Mental health will be among the priority concerns of the Caribbean region at the upcoming United Nations High Level Meeting on Chronic Disease Prevention in New York in September, CARICOM has reported.
Guyana’s Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy made the announcement on Saturday, at the closing press conference of the 21st Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) in Georgetown. Ramsammy said mental health was not getting the attention it deserved and vowed that CARICOM would again take the lead in launching an offensive against the problem, thereby ensuring that it would not only be “talked about” but would be addressed in the Caribbean.
The decision came in the wake of calls on Friday morning, at the opening ceremony, by Ramsammy for concerted efforts to