Caribbean region

Increased Taxation on Cigarettes in Grenada: Potential Effects on Consumption and Revenue

Scientific article

1 December 2018

Abstract [ABSTRACT]. Objective. To investigate the feasibility of addressing the public health concerns of tobacco consumption through increased taxation, while preserving or augmenting government revenues in Grenada. Methods. Purposive...

Standardized Indicators for National Drug Information Networks in the Caribbean

This guide, developed by and for persons working in member states of the Caribbean, presents a model set of indicators to countries desiring to standardize the way that they organize, collect, and report drug-related information for their...

Assessing Standards of Care for the Treatment and Rehabilitation for Substance Abuse

Book

The purpose of this publication is to develop and provide basic guidelines and criteria for the development of programmes to assess standards of care in the treatment of substance abusers in the CARICOM region. This handbook is adapted from...

Regional Stakeholders Craft New Strategies on Drug Abuse Prevention

21 February 2018

Basseterre

St. Kitts & Nevis

Vice Chairman of the National Drug Council, D. Michael Morton (2nd right) thanked CARICOM, OAS and EU officials

Risk of Violence-Related Injury from Alcohol Consumption and Its Burden to Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

Scientific article

28 February 2018

Abstract Objective: To determine the relative risk (RR) and societal burden of injury related to alcohol-attributable intentional interpersonal violence (alcohol-attributable fraction or AAF), and the dose–response relationship, in Latin...