CARPHA Urges Member States to be Vigilant Following WHO Declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern for Mpox

CARPHA Urges Member States to be Vigilant Following WHO Declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern for Mpox

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 16 August 2024.   Mpox was declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 14 August 2024 by the World Health Organization (WHO) following an upsurge of infections by the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a growing number of countries in Africa. This is the highest level of global alert recognizing the potential threat this virus poses to countries around the world, and it is the second declaration in two y...
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Laboratory Professionals Discuss Strengthening Laboratory Networks Across the Caribbean Region

Laboratory Professionals Discuss Strengthening Laboratory Networks Across the Caribbean Region

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.  15 August 2024.  The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) convened a hybrid meeting of the Caribbean Public Health Laboratory Network (CariPHLN), from 12 to 13 August 2024 at the Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.The two-day meeting jointly funded by the Republic of Korea through the Republic of Korea - CARICOM Cooperation Fund, and the European Union (EU) brought together national laboratory directors and managers, and other labo...
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CARPHA Hosts DHIS2 Workshop for Environmental Health Professionals to Enhance National Water Quality Monitoring Among Member States

CARPHA Hosts DHIS2 Workshop for Environmental Health Professionals to Enhance National Water Quality Monitoring Among Member States

Kingston, Jamaica, 13 August 2024. As major drivers of economic development in the Caribbean region, water-sensitive sectors such as tourism and agriculture contribute to the growing demand and burden on the Region’s water resources. Emerging environmental health concerns such as climate sensitive water-related infectious diseases threaten the quality of water supplies and warrant a more cross-sectoral and multi-hazard approach to water quality monitoring and surveillance.The Regional...
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Wastewater Management, Water Resource Management and Environmental Health Professionals Receive Training in Wastewater Reuse: Monitoring and Analysis

Wastewater Management, Water Resource Management and Environmental Health Professionals Receive Training in Wastewater Reuse: Monitoring and Analysis

Kingston, Jamaica.   12 August 2024.   The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) facilitated a training workshop entitled “Advanced Techniques in Capacity Building for Wastewater Reuse: Monitoring and Analysis” for wastewater management, water resource management and environmental health professionals from the eight (8) participating countries in Kingston, Jamaica from July 22nd to 26th, 2024.The workshop was hosted in collaboration with United Nations Envi...
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  • CARPHA Encourages Persons to Know their Blood Pressure

    CARPHA Encourages Persons to Know their Blood Pressure

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    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

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    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

    CARPHA’s new Chairman of the Board

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    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

    Saint Lucia Joins Regional Project to Build Public Health Capacity

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    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...
  • New CARPHA lab to help region respond to health threats

    New CARPHA lab to help region respond to health threats

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    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 ...
  • GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP

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    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...
  • CR-FELTP Trains New Mentors in Jamaica

    CR-FELTP Trains New Mentors in Jamaica

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    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...
  • Risk of Ebola in the Caribbean

    Risk of Ebola in the Caribbean "Low"

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    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...
  • Risk Communication Training to Help Senior Health Officials Better Manage Health Threats

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    Risk Communication Training to Help Senior Health Officials Better Manage Health Threats Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, June 19, 2016: "Risk communication is an important tool in managing health th...
  • Influenza Activity in the Caribbean

    Influenza Activity in the Caribbean

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    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...