Announcement
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
9:30 – 9:40 a.m - Opening of the meeting
Welcome remarks Diane Quarless, Director, ECLAC Caribbean
9:40 – 10:15 a.m. - Presentation: Addressing the adverse impacts of non-communicable diseases on the sustainable development of Caribbean countries
Abdullahi Abdulkadri, Coordinator, Statistics and Social Development Unit, ECLAC
10.15 – 11.15 a.m. - Panel: Perspectives on progress in the prevention and control of NCDs in the Caribbean
Dr. Narine Singh, Chief Medical Officer, Guyana (tbc)
Mr. Everton Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, National Health Fund, Jamaica (tbc)
Dr. Joy St. John, Executive Director, CARPHA, Trinidad and Tobago
Dr. Karen Sealey, Board Member, Healthy Caribbean Coalition, and Founder, Trinidad and Tobago, NCD Alliance
11:15 – 11.55 a.m. - Discussion
11:55 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. Conclusions - Abdullahi Abdulkadri, Coordinator, Statistics and Social Development Unit, ECLAC