5.1.3. Outputs: dissemination of the information
Updated 18 June 2026
- A Weekly Syndromic Surveillance Report is produced and distributed to the Heads of Departments within the Ministry of Health every Wednesday, for data collected the previous week. The contents entail selected information on the situation of communicable diseases in St. Lucia. Each of the Departments is responsible for the dissemination of the report to their staff at levels.
- Whenever the health/epidemiological situation warrants (e.g., in the case of an outbreak), the Epidemiology Unit immediately communicates with relevant stakeholders and decision-makers on the matter and actions to be taken. Such situations and related interventions are also systematically reviewed and updated during the meetings of the National Surveillance and Response Team.
- On a monthly basis information on tuberculosis, leprosy, HIV and other STIs is also exchanged and disseminated, verbally mostly, at the occasion of the “Contact Tracing Meeting”. This meeting gathers “Contact tracing” nurses, the physician in charge of the STI clinic, members the National Epidemiology Unit and members of the National AIDS/HIV Programme.
- On a monthly basis, the National Surveillance and Response Team will meet to review data and exchange information communicable diseases in St. Lucia.
- It is important to note that data dissemination is not the sole responsibility of the Epidemiology unit and that Heads of Departments/Units are responsible for disseminating the data to their staff at all levels.
- Ultimately, the Bureau of Health Promotion, and/or the National Epidemiology Unit are responsible for information dissemination to the media and public.
- An annual Epidemiological Report will be produced by the Epidemiology Unit.