 The management team of the Caribbean Public Health Agency, CAFER, recently paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs, the Honourable Mouzi Jabbatis. The visit provided an opportunity to discuss environmental health matters and ways in which sustainable development issues impact public health. Director of CAFER, Dr. Joy St. John says this visit will allow the team to assess the work being done at the Environmental Health and Sustainable Development Department, located in St. Lucia, and to highlight ways in which CAFER can continue to provide support. At the end of the visit to the Environmental Health and Sustainable Development Department, we are all about making sure that the work that they're doing is truly relevant to the Caribbean. So that's the outcome of the first mission. The outcome of the second mission, which was to interact with St. Lucia and hear what they wanted, was very much achieved. By this courtesy visit, it was a business visit too. We were very happy to hear the very clear and specific things coming from the Minister, the Permanent Secretary, and the CMO about what St. Lucia needs going forward. The Honourable Mouzi Jabbatis says he's very pleased with the visit, as it provided an avenue to discuss pertinent environmental health issues which can hinder human health and wellness. This morning we discussed many issues relating to environmental health and how environmental health can be integrated into the public health measures and public health programs here in St. Lucia and the Caribbean. We also looked at the developments with respect to data and how CAFER is reevaluating its programs and putting in place a number of new programs which will help St. Lucia and the other Caribbean countries to access data and to have quality data which certainly will help us with our decisions when it comes to public health matters. The team from CAFER also met with the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sharon Bailna George, and the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Jenny Daniel. Reporting from the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Health, Wellness, and Elderly Affairs, I am Fennel Neptune.