Annual Meeting of the CARMEN bservatory on Chronic Non-Communicable Disease Policy: Mobilising for Action Recent Meetings and Summaries C. James Hospedales.

Annual Meeting of the CARMEN bservatory on Chronic Non-Communicable Disease Policy: Mobilising for Action

Recent Meetings and SummariesC. James Hospedales

Jefe, Enfermedades Crónicas,

OPS/OMS

Overview• March 2007 PO Meeting, Toronto• November 2007 CARMEN, Bahamas• Other developments

– PAHO Strategic Plan 2008-12– CARICOM Summit & Dominica Summit– National capacity survey 2007-08– Chile Summit/Cumbre– Guatemala: Acuerdo Ministerial “April month”– Trans Fat Task Force

• 2008-09– Strategy on Cancer Cervix; Diabetes and

Obesity paper, PAHO Directing Council– SICA/RESSCAD Sub-regional plan cancer– PAHO Partners’ Forum for Chronic Disease – Ibero-American Summit, El Salvador– Summit of the Americas; CHOGM – T&T

Here we are, On Planet Earth;Montreal,Canada;Americas Region.

CARMEN Red 2008CARMEN Red 2008MiembrosMiembrosArgentina, Anguilla, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St Kitts/Nevis,St Lucia, St Vincent&Gren,Trin&Tobago, UruguayProspective MembersProspective MembersHonduras, Suriname, Venez

Special ProjectsSpecial Projects• USA-Mexico (border) • CARMEN English-

speaking)

Collaborating Collaborating membersmembersSLU,USF,NHLBI,CDC,PHACAMNET, RAFA,ILSI,F&V,IDB

Estrategia regional y plan de acción para un enfoque integrado sobre la prevención y el control de las enfermedades crónicas incluyendo alimentario y actividad fisica

Política y Abogacia

Vigilancia

Promocion y Prevencion

Manejo Integrado de las Enfermedades

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LINEAS DE ACCION

Policy & AdvocacyTo ensure and promote the development and implementation of effective, integrated, sustainable, and evidence-based public policies on chronic disease, their risk factors, and determinants.

Strengthen NCD public policy development, implementation &

evaluation

Review of Effective Interventions• Laws and Regulations

• Tax and Price Interventions

• Improving the built environment for physical activity

• Advocacy, communication and information

• Community based interventions

• School based interventions

• Workplace interventions

• Screening - CVD, diabetes, HBP, some cancers

• Clinical prevention – focus on overall risk

• Disease Management

• Rehabilitation

• Palliative care

Policy Observatory Meeting, March 2007: VISION

• Successfully promotes inter-sectoral collaboration on healthy policies in both public and private domains, in health and non-health sectors. In the process, countries in the Americas become leaders in reversing the chronic disease epidemic

• The Policy Observatory becomes a trusted source of information about integrated, evidence-based NCD policies

Policy Observatory Meeting, March 2007

• General Themes – Research: extend frame to include policy

implementation and outcome assessment, inter- country networks

– Monitoring: common integrated frame for NCD policy, combine with in-depth study of specific subjects

– Policy dialogues and Advocacy: stage national and international workshops/meetings, develop dialogue mechanisms, outreach to other partners

– Capacity building: for policy development and analysis in countries, identify existing strengths and promote interaction/sharing

Policy Observatory Meeting, March 2007

• Cross Cutting issues– Expanding Escuela CARMEN– CARMEN NCD Info-Base– Forming partnerships with other

institutions– Resource mobilization

Red CARMEN Reunion 2007, Bahamas

CARMEN Biannual Meeting, Bahamas 2007

• What countries said they wanted:• Andean

– Meeting of Andean Ministries of health to reach agreement for action

– local level policies, TFA, fruits and vegetables, food labeling, relative prices, alternative crops, enforce tobacco laws, physical activity (spaces, security barrier), school education policies that contribute to healthy lifestyle diet, costs and impacts of premature death and disability

CARMEN Biannual Meeting, Bahamas 2007

• Central America, Hispanic Caribbean, Mex/US border– Communication campaigns– share laws or decrees– exchange experiences– use border forum on diabetes– promote “Move America” in these

countries– Engage civil society

CARMEN Biannual Meeting, Bahamas 2007

• Southern Cone– Put Chronic Diseases on

MERCOSUR Agenda– Support Argentina to ratify FCTC– Policy analysis and decision

making course– Physical activity– Fruits and vegetables, TFAs, salt– Tobacco

Other developments

– PAHO Strategic Plan 2008-12– CARICOM Summit & National

summits– Chile Summit/Cumbre– Mercosur/South Cone– Trans Fat Task Force

SUMMIT OF THE CARICOM HEADSOF GOVERNMENT ON CHRONIC DISEASESSEPT 2007

PM Jamaica

SUMMIT ON NUTRITION AND HEALTH, AND NCDs SUMMIT ON NUTRITION AND HEALTH, AND NCDs VALPARAISO, CHILE, MARZO 25, 2008VALPARAISO, CHILE, MARZO 25, 2008New food contents labelling laws proposedNew food contents labelling laws proposed

PAHO Trans Fat Task force meeting with Private Sector,

Sept 2007

THANK YOU!

GRACIAS!

EL EQUIPO CONTRA ECNT EN OPS/WASHINGTON, CON LA DRA. ROSES

El CARMEN coat significa

• Comprehensivo, integrado filosofia

• Todos los componentes claves esta representado en lo mismo lugar:– STEPs – Vigilancia– Tobacco control– Dieta y actividad fisica– Alcohol control– Tratamiento – Cancer, Diabetes, Enfermedades

cardiovasculares

El color naranja es el color internacional que represente ECNT