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COTED, COHSOD Focus on Reducing NCDs

October 30, 2019 CARICOM
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The Region’s non-communicable disease (NCD) burden and the threats posed by excessive consumption of salts, sugars, trans fats and alcohols, will come under scrutiny 19 November, at a joint meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) and the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD).

Stakeholders in trade, health, agriculture, foreign affairs, and the private sector met on Tuesday 29 October, via videoconference anchored at the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana, to lay the groundwork for the ministerial meeting of the Councils.

The joint meeting of COTED and COHSOD underway . At centre is Chair, His Excellency Dr. Clarence Henry, Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to CARICOM. Others in photo are, from left, Ms. Barbara Williams, Deputy NAO and EPA Implementation Coordinator of Antigua and Barbuda, Dr. Rudolph Cummings, Programme Manager, Health Sector Development at the CARICOM Secretariat, Ms. Nisa Surujbally, Consultant, Dr. Douglas Slater, CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development, Mr. Joseph Cox, CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General, Trade and Economic Integration, and Mr. Nigel Durrant, Agricultural Trade Specialist at the CARICOM Secretariat

Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to CARICOM, His Excellency, Dr. Clarence Henry, chaired the meeting of officials.

Delegates joined the meeting via video conference that was anchored at the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana

 

 

 

Source: CARICOM TODAY

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