Validating the self-reported annual monitoring grid for the 2007 Caribbean Community Declaration of Port-of-Spain on noncommunicable diseases
Objectives. In 2007, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) convened the world’s
first-ever heads of government summit on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and issued the
landmark Declaration of Port-of-Spain: Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of Chronic NCDs. Since
then, ministry of health (MoH) focal points in each country have self-reported annually on
their NCD efforts, using a 26-indicator grid created to assess implementation of the Declaration.
Our objective was to assess the validity of those grid responses, as compared to information