Optometry is about the examination of the eyes and visual systems, as well as, diagnosing eye diseases. Specialties and Duties

OPTOMETRIST:

• Examines and tests patients’ eye and vision.
• Diagnoses disorders and diseases of the eye.
• Prescribes and fits glasses and contact lens.
• Give advice on eye and eye-wear care.

OPHTHALMOLOGIST/EYE SPECIALIST:

A Doctor, also known as a Physician or Medical Doctor, diagnoses and treats the health problems of individuals. Medicine is a very broad field with many specialisations.

SPECIALTIES AND DUTIES

GENERAL PRACTITIONER: Diagnose and treat individuals and families within a community.

The mission of Public Health Inspection is to identify and assess risks to human health in the environment and use whatever methods which are reasonably practicable in order to control or eliminate these risks in a manner that would have minimal negative impacts on the environment.

DUTIES

A Field Interviewer speaks with and counsels patients diagnosed with Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), as well as identifies their partners and encourages those persons to get tested.

DUTIES

Knowing your HIV status is an important part of taking care of your health and the health of your partner.
The Ministry of Health provides access to HIV testing, counselling, treatment, care and support services throughout Trinidad and Tobago.

About HIV

Know Your Status – Get Tested

Trinidad and Tobago has many accomplishments in our response to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Currently, the Ministry of Health is executing the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS “95-95-95” targets which state by 2025, or 95% of people who are living with HIV to know their HIV status, 95% of people who know that they are living with HIV to be on lifesaving antiretroviral treatment, and 95% of people who are on treatment to be virally suppressed.

Introduction

The Population Programme Unit was established in 1969 to facilitate the delivery of fertility management services to citizens. This department is the major provider of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in the country. These services include fertility management in all primary care facilities (Family Planning Services), the Port of Spain General Hospital and the Mt. Hope Women's Hospital, diagnostic screening of cervical cancer, first time counselling in SRH, specialist referrals and education and training programmes.

The Queen’s Park Counselling Centre & Clinic provides quality health care to clients with Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS, their contacts and others concerned in an affordable, sustainable and equitable manner; and also seeks to control the incidence of these diseases in Trinidad and Tobago.

Mandate

The mandate of the HIV/AIDS Coordinating Unit is to lead the Ministry of Health’s response in reducing the incidence of HIV infections in Trinidad & Tobago and also mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS in persons infected and affected in Trinidad & Tobago.

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