The “National Conference on Revitalizing Public Health: Working together for a Healthier Nation” – an event which will happen over the next three days in Paradise Island Resort. Perhaps, a sound public health system should lead to paradise style life.
1. I am not sure who the participants of this conference are. It was not mentioned in the news articles I had read.
2. Public health should definitely lead to healthy individuals who live in a happy place, without the need for sophisticated medical facilities.
3. I wondered if the recipients of the public health system were a part of the conference. I am referring to the elderly, victims of abuse, children and other recipients of abuse.
4. Mental health is a public health issue that is crippling this nation right now. And the principle “nothing about us without us” was introduced and mandated for 2030 SDGs by the CRPD.
5. I am not sure if those who funded and organized the conference are ignorant of the principle, or just didn’t care about it. They must have attended numerous conferences where the principle was in practice.
6. It is one thing to talk about principles of inclusivity and so on. Yet another to have it in the bottom of your heart and mind.
I believe that Shifaza from B. Goidhoo and other victims of the public health crisis should have been in the conference, and it should have revolved around them.
Smile and Let Smile 