29th June, 2021
The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) invites you to attend and cover its first virtual conference OUR FOOD, OUR HEALTH , OUR PEOPLE - Accelerating Healthy Food Policies to Tackle NCDs - on Thursday July 1st from 8:30AM – 4:00PM EST. The Opening Ceremony will begin promptly at 8:30 am and will feature;
- Sir Trevor Hassell, HCC President
- Ms. Maisha Hutton, HCC Executive Director
- Dr. Renata Clarke, Sub-Regional Coordinator for the Caribbean, FAO
- Professor Fitzroy Henry, Professor of Public Health Nutrition, University of Technology, Jamaica
- Ms. Keithlin Caroo, Founder of Helen’s Daughters, St. Lucia
- Ms. Tara Armour, Psychologist, Healthy Caribbean Youth
- Dr. Virloy Lewin, Health Promotion Coordinator for the Department of Health in Bermuda
- Dr. Anselm Hennis, Director of the Department of NCDs and Mental Health, PAHO
- Ms. Joy Adamson, Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Barbados
- Ms. Alaina Gomes, Counselling Psychologist, Healthy Caribbean Youth
- Sir George Alleyne, HCC Patron, Director Emeritus, PAHO
This meeting aims to build momentum for the implementation of healthy food policies as part of the HCC’s Transformative New NCD Agenda grounded in the principles of human rights and equity. This event will bring together diverse sectors including civil society, the public sector, people living with NCDs, young people, and the private sector to learn and share about the varied and complex strategies needed to create healthier food environments by shaping and securing healthy food supplies, safeguarding and fostering healthy food policy making and supporting civic action.
Th conference will open with youthful presentations, followed by the Welcome and Remarks. There will be a series of riveting morning sessions covering Caribbean Food Systems, Health Research, Food Policy, Food Security, Digital Advocacy, Marketing and Human Rights, with 10 unique lunchtime sessions - Conversations with Experts on NCDs & FOOD. A number of afternoon presentations and panel discussions will follow. We look forward to your attendance at this inaugural meeting. Currently we have over 300 participants registered from across the globe. Please register at https://www.healthycaribbean.org/our-food-our-health-our-people-virtual-conference-2021/
