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Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI) |
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CEHI was set up in 1982, as a project, in response to the need seen by the Region’s Ministers of Health to address in an organized manner, the
environmental health concerns of the people of the English-speaking Caribbean.
In 1989 the Institute became a legal entity (with the deposit of the Instrument
of Ratification of the CEHI Agreement by Member Governments).
The objectives of CEHI are to:
• provide technical and advisory services to its members in all areas of
environmental management, including water supplies, liquid waste and excreta
disposal, solid waste management, water resource management, coastal zone
management including beach pollution, air pollution, occupational health, vector
control, agricultural pollution and pesticide control, disaster prevention and
preparedness, natural resource conservation, environmental institution
development and socio-economic aspects of environmental management
• prepare and keep inventories of education and training programmes
(especially those in related disciplines), regional experts and other related
human resources
• promote and collaborate in the planning and programming of symposia,
workshops, and on-the job training in member states
• conduct courses, seminars, symposia and other workshop at either the
institute or other selected regional institutions
• arrange and accept grants for financing scholarships and fellowships to
facilitate the training of nationals of member states
• act as a regional reference centre for the collection and dissemination of
technical and scientific information, and a focal point for various
environmental monitoring networks for the collection and dissemination of
environmental data, especially health-related, in the Region
• promote and coordinate applied research relevant to the environmental
problems of the region as identified by member states
• estimate the provision of engineering, public health laboratory and other
related environmental services for member states in accordance with their
desires
• promote uniformity in professional practices, design, standards and
technical methods in programmes formulated for the improvement of environmental
health and environmental management; and
• promote activities which to assist in implementing the environmental health
strategy
In pursuit of these objectives, CEHI provides a wide range of environmental
and environmental health services and products to both the private and public
sector.
The member countries of CEHI are Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas,
Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica,
Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines,
Trinidad and Tobago and Turks and Caicos.
CEHI is headquartered in Saint Lucia and is headed by an Executive Director.
Executive Directors of CEHI:
Dr Naresh Singh (Guyana), 1990-1993
Dr Halmond Dyer (Monsterrat), 1993-1996
Mr Vincent Sweeney (Montserrat), 1996-present
For more information please goto http://www.cehi.org.lc
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