Embracing open data for Caribbean health

[EXTRACT] As the Caribbean faces an evolving health landscape along with other regional challenges, the importance of reliable, accessible and interconnected data has never been more evident. This special issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health/Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública focusing on Open Data for Caribbean Health explores the potential of open data to enhance public health outcomes and imagine how it can foster collaboration and build resilience within communities. We introduce a vision for how open data, guided by principles such as FAIR (for Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) data, can contribute to a healthier Caribbean [...]