The Ministry of Health is responsible for providing universal health services based on the population. Trinidad and Tobago currently is in the process of implementing a solid Program for Health Sector Reform (PRSS). Some of the structures and relations still exist and others have been modified. It is understood that the institutions outside the health sector have changed since 1994.

The Ministry of Health is in charge of the general management of the health sector. This Ministry performs its responsibilities for management through the functions of planning, regulation, policy formulation, surveillance, and evaluation. Regulation functions are carried out partially as a part of the responsibilities of the Ministry in order to enforce existing legislation, as well as the formulation of new legislation.

Health System Profile of Trinidad and Tobago

The profile was prepared by a group of eight professionals from the Ministry of Health, the Health Economics Unit and the Primary Care and Public Health Unit at University of the West Indies, the Inter-American Development Bank- Trinidad and Tobago Country Office and the PAHO/WHO Representation in Trinidad & Tobago. Technical coordination of the national group was the responsibility of the PAHO/WHO Representation in Trinidad & Tobago. The Health Economics Unit of the University of West Indies completed the external review. Final review, edition, and translation are the responsibility of the Health Systems and Policies Unit, PAHO/WHO, Washington, DC.

Link to Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Health
Link to PAHO/WHO country office in Trinidad & Tobago