EHF Featured in the Commonwealth Health Partnerships Magazine 2012

EHF was recognized as a health partner in the prestigious Commonwealth Health Partnerships Magazine 2012, which was launched in Geneva on May 20, 2012 by the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Kamalesh Sharma. Commonwealth Health Partnerships is the essential overview of health in the Commonwealth. Launched at the annual Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting, the publication provides a guide to current issues in public health for ministers and senior officials. Reflecting the theme of CHMM 2012, Commonwealth Health Partnerships 2012 focuses on the linkages between non-communicable and communicable diseases, with analysis from leading experts on the specific challenges in this emerging field.

Chapters include:

• CD-NCD linkages: the larger picture
• Health systems integration
• Resourcing health: financial and workforce issues
• Cancer and infectious diseases; other prevention issues
• Social and cultural determinants
• Context issues: regional, legal and environmental

The publication also includes extensive health profiles and statistics on the 54 Commonwealth member countries, incorporating the latest research on non-communicable and communicable diseases. These profiles can be found on this website in electronic form here.

EHF’s profile may be viewed in the online version of the magazine, by clicking on this link: http://www.commonwealthhealth.org/partner/americas/jamaica/environmental_health_foundation/