Health Care Reform: Policy Content and Process in the Caribbean

Four country studies have been produced as a result of the first phase of the research project, Health Care System Reform: Policy Content and Process in the Caribbean (ERBIC18CT970247) funded by DG XII of the European Commission. The aim of the project is to compile, review and analyse data relevant to health sector reform in the Caribbean, with a view to enhancing health reform initiatives and collaborative efforts between related national, regional and international institutions. These papers provide an understanding of the historical evolution of the health system and recent reforms in four territories which share similar climatic and geographical features and historical background but, by the nature of the diverse styles of colonial administration, have developed very different health systems, mirroring former colonial systems. The publications shed light on the triggers which lead to the conception of health reforms, the conditions necessary for their introduction and problems encountered in their implementation and ability to be sustained.