Projects & Programs
What we do
Since its inception, WINDREF has forged partnerships with regional and international institutions to advance health and environmental development through multidisciplinary research and educational programs.
Collaborators include Ministries of Health, Education, Agriculture and Tourism, Universities, and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) throughout the globe.
Caribbean Center for Health Equity (CCHE)
Health Equity Matters
Inequality is a major barrier to good health. According to the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), persistent inequities across gender, race and socioeconomic groups in the Caribbean compound every major health challenge facing the region.
Caribbean Center for Health Equity (CCHE)
Inequality is a major barrier to good health. According to the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), persistent inequities across gender, race and socioeconomic groups in the Caribbean compound every major health challenge facing the region.
It has been shown that access to health care for women of indigenous and African descent in the Caribbean has been stymied by deep discrimination, including patient blaming, neglect, verbal or physical abuse and disregard for traditional beliefs.
- In response to the identified socio-economic determinants of health in the Caribbean region, PAHO/WHO launched a new Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the Region of the Americas to focus on the profound effects that non-health social factors have on health outcomes.
- This is among the first large-scale effort to gather evidence on health inequities in the Region of the Americas.
- In support of these initiatives, the Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation (WINDREF) has established the Caribbean Center for Health Equity (CCHE) at St. George’s University (SGU) in Grenada.
- WINDREF and SGU have been involved over the last 20 years in many applied research projects related to health disparities.
CCHE will serve to coordinate regional efforts to promote health equity from within the region, and will include a regional network of partner governmental, academic and community based institutions, related researchers and practitioners. In addition, CCHE will support students in education, research and service work on health equity.
It has been shown that access to health care for women of indigenous and African descent in the Caribbean has been stymied by deep discrimination, including patient blaming, neglect, verbal or physical abuse and disregard for traditional beliefs.
In response to the identified socio-economic determinants of health in the Caribbean region, PAHO/WHO launched a new Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the Region of the Americas to focus on the profound effects that non-health social factors have on health outcomes.
This is among the first large-scale effort to gather evidence on health inequities in the Region of the Americas.
In support of these initiatives, the Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation (WINDREF) has established the Caribbean Center for Health Equity (CCHE) at St. George’s University (SGU) in Grenada.
WINDREF and SGU have been involved over the last 20 years in many applied research projects related to health disparities.
CCHE will serve to coordinate regional efforts to promote health equity from within the region, and will include a regional network of partner governmental, academic and community based institutions, related researchers and practitioners. In addition, CCHE will support students in education, research and service work on health equity.