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Crime and Security

CARIFORUM Drug Demand Reduction (DDR)

The Drug Demand Reduction (DDR) Programme was designed to respond to the growing challenges associated with problematic drug use, including illicit drug consumption and alcohol abuse across the Region. Implemented through four key Result Areas, the programme adopted a comprehensive and evidence-base...
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Barbados Ratifies CONSLE Protocol

Barbados has ratified the Protocol Amending the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas to incorporate the Council for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE) as an Organ of the Community, and the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) as an Institution of the Community.Prime Min...
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Preventing Adolescent Pregnancies in the Caribbean

This CARICOM presentation outlines regional trends, risk factors, and strategic responses related to adolescent pregnancy in the Caribbean. It links early sexual initiation, gender norms, sexual abuse, and limited access to reproductive health services with broader social development and protection ...
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University of the West Indies (UWI)

UWI was established in 1962 with Her Royal Highness, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone as the first Chancellor and Sir Arthur Lewis the first Vice Chancellor. UWI comprises three main campuses (located at Mona, Jamaica, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago and Cave Hill, Barbados) as well as the ...
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CARICOM Implementing Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS)

The Agency is the nerve centre of the Region’s new multilateral Crime and Security management architecture, specifically designed to administer a collective response to the Crime and Security priorities of Member States. Under the directives of, and with reporting responsibility to the Council of Mi...
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Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is the new single regional public health agency for the Caribbean. The Agency rationalises public health arrangements in the Region by combining the functions of five Caribbean Regional Health Institutes (RHIs) into a single agency. They institutions ar...
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