Healthy Caribbean Coalition

Civil Society Regional Status Report

20 March 2014 - The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) today released its Civil Society Regional Status Report – “Responses to NCDs in the Caribbean Community”.

The report details what has been achieved and what is yet to be achieved in the response against NCDs in the Caribbean, and advocates from a civil society perspective for means to slow the NCD epidemic. The Executive Summary is available now, and the full report will be released on 28 March.

Download the report - 'Responses to NCDs in the Caribbean Community'

Tags Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Caribbean

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Friday 07 June 2019

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