 A seven-member delegation from the Cathay General Hospital of Taiwan is on island seeking to get a better understanding of St Lucia's health sector. The Taiwanese Medical Institution in 2022 hosted a St Lucia delegation where they received a three-month hands-on observation training. Dr. Jenny Isaac-Louisi is the project coordinator for the Capacity Building Project for the prevention and control of chronic diseases here in St Lucia. Dr. Louisi says the delegation is looking forward to using the information gathered during their stay to strengthen the curriculum as they get up to receive the 2023 batch of trainees. So in October we have five trainers, one physician, three nurses and one nutritionist who will be undertaking training in Taiwan to help and facilitate the Capacity Building Project to undertake workshops in St Lucia in the coming four years. And so the delegation came for two-fold purpose to meet with those trainers, interview them so on a personal level they can understand what the trainers need but also on a clinical and community level what we need. A week of informational sessions have been planned for the Taiwanese delegation. Among the activities planned was a courtesy call with the Permanent and Deputy Permanent Secretaries of Health. Permanent Secretary Jenny Daniel commended the team on the initiative. I think the approach of the team visiting and ensuring that the curriculum is in sync with you know the practices that we have here and what is required or maybe our gaps as well. I think this is a very solid approach and I'd like to commend you for it as well and I think it will overwhelm for the development of our health sector and the treatment and management of non-communicable diseases and may I add in also prevention as well. Yeah, prevention that is key. Dr Lin Ching Ling is the Cafe Hospital Representative. Dr Ching Ling says the group is anxious to learn as they are to teach. I would like to say that we are here to learn from you about your culture, your food, your lifestyle and just as I mentioned to Dr Jenny because one thing she mentioned about which I'm very interested in is that you actually train, experience patients to teach newly diagnosed patients which to me like under the infrastructure of the entire Department of Health and Well-Fail which in Taiwan only we can do that by patient groups privately. So I think I would like to say that we definitely have things to learn from each other. Salusha in March 2023 signed an MOU with the Republic of China Taiwan which saw the commencement of the capacity building project for the prevention and control of chronic diseases. The project is part of a holistic plan by the Ministry of Health to fight the scourge of non-communicable diseases which has been plaguing the island for decades. The delegation is set to visit various sites on the island during their seven-day stay. For the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Allergy Affairs, I'm Sant Justin.