Point 5 calls for assistance in addressing what CARICOM describes as a public health crisis caused by slavery. The specific claim is that higher rates of hypertension and type 2 diabetes in Caribbean populations are directly attributable to slavery. This claim is addressed in detail in the Myths section.
Setting aside the contested causal claim, the existence of health disparities in Caribbean populations is real. Caribbean nations face genuine public health challenges that are partly a consequence of poverty and underdevelopment. Health cooperation between Britain and Caribbean nations is entirely feasible and could take forms that would genuinely help without requiring acceptance of CARICOM’s specific causal claim about slavery and disease.
