National Policy on Health and Family Life ...... Coming Soon!

Contact: Rose Marie Harris

Monday, May 07, 2001 – The many social problems affecting young persons as well as family life and health will find its place on the front burner when a number of persons from various government and non-government agencies meet to review a Draft Policy on Health and Family Life later this month.

The development of the policy is as a direct result of the concerns of Caribbean Ministers of Health to the increased social problems affecting youth throughout the Caribbean.

According to Curriculum Specialist in the Ministry of Education, Arthusa Semei violence and drugs will be two of the major issues incorporated in the policy in light of all the social issues that youth in the Caribbean experience.  “There are a number of issues that the youth seem to have a lot of problems with.  Coping with their development, with decisions, is a very, very critical issue, critical to all persons in all of the countries of the Caribbean and we should pay attention to them.  This is the first time that such an initiative has been taken to respond to the problems affecting the youth,” Semei said.

When the Ministers of Health met they issued a mandate to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to institute a Health and Family Life Policy.  For Saint Lucia that mandate has been taken a step further with the development of a draft policy, which involved individuals and groups across the island.

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