By the Caribbean Journal staff

Above: From left, St Kitts Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas, Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar, UWI Chancellor George Alleyene. In background, from left, Trinidad Foreign Minister Dr Suruj Rambachan and Trade Minister Stephen Cadiz. (Photo: Government Information Services, Ltd).

Caribbean leaders assembled in Basseterre, St Kitts signed the agreement establishing the Caribbean Public Health Agency. Dr Edward Greene, a special advisor to CARPHA, had previously said the agency would be a “major step towards improving health for people in the Caribbean, and is a significant step in the region’s development.”