TABLE 5. Reporting on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) required of Caribbean Community countries by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), World Health Organization (WHO), Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), and University of the West Indies (UWI) annually or every two, three, or five years, as identified in 2015.

Frequency of reporting	Report	Survey with sampling frame
Annually	1.UWI Port-of-Spain grid
	2.CARPHA to PAHO mortality data
	3.CARPHA CCH 4 (Caribbean Cooperation in Health)
Every 2 years	4.WHO Global Report on the Tobacco Epidemic/monitor implementation of six tobacco control policies/interventions
	5.WHO FCTCa Parties Progress Report
	6.WHO Global Information System on Alcohol and Health (GISAH)
	7.WHO Mental Health Atlas
	8.PAHO Report on Plan of Action for the Prevention of Obesity in Children
Every 3 years	9. WHO country capacity survey	13. PAHO Nutrition Survey
	10. PAHO risk factor regulatory capacity monitoring tool	14. PAHO NCD report (add chronic kidney disease treatment, treated end stage renal disease, social protection, strategic fund for drugs, seatbelts)
	11. WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety - multi-sectoral
	12. PAHO/WHO Global Monitoring Framework (GMF)
		15. PAHO Health Analysis Unit - services & coverage
Every 5 years	16. WHO Global Information System on Resources for the Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders, every 4 years	18. PAHO STEPS NCD risk survey or equivalent
		19. PAHO Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
	17. PAHO coverage of micronutrient supplementation programs	20. PAHO Global School Health Survey (GSHS}
		21. PAHO Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) (or include core GATS policy questions to STEPS surveys)
		22. PAHO nutritional indicators (anthropometric, anemia, vitamin A, breast-feeding)

Source: Study research by author TAS.

^aFCTC = Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.