Regional health reps gather in St Lucia for workshop
Regional Ministry of Health representatives and health managers will gather in St. Lucia this week for the first Caribbean HEARTS Initiative workshop signalling a strong commitment of 17 countries and territories to the implementation of WHO/PAHO flagship Initiative for improving cardiovascular health.
The workshop is entitled ‘Improving CVD Clinical Management and NCD Surveillance in the Context of COVID-19 through HEARTS Implementation: Lessons Learned and Plan for Scale Up’.
The program is designed to present Ministry officials and health managers with a robust agenda that includes: Cardiovascular risk management training for St. Lucia’s healthcare staff; improving clinical management in the context of COVID-19 through HEARTS implementation; and developing a monitoring framework for NCDs for improved monitoring and evaluation.
The workshop will be attended by over 55 participants, including HEARTS and surveillance focal points from the Ministries of Health, as well as PAHO facilitators and resource persons.
The objectives of the workshop are: to improve knowledge and demonstrate cardiovascular risk management; best practices shared for improved implementation in the Caribbean; an application plan for the hypertension control drivers; and an NCD monitoring framework developed to suit each country’s situation.
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