The Ministry of Health in Grenada is in charge of the general management of the health sector. The Ministry performs its management responsibilities through a centralized administration that fulfills the functions of policy formulation, planning, programming, and regulation. Health services are provided mainly through public installations, but private health care establishments have increased in recent years. During the last decade, the model from predominant organization to health services was based on the Primary Health Care approach as the principal strategy to improve the population’s state of health. The goals and objectives established through the initiative of Cooperation for Health in the Caribbean have been the emerging model that has given meaning to health care provision.
The profile was prepared by a group of eight professionals and national policy decision makers from the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Education, Food and Nutrition Council, National Drug Avoidance Council and the PAHO/WHO Caribbean Program Coordination in Barbados. Technical coordination of the national group was the responsibility of the Planning Unit, Ministry of Health of Grenada and the PAHO/WHO Caribbean Program Coordination in Barbados. Final review, edition, and translation are the responsibility of the Health Systems and Policies Unit, PAHO/WHO, Washington, DC
HEALTH SYSTEM PROFILES 
The Ministry of Health in Grenada is in charge of the general management of the health sector. The Ministry performs its management responsibilities through a centralized administration that fulfills the functions of policy formulation, planning, programming, and regulation. Health services are provided mainly through public installations, but private health care establishments have increased in recent years. During the last decade, the model from predominant organization to health services was based on the Primary Health Care approach as the principal strategy to improve the population’s state of health. The goals and objectives established through the initiative of Cooperation for Health in the Caribbean have been the emerging model that has given meaning to health care provision.