KINGSTON, Jul 10 2015 – Thirty-five leaders from the agricultural, environmental, and health sectors of 12 Caribbean countries are preparing to develop scientific and comprehensive solutions for coping with emerging endemic diseases that affect the public and environmental health of the region, as well as food safety.
The Caribbean specialists participated in a training event organised by the “One Health, One Caribbean, One Love” Project, a regional initiative that encourages collaboration among different sectors to attain optimal health levels for people, animals, and the environment.
This initiative seeks to strengthen public and private capacities for designing and managing policies that benefit consumers and the environment.
The training, which took place in Jamaica at the end of June, was co-funded by the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) within the framework of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures Project, executed by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture.
