Transformation of Laboratory Services
CMLF plays a critical role in leading the transformation of laboratory services within the Caribbean to achieve quality assured diagnostics and laboratory capacity that are critical to strong economies and to withstanding current and future public health threats.
Leadership and Technical Training
CMLF staff have tested and proven expertise in development and delivery of innovative competency-based training for building laboratory management, supervision and quality management skills within the Caribbean region and other resource limited areas.
Project Implementation
CMLF has a demonstrated track record of successful project management, on-time and within budget project delivery. As a not-for-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) CMLF is well respected regionally and internationally and has a history of regional and international partnerships.
Caribbean Med Labs Foundation
The Caribbean Med Labs Foundation, based in Trinidad and Tobago, is a non-governmental organisation established in response to a request from CARICOM Ministers of Health in June 2007.
The Ministers had requested continuation of the regional effort aimed at building and sustaining the highest quality medical laboratory services through an independent self-sustaining mechanism.
CMLF Core Objectives
The Caribbean Med Labs Foundation assists regional populations and governments as well as public and private laboratories by:
Laws and Regulations
Advocating at the highest levels for the necessary laws and regulations for licensing of laboratories to ensure that standards are met;Promoting Development
Promoting the development of a regional environment supportive of high quality medical and public health laboratory services and blood safety;Mobilising Resources
Mobilising resources for strengthening medical and public health laboratories and stakeholder institutions;Collaboration with Stakeholders
Collaboration with our stakeholders is central to our philosophy and success.CMLF News
News, Features, Multimedia

Meet Dr. Farley R. Cleghorn - MD, MPH
Dr Farley Cleghorn says: The only way to end the pandemic and to return to some semblance of normalcy is...

Video Series on HIV Self-testing
PART 1 – “It’s time for a policy on HIV self-testing” As we continue to navigate COVID-19, it is important to...

Your Health - Our Passion - Quality Matters
In these challenging times, CMLF is seizing the opportunity to remind our valued partners and stakeholders of how important it...

A call for Caribbean countries to adopt HIV self-testing
PRESS RELEASE As COVID-19 reduces access to HIV testing services, AIDS response partners call for Caribbean countries to adopt HIV...

COVID causes reduction in HIV/AIDS testing
A 69 per cent reduction in facility and community-based HIV testing services due to COVID-19 is putting people with undiagnosed...

HIV/Syphilis Rapid Testing Portal
As we celebrate World AIDS Day in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, CMLF launches its new website and...
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News, Features, Multimedia

REOI - Development of OECS Multi-Sectoral Multi-Hazard Emergency Preparedness, Mitigation, Response and Recovery Measures
NAME OF PROJECT – OECS REGIONAL HEALTH PROJECT GRANT NO.: D513 ASSIGNMENT TITLE: DEVELOPMENT OF OECS MULTI-SECTORAL MULTIHAZARD EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,...

Cuba leads the world in vaccinating children as young as two against Covid
The Swedes have rejected it, Dr Fauci says the US may soon approve it, the Chinese have started, but the...

PAHO calls for countries to prioritize rapid tests for those with COVID-19 symptoms
With COVID-19 surging throughout the Americas and demand for diagnostics higher than ever, the Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa...

Study warns of high levels of depression and suicidal thoughts in health workers during pandemic
Washington, DC, January 13, 2022 (PAHO)- Health workers in 11 Latin American countries show elevated rates of depressive symptoms, suicidal...

COVID-19 cases nearly double in the Americas
Washington D.C. 12 January 2022 (PAHO) – With COVID-19 infections accelerating in the Americas and the detection of the Omicron...

Australia: Hundreds given false Covid results in Sydney lab error
A Sydney lab has told hundreds of people they did not have Covid when they in fact had tested positive,...
Corporate Information
In seeking to transform the delivery of medical laboratory services in the Caribbean region, the Caribbean Med Labs Foundation achieved all of it's deliverables.

Our Objectives
Caribbean countries face multiple and complex challenges, from the severe epidemic of chronic diseases (including diabetes, heart disease, cancers and...

About CMLF
The Caribbean Med Labs Foundation, based in Trinidad and Tobago, is a non-governmental organisation established in response to a request...

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