Training - Biomedical Waste Management Training provided to Health Care Administrators, Environmental Health Professionals and Solid Waste Managers 

Training - The institute, upon the request of the Government of Bahamas provided a resource person for a seminar on Environmental Impact Assessments

Training- CEHI, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Family Affairs and Gender Relations of St Lucia, the Caribbean Development Bank, Pan American Health Organisation, Health Caribbean and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec, hosted a training course in Environmental Health Impact Assessment (EHIA).

The course was part of a planning exercise geared toward the development of a comprehensive, region-wide EHIA programme.

It was designed to develop the skills of health and planning officers and private consultants in the preparation and review of environmental health impact assessments related to both public and private sector projects.

BASEL - Work began in earnest on the BASEL Inventory of Spent and Outdated Chemicals in the Caribbean Region. The project is being conducted in seven countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica.

Development of educational material - The two sets of training materials (a Student Package and a Trainer's Manual) on Industrial Chemicals and Wastes in the Automotive Mechanic Industry and the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Industry which were developed by the Institute in 1996 were piloted in two technical institutions in Barbados and St. Lucia in early 1997. In March 1997, an evaluation of the materials was conducted, and the findings were quite encouraging. To ensure wider utilization of the materials, a Train-the-Trainer Workshop for six additional countries (Antigua/Barbuda; Belize; Bahamas; Dominica; Jamaica; Trinidad & Tobago) was also conducted.

Training - The Institute trained three Environmental Health Officers in the "Management of Sanitary Landfills".

Training - The Institute sponsored the participation of two Environmental Health Officers at the Annual Caribbean Water & Wastewater Association (CWWA) Conference in St. Vincent & the Grenadines.

Waste Management - The Institute provided portable scales to assist PAHO in conducting a solid waste classification study for the Bahamas islands. The Institute also provided detailed information on toxic and hazardous substances regulation through the PAHO office.

Waste Management - A preliminary assessment of the environmental health conditions in the Bahamas was conducted in January. This consisted of a site visit to New Providence by the Sanitary Engineer and the GTZ-Long Term Advisor and included discussions with key persons on the island. The main environmental health concern expressed by the government was that of solid waste management. Possibilities of assistance were discussed but no formal requests were received during 1994.