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Regional Nursing Body focused on better health outcomes through quality management

“The Regional Nursing Body discussed a number of policies and tools aimed at significantly improving the level of care provided by nurses in the Region. The body continued the work towards completing the revision of the Caribbean Standards for Nursing and Midwifery Education and Practice to ensure that these standards were harmonised throughout the Region and remained consistent with international policies and guidelines.

“Gang violence should be regarded as acts of terrorism and a threat to democracy in the Region” – PM Holness

“We must take a very strong approach to it from a legislative perspective to create the laws that will enable us to have surveillance to detain them - of course, within the accepted rules of human rights and the treatment of citizens - but certainly, there needs to be what we call in Jamaica enhanced measures to treat with this new and emerging threat to our democracy.”

CARICOM Heads task former Belize AG with reviewing existing laws and proposing new crime-flighting legislation

“…Heads sourced and obtained the services of a former [Attorney General] of Belize, Godfrey Smith, who has been tasked to review our legislative templates and to come up with new legislative proposals for consideration by the Heads for changes to be made on the legislative side to treat with what we are experiencing as against what we are surprised by.”

CARPHA urges Region to enhance surveillance amid rise in respiratory illnesses

“The Caribbean Region is currently experiencing peak travel and tourism season, marked by increased air and cruise-ship travel, which is typically associated with a rise in respiratory illnesses among both travellers and local populations. The concurrent occurrence of multiple respiratory outbreaks, as seen in China, poses a risk of straining health systems and response efforts.”

“We must strengthen our cooperation…to preserve our Caribbean region as a Zone of Peace,” – CARICOM ASG.

“This distinguished gathering no doubt is used to dealing with the complexities of transnational organised crime, and as we move forward, the Secretariat pledges support to you in enhancing multi-disciplinary and intersectoral cooperation with all relevant stakeholders for a strengthened approach to deal with crime, insecurities and violence.”

Securing CARICOM Citizens’ Human Rights and Ensuring Social Justice is the Highest Priority says CARICOM Chair

“Indeed, it is the aspiration of the Community that every citizen is secure and has the opportunity to realise his or her potential with guaranteed human rights and social justice; and contributes to, and shares in, its economic, social and cultural prosperity.”

MEDIA ADVISORY: Second Regional Symposium: Violence as a Public Health Issue – The Crime Challenge| 22-23 November 2024 | Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Georgetown, Guyana

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana - Tuesday, 19 November 2024): Addressing the surge of crime in the Region continues to be a priority for CARICOM Heads of Government. It is against this backdrop that the leaders, policymakers, technocrats, specialists and stakeholders will gather for the Second Regional Symposium: Violence as a Public Health Issue – The Crime Challenge, 22-23 November at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) in Georgetown, Guyana.

Surge in Healthcare Worker Migration threatens Region’s Health Sector Development

“The migration of healthcare workers significantly impacts our health systems' ability to provide quality and timely healthcare services. Therefore, policies to train and retain healthcare workers in the Region must be creative, robust and more responsive to the needs of our healthcare personnel.”

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