Monitoring compliance with high-level commitments in health: the case of the CARICOM Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases/Controler le respect des engagements de haut niveau en matiere de sante: le cas du Sommet de la CARICOM sur les maladies chroniques non transmissibles

The CARICOM Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases-the first government summit ever devoted to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)--was convened by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Trinidad and Tobago in September 2007. Leaders in attendance issued the declaration of Port of Spain, a call for t...

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Published inBulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 92; no. 4; pp. 270 - 276
Main Authors Samuels, T. Alafia, Kirton, John, Guebert, Jenilee
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published World Health Organization 01.04.2014
Subjects
Chronic diseases
Conferences, meetings and seminars
Medicine, Preventive
Preventive health services
Sentinel health events
Caribbean Islands
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Summary:The CARICOM Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases-the first government summit ever devoted to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)--was convened by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Trinidad and Tobago in September 2007. Leaders in attendance issued the declaration of Port of Spain, a call for the prevention and control of four major NCDs and their risk factors.
ISSN:0042-9686
1564-0604
DOI:10.2471/BLT.13.126128