CARICOM Today:- The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) recently conducted a mission to Saint Lucia (17-24 September 2021) to undertake a national assessment of the country’s communicable disease surveillance systems. The CARPHA team conducted this exercise with the Ministry of Health Saint Lucia through the grant funding of the World Bank Regional Health Project. The assessment aimed to review the capacity of Saint Lucia to conduct timely, complete, and efficient reporting of diseases, and perform routine communicable disease surveillance and diagnostics. Some surveillance areas assessed include zoonotic diseases, foodborne and waterborne diseases, tourism and refugee and migrant health, environmental health and