Caribbean College of Family Physicians

28/10/2025

WONCA 2025
Global 5 Star Doctor
is from Brazil

20/10/2025

Shubh Diwali
May the glow of Diwali lights brighten your days and the warmth of the season fill your heart. Here's to a year of blessings and new beginnings. Happy Diwali!
Celebrate the victory of good over evil and light over darkness.
May the sound of the diyas and the spirit of Diwali fill your home with joy.
Shubh Diwali!

23/09/2025

23/09/2025

TRIBUTE TO DR DANIEL CHANG
I want to pay tribute to this remarkable medical doctor, unassuming, dedicated, hard working, affable, organised and visionary. His hobby and passion is photography, his vocation medicine and public health.
He was a faithful executive member of CCFP T&T Chapter(1989) under the chairmanship of Dr” Chappie” Boyd and a founding member of GPATT-the now defunct General Practitioners Association of T&T. He is also loving husband of Dianne , doting father and grandfather.
He revolutionized public health prevention and delivery while he was the CMO of the Health Dept. of the POS City Corporation, leaving a legacy and shoes which were hard to fill
He, as a GP practising in the Woodbrook and St James area was the first to identify symptoms and signs of a “new disease” alerting me to same as we then referred the cases to Specialists Drs Waveney Charles , Winston Ince and Neville Byam and after to Prof Courtenay Bartholomew.
This was later to become known as HIV-AIDS
Long before others did it, he made a documentary with the patients’ explicit wish that others should know- of a model dying of the disease abandoned by family support but having been infected by IV drug use, then after the first female patient infected by her husband who had gotten it by blood transfusions in the hospital , prompting Dr Charles to clean up the Blood Bank. We tried to highlight the effect it had on all parties although our first cases were clearly homosexual or bisexual. We highlighted the stigma and at first religious intolerance which changed to sympathy and assistance when they saw the videos. We tried to educate, with the help of Health Promotion Specialist Mrs. Carol Senah ,to prevent, to fight stigma and to sound the alarm. The saga continued.
Prior to that the three of us had mounted an island wide campaign of education to highlight the NCDS, the idea again conceived by Dr Chang.
He has never been properly acknowledged for his work and I salute him

23/09/2025

A Republic Day 2025 tribute to an esteemed T&T Family Doctor-DR.DANIEL CHANG

13/09/2025

Important

13/09/2025

Our Caribbean team which includes Drs Tania Whitby-Best, Paula Henry, Marie-Jo Francis, Kathleen Sangster-Singh, Joanne Paul are off to Lisbon for the WONCA World Conference and Council Meeting 2025. We wish them Godspeed, safe journey and success as well as fun. It is alifetime experience

06/09/2025

Honoring Dr. Alverston Bailey: Commander of the Order of Distinction
The Caribbean College of Family Physicians (CCFP) proudly celebrates Dr. Alverston Bailey, who has been conferred with the Order of Distinction, Commander Class (CD) by the Government of Jamaica. He will receive this national honor on Jamaica’s National Heroes Day, Monday, October 20, 2025, during the official public awards ceremony.
This recognition underscores Dr. Bailey’s distinguished service to Occupational and Family Medicine and his transformative contributions to public health advocacy, medical education, and community development in Jamaica and across the Caribbean.
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A Legacy of Excellence in Medicine and Public Health
Dr. Bailey embodies the ideals of distinguished service, transformative leadership, and unwavering commitment to the advancement of health and society. With a career spanning more than four decades, his impact has been felt in diverse but interconnected fields:
• Occupational Health: As Chief Medical Officer at Kaiser Jamaica Bauxite Company, Dr. Bailey pioneered industrial health programs that reshaped workplace safety and wellbeing. His certification by the American College of Occupational Medicine cemented his standing as a global leader in occupational health.
• Family Medicine: During his tenure as Regional President of the CCFP, he championed regional collaboration, fostered evidence-based practice, and successfully integrated the College into the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA). His leadership extended further as President of the Medical Association of Jamaica, where he championed professional standards, community outreach, and policy advocacy, including the landmark Patient Charter of Rights.
• Public Service: As Chairman of the Pesticides Control Authority (2006–2015), Dr. Bailey oversaw vital reforms in pesticide regulation, food safety, and environmental stewardship. His vision elevated Jamaica’s pesticide management framework and advanced national food security
Honoring Dr. Alverston Bailey: Commander of the Order of Distinction
The Caribbean College of Family Physicians (CCFP) proudly celebrates Dr. Alverston Bailey, who has been conferred with the Order of Distinction, Commander Class (CD) by the Government of Jamaica. He will receive this national honor on Jamaica’s National Heroes Day, Monday, October 20, 2025, during the official public awards ceremony.
This recognition underscores Dr. Bailey’s distinguished service to Occupational and Family Medicine and his transformative contributions to public health advocacy, medical education, and community development in Jamaica and across the Caribbean.
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A Legacy of Excellence in Medicine and Public Health
Dr. Bailey embodies the ideals of distinguished service, transformative leadership, and unwavering commitment to the advancement of health and society. With a career spanning more than four decades, his impact has been felt in diverse but interconnected fields:
• Occupational Health: As Chief Medical Officer at Kaiser Jamaica Bauxite Company, Dr. Bailey pioneered industrial health programs that reshaped workplace safety and wellbeing. His certification by the American College of Occupational Medicine cemented his standing as a global leader in occupational health.
• Family Medicine: During his tenure as Regional President of the CCFP, he championed regional collaboration, fostered evidence-based practice, and successfully integrated the College into the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA). His leadership extended further as President of the Medical Association of Jamaica, where he championed professional standards, community outreach, and policy advocacy, including the landmark Patient Charter of Rights.
• Public Service: As Chairman of the Pesticides Control Authority (2006–2015), Dr. Bailey oversaw vital reforms in pesticide regulation, food safety, and environmental stewardship. His vision elevated Jamaica’s pesticide management framework and advanced national food security

20/07/2025

Congratulations to Dr Amber Wheatley from BVI-CCFP-Featured Doctor of the Month in WONCA News. She is special and treasured😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

08/07/2025

Sharing memories of Dr Joyce Lodenquai-Mootoo-class of 1964 UWI Mona

18/06/2025

Sharing global news about WWFDoctor Day 2025

WONCA is the World Organization of Family Doctors, with 118 Member Organizations representing over 500,000 family doctors in over 130 countries and territories around the world, and working in partnership with the World Health Organisation.

10/06/2025

Congratulations to Dr Sasha Farrier, the 2025 recipient of the Global Montegut Award for North America. Dr Sasha is a family physician serving in the public sector in Trinidad and Tobago. She currently works at a health centre in a semi-rural area with longstanding agricultural roots. With over 14 years of clinical experience, her practice is deeply informed by the realities of community medicine and the ways in which broader social and environmental forces shape health outcomes. She represents the Caribbean College of Family Physicians in The WONCA Working Party on Women and Family Medicine (WWPWFM)