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CARPHA and the Cayman Islands Ministry of Health, Environment and Sustainability Strengthen Capacity to Advance Outbreak Preparedness and Response

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George Town, Cayman Islands. August 10, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Environment and Sustainability (MHES) of the Cayman Islands, delivered a country-specific simulation exercise and targeted capacity building initiatives to advance...

20Aug

CARPHA Conducts National Public Health Laboratory Assessment in Curaçao to Strengthen Pandemic Preparedness and Response

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. August 6, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), through its Caribbean Public Health Laboratory Network (CariPHLN), successfully conducted a comprehensive assessment of the Analytisch Diagnostisch Centrum (ADC) NV, Curaçao's National Public ...

03Aug

CARPHA-led Mission Concludes with Roadmap to Strengthen Jamaica's National Response to Antimicrobial Resistance

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. July 31, 2026 – The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency and working closely with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) Jamaica, has successfully concluded a two-week technical mission to Jamaica a...

31Jul

CARPHA Strengthens Capacity in One Health Surveillance and Outbreak Response in Trinidad and Tobago

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. July 30, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), through its Caribbean Regional Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme (CR-FELTP), has concluded a series of three, in-person Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP) Frontline 3.0 One He...

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CARPHA and the Cayman Islands Ministry of Health, Environment and Sustainability Strengthen Capacity to Advance Outbreak Preparedness and Response

8/21/2026 1:28:00 PM

George Town, Cayman Islands. August 10, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Environment and Sustainability (MHES) of the Cayman Islands, de...
CARPHA Conducts National Public Health Laboratory Assessment in Curaçao to Strengthen Pandemic Preparedness and Response

8/20/2026 1:12:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. August 6, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), through its Caribbean Public Health Laboratory Network (CariPHLN), successfully conducted a comprehensi...
CARPHA-led Mission Concludes with Roadmap to Strengthen Jamaica's National Response to Antimicrobial Resistance

8/3/2026 9:34:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. July 31, 2026 – The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency and working closely with the Ministry of Heal...
CARPHA Strengthens Capacity in One Health Surveillance and Outbreak Response in Trinidad and Tobago

7/31/2026 8:46:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. July 30, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), through its Caribbean Regional Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme (CR-FELTP), has conc...
CARPHA Expands Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Testing and Surveillance with Introduction of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)

7/30/2026 9:52:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. July 29, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has enhanced regional laboratory capacity for detecting, monitoring, and responding to antimicrobial resi...
CARPHA and the OECS Renew Partnership to Strengthen Travellers’ Health for a More Resilient, Economically Sustainable Eastern Caribbean

7/28/2026 10:13:00 AM

Castries, Saint Lucia. July 23, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have renewed their partnership to strengthen health in t...
CARPHA Launches Antimicrobial Resistance Regional Reference Laboratory in Jamaica, Completing Regional Laboratory Network to Strengthen Caribbean Health Security

7/24/2026 9:27:00 AM

Kingston, Jamaica. July 22, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) today officially launched its Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Regional Reference Laboratory in Jamaica, marking the complet...
CARPHA Medicines Quality Control and Surveillance Department’s Post Market Surveillance Programme Enhances Medicines/Patient Safety in the Turks and Caicos Islands

7/22/2026 3:17:00 PM

Kingston, Jamaica. July 20, 2026. The Pharmacy Unit within the Ministry of Health and Human Services (MoHHS) in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) began a transformative journey in 2019 with the...
CARPHA Supports Turks and Caicos Islands to Strengthen Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance and Laboratory Capacity

7/21/2026 9:16:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. July 17, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) successfully concluded a five-day technical mission to the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) from 13–1...
CARPHA and CDEMA Renew Partnership to Advance Regional Disaster Management and Public Health Resilience

7/9/2026 3:51:00 PM

Castries, Saint Lucia. July 6, 2026. The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) renewed their partnership to strengthen regional coopera...

CARPHA Encourages Persons to Know their Blood Pressure

5/16/2014 5:08:00 PM

Hypertension

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, May 16, 2014: The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is calling on persons to know their blood pressure, strive to keep it healthy or lower it. This is in keep...
CARPHA and CTO Launch Tourism and Health Programme

7/5/2014 1:45:00 PM

Tourism

CARPHA and CTO successfully launched the regional tourism and health programme and conducted an awareness and discussion workshop on Friday May 2, 2014 in Aruba. The keynote address was given by the M...
CARPHA’s new Chairman of the Board

11/12/2013 4:17:00 PM

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, October 02, 2013: The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is pleased to announce the appointment of the Honourable Colin Riley, Minister of Health of Montserrat...
Saint Lucia Joins Regional Project to Build Public Health Capacity

9/9/2014 5:03:00 PM

Castries, Saint Lucia, September 04, 2014. The Ministry of Health, Wellness, Human Services and Gender Relations, in collaboration with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), is launching the Ca...
CARPHA Issues its First Emergency Use Recommendation for a COVID-19 Vaccine

3/9/2021 5:27:00 PM

CARPHA Caribbean Regulatory System (CRS) issued its first certificate of recommendation for emergency use for the COVID-19 vaccine COVISHIELD™ to CARPHA Member States on 2nd March, 2021.
New CARPHA lab to help region respond to health threats

2/13/2014 11:21:00 AM

Laboratory, Biosafety

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) moved today one step forward in its mission to provide strategic direction in analyzing, defining and responding to public health priorities of CARICOM, in ...
CR-FELTP Trains New Mentors in Jamaica

9/3/2015 4:50:00 AM

Caribbean Regional Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme (CR-FELTP) Trains New Mentors in Jamaica The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) hosted a four-day workshop in Kingston, Jam...
GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP

6/27/2014 11:32:00 AM

The Center for Global Health of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S., in collaboration with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), St. George's Un...
Risk of Ebola in the Caribbean "Low"

11/8/2014 3:23:00 PM

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, August 06, 2014: The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says the risk of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) being imported to the Caribbean is low. Executive Direct...
Influenza Activity in the Caribbean

11/12/2013 4:56:00 PM

Influenza, Virus, Vaccination

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, September 26, 2013. The Caribbean, like other regions in the Americas, experiences seasonal influenza activity. Improved health monitoring by Ministries of Health i...