The Caribbean region faces a heavy burden of Non-Communicable diseases and has therefore placed high priority on addressing these conditions. Click the following link from the World Health Organisation for NCD profiles of individual Caribbean countries.
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.