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CARICOM session on national strategies and multisectoral coordinating mechanisms - Session 2

CARICOM session on national strategies and multisectoral coordinating mechanisms - Session 2
CARICOM session on national strategies and multisectoral coordinating mechanisms

CARICOM Session

  • Day: Tuesday, 16 March 2021
  • Time: 10:00am EST, Washington DC [click here for your time zone]
  • Duration: 3 hours

This session will be subregional in scope and provide further information on the WHO FCTC Article 5 (sections 1 and 2), including a panorama of country efforts, specifically Guyana and Suriname, challenges faced, and tools for developing country plans.

Simultaneous interpretation (English and French) will be provided.

 

Welcome video for CARICOM Sessions

 

 

 

Country experiences

Guyana

Suriname

Presentations and documents from the session

Agenda for Session 2

10:00 - 10:15 Welcome (Ms. Rosa Sandoval, Unit Chief a.i., RFN/NMH, PAHO)

  • Opening remarks
    • Dr. Anselm Hennis, Director NMH, PAHO
    • Mr Andrew Black, Secretariat of the WHO FCTC
    • Mr. Fernando Jacome, MOP President
  • Objectives of the session
    • Ms. Rosa Sandoval, Unit Chief a.i., RFN/NMH, PAHO

10:15 - 10:20 Pop-up quiz, PAHO

10:20 - 10:40 Developing national strategies and plans and establishing a national multisectoral coordinating mechanism

  • Toolkit for Parties to implement article 5.1 of WHO FCTC
  • Toolkit for Parties to implement article 5.2(a) of WHO FCTC
    • Mr. Daniel Grafton, UNDP

10:40 - 11:40 Panel: Country experiences

  • Format: Presenters will pre-record 5-minute remarks and then participate in a 30-minute live panel
  • Moderator: Dr. Elisa Prieto, NMH Advisor, PAHO - CPC
  • Guyana: Including provisions on the WHO FCTC article 5.2 (Tobacco Control Council) in the Tobacco Control Act 2017 Part III, 4 – 10
  • Suriname: Implementing the Tobacco Act 2013 article 19 (Bureau to discourage the use of tobacco) 
  • Establishing national commissions on NCDs in the Caribbean: Lessons learned
    • Healthy Caribbean Coalition (TBC)
  • National tobacco control strategy in the UK 
    • Ms. Harriet Weston-Harris, Department of Health and Social Care – UK 
  • Final thoughts (5 minutes): Dr. Karen Gordon-Boyle, Programme Manager, Health Sector Development, Directorate of Human and Social Development, CARICOM

11:40 - 11:45 Break

11:45 - 12:05 Overview of countries’ efforts in developing national strategies and plans and establishing multisectorial coordinating mechanisms on tobacco control (WHO FCTC article 5.1 and 5.2)

  • Subregional panorama
    • Ms. Rosa Sandoval, Unit Chief a.i., RFN/NMH, PAHO
    • Ms. Diana Ceron, Tobacco Control Consultant, PAHO 

12:05 - 12:35 Working groups

  • Establishing a National Coordinating Mechanism, based in the Toolkit for Parties to implement article 5.2(a) of the WHO FCTC
  • Developing and adopting a Biannual Multisectoral Plan or Strategy, based on the Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022
  • Facilitators: Mr. Daniel Grafton, UNDP and Ms. Diana Ceron, Tobacco Control Consultant, PAHO

12:35 - 12:40 Pop-up quiz, PAHO

12:40 - 12:50 Update on World No Tobacco Day, 2021

12:50 - 13:00 Conclusions and next steps

  • Ms. Rosa Sandoval, Unit Chief a.i., RFN/NMH, PAHO 
  • Ms. Diana Ceron, Tobacco Control Consultant, PAHO

 

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