Mr. Keston Daniel
Director
MPH, MSc, BSc
Coordinator – Visitor-based Surveillance
Regional Tourism and Health Program (THP)
Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)
Mr. Daniel is regarded by his peers as a highly pragmatic problem solver, with a liking for planning and statistics. He has over 15 years of experience across the health sector in Trinidad and Tobago, and the Caribbean region, and is the holder of an undergraduate degree in Management Studies, with postgraduate degrees in Project Management and Public Health.
Using his solid academic background, together with strong skillsets in strategy, analysis and research, Mr. Daniel has successfully held lead roles on projects in the areas of Epidemiology and Health Systems Strengthening. In these fields, he continues to demonstrate a high-level of expertise and acumen on national and regional programs, which are driven by the need for business process re-engineering, evidence generation, and policy development.
Mr. Daniel currently functions as Coordinator, Visitor-based Surveillance within CARPHA’s Regional Tourism and Health Program (THP). In this role, he has responsibility for the management and technical oversight of the electronic early warning and response surveillance systems developed within the Caribbean region, namely, the Tourism and Health Information System (THiS) and Caribbean Vessel Surveillance System (CVSS) as well as overall expansion of visitor-base surveillance throughout the region. Additionally, Mr Daniel has led the development and roll-out of real time electronic Mass Gathering surveillance module for the 2024 T20 Cricket World Cup.
The focus of Mr. Daniel’s work involves collaborating with both health and tourism sector across the Caribbean region and has built a healthy rapport with officials from the Ministries of Health, and Ministries of Tourism, in highly tourism-dependent countries. His primary objective is to build the capacity of stakeholders, at all levels, with an emphasis on early detection, response, and mitigation of public health threats.