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HCC partners with PAHO on childhood obesity prevention

The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) has signed a Letter of Agreement with the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), aimed at strengthening the civil society contribution to the multi-sectoral response to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Caribbean, with a focus on childhood obesity prevention.

The HCC has been an NGO in “Official Relations” with PAHO since 2012 and recently renewed this relationship from 2016 through to 2020. The joint work plan developed as part of this collaboration, identifies a number of specific “lines of collaboration”, including work in the area of Childhood Obesity Prevention/Nutrition Advocacy.

Through this Letter of Agreement, the Healthy Caribbean Coalition will develop regional civil society-led advocacy campaigns in support of taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and
unhealthy foods; and the banning on the sale and promotion of unhealthy foods and beverages in the region’s schools.

This work forms a major part of HCC’s Civil Society Action Plan for the Prevention of Childhood Obesity in the Caribbean, which will be released next month. It also follows previous calls from HCC President, Sir Trevor Hassell on Caribbean Wellness Day last year, for legislation to ban the marketing of fast foods and junk foods in Caribbean schools, against the background of unacceptably high rates of overweight and obesity amongst children. The Healthy Caribbean Coalition has also called on Caribbean regional governments to urgently enact policies and legislation, that provide healthy environments for healthy children. (RSM)

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