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Saint Lucia Ministry of Health
Ministry of Health
Saint Lucia Integrated Surveillance Guidelines
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  • 1. Foreword
  • 2. Abbreviations
  • 3. Introduction
  • 4. Surveillance Principles
  • 5. Organization, Functions & Responsibility Level
    • 5.2. Local Level
      • 5.2.2. Roles and Responsibilities
        • 5.2.2.1. Primary Health Care Facilities (Health Centres)
        • 5.2.2.2. Polyclinics
        • 5.2.2.3. Mental Health Practitioners
        • 5.2.2.4. Dental Health Practitioners
        • 5.2.2.5. Nutritionists
        • 5.2.2.6. Secondary Health Care Facilities (Hospitals)
        • 5.2.2.7. Public Health
        • 5.2.2.8. Private Health Services
        • 5.2.2.9. Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) – Livestock Services Division
        • 5.2.2.10. Ministry of Education (MOE) and Schools
    • 5.3. National Level
      • 5.3.2. Roles and Responsibilities
        • 5.3.2.1. Epidemiology Unit (EpiU)
        • 5.3.2.2. Public Health Laboratory
        • 5.3.2.3. Blood bank
        • 5.3.2.4. Primary Health Care Services
        • 5.3.2.5. Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases/Mental Health Unit
        • 5.3.2.6. Infectious Diseases Programs
        • 5.3.2.7. Nutrition Services
        • 5.3.2.8. Bureau of Health Education (BHE)
        • 5.3.2.9. Pharmacy Services Unit
        • 5.3.2.10. Dental Services
        • 5.3.2.11. Environmental Health Division
        • 5.3.2.12. Health Management Information Unit
        • 5.3.2.13. Health Disaster Risk Management Committee
        • 5.3.2.14. Points of Entry – Maritime ports, Sea Cruisers and Airports
        • 5.3.2.15. Ministry of Agriculture
        • 5.3.2.16. National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO)
        • 5.3.2.17. Water and Sewerage Company Incorporated (WASCO)
        • 5.3.2.18. Ministry of Education
        • 5.3.2.19. Ministry of Tourism
        • 5.3.2.20. Private Health Institutions
  • 6. Annexes
    • 6.1. Terms and Definitions
    • 6.2. Organogram of Surveillance
    • 6.3. Types of Surveillance, Periodicity and Management of Information
      • 6.3.2. Periodicity and Management of Information
      • 6.3.3. Source of data and forms
        • 6.3.3.1. Forms
    • 6.4. Components of National Health Surveillance
      • 6.4.1. Data (and information) reporting
      • 6.4.2. Communicable and Notifiable Diseases
      • 6.4.3. Syndromic Surveillance
      • 6.4.4. Non-communicable and Chronic Diseases (MH)
      • 6.4.5. Environmental Health
      • 6.4.6. Special Events
      • 6.4.7. Alert and Response, case investigation, clusters and outbreak investigation
    • 6.5. Information flow Diagram
  • 7. Bibliography
  • 8. Background Technical Documents
    • 8.1. The Surveillance cycle
    • 8.2. Roles and responsibilities of the MOH National Surveillance and Response Team (NSRT)
    • 8.3. Communication Trees
    • 8.4. Proposed Event Based Surveillance Reporting Form
    • 8.5. Proposed Event Based Surveillance reporting form dictionary
    • 8.6. Rapid Risk Assessment
  • 9. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
    • 9.1 Arboviruses
    • 9.2. Prostate Cancer
    • 9.3. Diabetes Mellitus
    • 9.4. Event Supposedly Attributable to Vaccination or Immunization (ESAVI)
    • 9.5. Foodborne Outbreak
    • 9.6. Hypertension
    • 9.7. Influenza
    • 9.8. HIV/AIDS
    • 9.9 Mpox
    • 9.10. Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STIs)
    • 9.11. Chickenpox (Varicella)
    • 9.12. Diphtheria
    • 9.13. SOP for Event Based Surveillance
    • 9.14. Rabies Lyssaviruses
    • 9.15. Oropouche Virus
    • 9.16. Leptospirosis
    • 9.17. Zoonotic Avian Influenza A (H5)
  • 10. Case Definitions
    • 10.1. ANNEX 1. Syndromes under Surveillance

8.6. Rapid Risk Assessment

Updated 2 October 2025

If an event report meets one of the following criteria, a response is triggered (WHO EBS 2008).

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