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This congress took place October 15-18, 2011 in Lima, Peru, and focused on science, policy, advocacy and
treatment. There were over 200 participants from 23 countries. Ancillary meetings included workshops by
Global Bridges on smoking cessation, Healthbridge on fiscal policies and by COLAT on smokefree municipalities
amount others. The future of tobacco control was visualized in sessions on plain packaging, smokeless
tobacco, role of pediatricians and the implementation of Article 14 on smoking cessation.
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Healthy
Latin America Coalition (HLAC). |
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On March 3-4
2011 more than 40 Latin American civil society
organizations met in Buenos Aires to launch this
coalition and develop a declaration recognizing the
grave impact of non-communicable diseases (NCD) in the
region, not only as a health emergency but as a
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human
development and an obstacle in the fight to prevent
poverty. The HLAC urges the Heads of State to
participate in the high level United Nations meeting on
non-communicable chronic diseases with the goal of
putting a plan of action for the prevention, control and
treatment of these diseases on the international agenda. The
UN meeting took place Sept 19-20, 2011 in New York
City and approved a Political Declaration that met most requirements. Join coalition at
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Healthy Caribbean Coalition. |
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Bringing
together civil society from CARICOM countries, this
coalition has strengthen the efforts against NCDs by
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website
www.healthycaribbean.org; providing training in
physical activity; encouraging surveillance, celebrating
Caribbean Wellness Day, and organizing a dietary salt
reduction campaign. A text messaging campaign on NCDs reached
the public and made it participant in the work of the
United Nations High Level Meeting on NCDs that took place Sept 2011.
More than half a million texts were sent in support of this Meeting.
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Global Bridges. |
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IAHF is part
of the Global Healthcare Alliance for Tobacco Dependency
Treatment. This is an effort to grow the worldwide
network of health professionals and institutions
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smoking
cessation as well as providing evidence based training
in Latin America. In partnership with the Mayo Clinic. |
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Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC): Challenges for Latin
America and the Caribbean - A Civil Society Report 2010. |
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FIC Argentina
prepared the first report on the implementation of the
FCTC in Latin America and the Caribbean to show not only
the great advances in the last few years in areas such
as warning labels and smokefree environments, but also
the many challenges that lie ahead. The report (click
here) notes the strong tobacco industry interference
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to stop,
weaken and delay public health measures to control
tobacco. The report was launched at the 4th Conference
of the Parties (COP). It is an advocacy tool that shows
intentions vs. reality. Supported partially by Health
Canada’s Global Forum. |
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Community Intervention for Health (CIH). |
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This four-year
intervention community project is taking place in
Tlalpan, a Mexico City borough. This is one of three
sites worldwide testing comprehensive policy
interventions in diet, physical activity and tobacco, in
worksites, schools, healthcare centers and the
community. Mexico completed all baseline information.
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The
intervention includes coalition building, training
community leaders, health promoters and nutritionists,
and making sustainable changes in local institutions.
This project is funded by Oxford Health Alliance and has
more recently received another grant from the World
Diabetes Foundation to increase awareness of diabetes
and implement diabetes prevention activities in school
settings. A mini-grant from the World Heart Federation
is helping obtain qualitative information from children,
parents and teachers about their own perceptions
regarding nutrition and physical activity.
Geo-referenced environmental scan is one of the many
innovations brought forth by this project. MORE |
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Physical activity advocacy. |
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With GAPA
(Global Advocacy in Physical Activity) supported the
development and dissemination of the seven best
investments in physical activity. With the Centers for
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for Health
Promotion and Education (IUHPE) there are plans for a
strategy workshop to support implementation of
Colombia’s Obesity legislation. |
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Dietary salt-reduction. |
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IAHF is part
of this PAHO initiative for the region to reduce
hypertension and leads the regional communication and
advocacy efforts. Initiative was launched Nov 16, 2009
in Santiago, Chile. Policy statement was published in
CVD Prevention and Control and there is now a growing
number of governments, civil society institutions and
businesses commiting to reduce dietary salt. |
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CARMELA Study. |
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All publication
objectives were met with the publication of 10 articles in refereed
journals. They include a main paper and others on risk factors in women,
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