Chronic Disease Challenges in the Caribbean

Trevor Hassell; Anselm Hennis

doi:10.1016/j.gheart.2016.10.019

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Chronic Disease Challenges in the Caribbean

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Trevor Hassell ,

Healthy Caribbean Coalition, Bridgetown, BB

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Anselm Hennis

Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, US

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Abstract

Highlights

The Caribbean sub-region has the highest premature mortality from NCD in the Americas.
Sustained political leadership and multisectoral action to prevent and control NCD is required.
Scale-up of technical and financial support to SIDS by the international community is needed.

How to Cite: Hassell T, Hennis A. Chronic Disease Challenges in the Caribbean. Global Heart. 2016;11(4):437–8. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.gheart.2016.10.019

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Published on 01 Dec 2016.

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