for the Forty –Third Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), Georgetown, Guyana Nov. 2016
NCDs: WHO Progress Monitor Report 2015( Non- Latin Caribbean Region)
NCDs: WHO Progress Monitor Report 2015( Non- Latin Caribbean Region)
NCDS: Opportunities • July 2016: • Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government the Conference clear directive to move the CARICOM towards attainment of the WHO NCD Goals and Targets. • September 2016: • Caribbean Cooperation in Health IV (CCH IV) adopted by the Thirtieth Meeting of the COHSOD • November 2016: • 43rd Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) approved "Inter-sectoral Action against Non-Communicable Diseases” and establishment of Regional Multi-sector Taskforce in collaboration with COHSOD
NCDs : A Call to Action In keeping with the decisions arising from international commitments on NCDs, I strongly call upon the Commonwealth Health Ministers to: • Re-commit to the Global NCD Agenda; • Establish Regional Multi-Sector Taskforce on NCDs; • Implement national legislation consistent with the provisions of the WHO FCTC and its guidelines; • Develop road-map to address childhood obesity among our school population; • Implement policies ( including fiscal ) to reduce consumption of tobacco, alcohol, sugar-sweetened beverages and energy dense nutrient-poor products; 6. Establish a regulatory regime for the compulsory food labelling of all commercially manufactured foods; 7. Strengthen health systems for NCD management with focus on primary health care and Universal Access.