the centre routinely tracks hivaids numbers and prevalence rates in the region as part of the planning process most countries in the region have also established a separate body with responsibility for the coordination of multisectoral activities and the various microlevel responses on a national level this body is usually established under the ministry of health as in the case of jamaica but is sometimes established as part of the prime ministers office as in the bahamas barbados and trinidad and tobago we will deal with this later