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25Jun

CARPHA’s Medical Microbiology Laboratory Identified as the Fastest Laboratory to Submit Molecular External Quality Assessments Results for both Measles and Rubella

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Measles, a highly contagious disease which can lead to severe complications and death, was the fifth vaccine-preventable disease to be eliminated from the Caribbean and countries of the Americas, after the regional eradication of endemic smallpox in 1971, polio in 1994, and rubella and congenital ru...

25Jun

CARPHA Partners with The UWI – School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Augustine for Capacity Building Entomology Workshop

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 24 June 2024. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) collaborated with The School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of the West Indies (UWI) for a three-day workshop titled "Identification of Arthropod Vectors of Diseases of Public Health, Animal ...

17Jun

Laboratory Personnel in Antigua Receive Training in Safe Transportation of Infectious Substances

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St. John’s, Antigua. 17 June 2024. Twelve (12) participants from Antigua’s Ministry of Health successfully completed the Shipping of Infectious Substances and Laboratory Biosafety Practices training, facilitated by CARPHA International Air Transport Association (IATA) ce...

06Jun

Food Safety: Prepare for the Unexpected World Food Safety Day 2024

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. June 6th, 2024. Foodborne diseases (FBDs) remain a public health concern in the Caribbean and across the world, with one in 10 people worldwide falling ill from contaminated food each year1. Increasing numbers of FBD cases and outbreaks have been reported across C...

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CARPHA Stands in Solidarity with the People of Jamaica Following the Impact of Hurricane Melissa

10/30/2025 9:55:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. October 30, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) stands in firm solidarity with the Government and people of Jamaica, who continue to endure the d...
CARPHA Builds Capacity in Shipping of Infectious Substances Training in Belize to Enhance Response to Public Health Threats

10/29/2025 10:35:00 AM

Belize City, Belize. October 28, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), conducted a Shipping of Infectious Substances Training (SIST) in Belize during the week of October 20–24,...
CARPHA brings Caribbean context at the Renowned World Health Summit

10/17/2025 5:44:00 PM

Berlin, Germany. October 16, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) - the Caribbean’s sole regional public health agency and the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) lead for he...
CARPHA Strengthens Regional Biosafety with Training in Safe Shipping of Infectious Substances

10/11/2025 10:09:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. October 10, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), through its Medical Microbiology Laboratory (CMML), in collaboration with the International Air ...
Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Health and Assistant Director PAHO Visit CARPHA to Reinforce Partnerships for Advancing Regional Health Security

10/11/2025 9:27:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. October 7, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) welcomed the Honourable Dr. Lackram Bodoe, Minister of Health of the Republic of Trinidad and Toba...
CARPHA Partners with CHTA to Host Regional Training on Infectious Disease Prevention and Control for the Hospitality Sector

10/9/2025 10:00:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. October 9, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), hosted an important regional...
CARPHA and GWP-C Pledge to Advance Water Security and Public Health in the Caribbean with New MOU.

9/22/2025 8:00:00 AM

ST. GEORGE’S GRENADA. SEPTEMBER 19, 2025. The Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) formalised a new partnership aimed at strengthe...
CARPHA Strengthens Healthier, Safer Caribbean Cruise Tourism through Inaugural Regional Cruise Tourism Surveillance and Partnership Workshops with Countries and Cruise

9/18/2025 10:11:00 AM

Philipsburg, Sint Maarten. September 16, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) made a milestone achievement in advancing regional health security through the successful hosting of two...
CARPHA Unites the Region to Reduce the Prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases on Caribbean Wellness Day

9/12/2025 7:07:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. September 12, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) proudly joins the Region to commemorate Caribbean Wellness Day (CWD), observed annually on the ...
CARPHA Celebrates the Caribbean Region’s Public Health Workforce on World Field Epidemiology Day

9/10/2025 7:45:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. September 9, 2025. On September 7, 2025, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) joined the Global Field Epidemiology Community in celebrating World Field...

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

6/21/2016 4:16:00 AM

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...