About CMLF

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.

This request was made at the 11th meeting of the CARICOM Ministerial body, the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD).

Their decision was made against a background that an estimated minimum of 70% of medical decision-making is influenced by information provided by medical laboratories and was based on the success of the CAREC EU-funded medical laboratory strengthening project which ended in 2007.

2002 to 2007

Bright Green Beginnings

This four year project, initiated by CAREC was approved in May 2000, under the 8th European Development Fund (EDF) Caribbean Regional Indicative Programme (CRIP) and implemented by CAREC from 2002 to 2007. The overall objective was to improve national and regional medical laboratory information in CARIFORUM countries, resulting in improved patient management, disease prevention and control. A higher level objective was to improve the health status of Caribbean populations.
June 2007

The Birth of CMLF

The CARICOM 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.
2011-2015

PANCAP Global Fund Round

Strengthening Caribbean Laboratory Networks. "A regional network for provision of laboratory testing to support HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Opportunistic Infections (OIs) (including support for monitoring of Haematology and Biochemical parameters) established in the region". Implemented in all sixteen participating countries.
2016-2019

OECS Global Fund

In meeting the 90-90-90 targets established by the Caribbean, it is critical to recognize that testing is the first point of access to the continuum of care for vulnerable populations and is central and critical to achieving each of the 90-90-90 targets by 2020 and an AIDS-free generation by 2030.
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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.

CONTACT INFO

  • Caribbean Med Labs Foundation
    63A Petra St., Woodbrook, Trinidad and Tobago.
  • +1-868-628-5911
    +1-868-628-4765
  • cmedlabsfoundation@gmail.com
  • https://www.cmedlabsfoundation.net

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