Director’s Report

	Technical Cooperation
	Major Achievements
	Resource Mobilisation
	Direct Technical Cooperation
	Dissemination of Technical Information
	Development of Plans and Policies
	Training
	Applied Research
	Management of the Centre
	Perspectives and Recommendations

Administration Division

	Financial Resources
	Quota Contributions
	External Financing

Information Systems

	Activities
	Training
	Support for Projects
	Y2K Compliance Measures
	Staffing

Library and Information Services

	Activities
	User Services
	Electronic Services
	Technical Assistance/Cooperation
	Audio-visual and Desk-top Publishing Services

Maintenance Services 

Priority Projects

Admin Table 1 - (Status of Projects funded/approved for funding by International Donor Agencies)

Epidemiology Division

	Areas of Major Achievement
	Specific Technical Areas
	General Communicable Disease Surveillance
	Non-Communicable Disease Surveillance Injury Surveillance Other Non-Communicable Disease Surveillance
	Tuberculosis Control
	Leprosy Control
	Nosocomial Infection Control
	Health Statistics General Communicable Diseases Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Mortality  Other related activities
	Outbreak investigation and Disaster response Viral Gastroenteritis  Malaria Tuberculosis  Gram-negative Nosocomial Infections
	Post Disaster Assessment
	Surveillance Systems Development  Public Health Laboratory Information System Physician Sentinel Surveillance Project  Electronic Systems Support  Improving data quality
	Training Initiatives
	Human Resource Development
	Building Future Epidemiologic Capacity in the Caribbean (FETP)
	Collaborative Linkages
	Vaccine Preventable Diseases
	Epidemiology Appendix I (Annual cumulative totals of reported cases- communicable diseases)

Laboratory Division

	Areas of Major Achievements
	Major Challenges
	Customer Services/Information
	Laboratory Information System
	Public Health Laboratory Information System (PHLIS)
	Virology
	Bacteriology
	Parasitology
	Entomology
	Molecular Biology HIV  Dengue
	Immunology/Serology
	Safety/Support Services
	Consultation and Advice
	Outbreak Investigations  Dengue Diarrhoeal Diseases Hepatitis A Rabies  Rubella Malaria  Neisseria Meningitidis  Brucella  Tuberculosis  Acute Haemorrhagic Conjunctivitis
	Support for Surveillance and Control Programmes  STDs Mycobacterial Diseases
	Reference and Referral Services
	Research
	Training
	Quality Assurance
	External Quality Assessment

Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) 

	Immunization coverage
	Introduction of Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (HIB) and Hepatitis
	B Vaccines
	Poliomyelitis Eradication
	Measles Eradication
	Rubella/Congenital Rubella Syndrome Eradication
	Adverse Event Surveillance
	Vaccine and Logistics Procurement
	Fifteenth Caribbean EPI Managers’ Meeting
	Conclusion

Special Programme on Sexually Transmitted Diseases (SPSTD)

	Key Achievements/Impacts
	Advocacy, policy planning and capacity building
	Resource Mobilisation
	Promotion of Behavioural Change
	Caribbean AIDS Telecommunication and Information Network
	Information Dissemination
	Clinical Management- diagnosis, care and support
	Surveillance, Research and evaluation
	SPSTD Table 1(HIV Antibody Confirmatory Test Results)

Public Health Intelligence (PHI)

	Report of Entomologist/Parasitologist Surveillance and Control of Emerging and Re-Emerging Vector-borne Diseases in CMCs Outbreak Investigation and Post-Disaster Intervention Dissemination of Information
	Report of Medical Microbiologist  Major achievements  Establishment of a TB Network  Antibiotic resistance surveillance and use in the Caribbean

Travel and Health-(Caribbean Health Hotels Project (CHHP) 88

	Main Activities
	Administration
	Health and Tourism Related Activities

Human Resource Department (HRD)

	Main Impacts/achievements
	Recruitment and Selection
	Performance Appraisal
	Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
	Training and Development
	Staff Activities
	Staff List

Training/Advisory Visits and Support to member countries

Presentations and Publications 

Occupational Health and Safety Committee (OHS) 

Update on Scientific Advisory Committee Recommendation 1997 and Follow up to Council 1998