Georgetown : In observance of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women today, the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) hosted a workshop with a focus on Gender and Chronic Non-communicable Diseases.
The event was facilitated by PAHO’s Advisor on Gender and Diversity and Rights, Shelly Abdool, who presented the preliminary findings on a Gender and Non-Chronic Diseases analysis. She also gave an introduction to e-learning in this regard to the participants who included individuals, mainly women, drawn from a number of local organizations.
Addressing the opening of the forum, PAHO Resident Representative, Dr. Beverly Barnett, spoke to the issue of gender inequity pointing out that inequities are differences that are unfair, unjust and avoidable. “Just as public health practitioners seek to reduce and eliminate health inequities, that is, causes of ill health that are unfair, unjust and avoidable so we seek to eliminate gender inequities which can in turn result in health inequities,” Dr. Barnett said.
Also addressing the forum was Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud, who gave emphasis to a multi-sector involvement in addressing the gender issue. “We cannot approach any of these problems without all of the persons including members of the media; we depend a lot on what you do…” said Dr. Persaud.
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