CARICOM Assistant Secretary General says “Make Everyday a Wellness Day”
Friday, September 4th, 2009| ‘Make Everyday a Wellness Day,’ says CARICOM Assistant Secretary General | |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana — The Second Caribbean Wellness Day was launched on Thursday at the headquarters of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana, with several countries indicating their preparedness for the September 12 observance, under the theme: Love that Body.The observance of Caribbean Wellness Day on the second Saturday in September was one of 15 actionable decisions made by CARICOM Heads of Government at the Regional Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 15 September 2007. The Summit was convened to address the social and economic burdens of chronic NCDs on the Region. Those decisions formed the basis of the Declaration of Port-of-Spain on NCDs.
At the official launch, Dr Edward Greene, CARICOM Secretariat’s Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development, said that the implications of unabated Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) were far reaching, touching facets of regional economies, health and social sectors. (more…) |
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