His Excellency Dr Patrick I. Gomes, Secretary General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) visited the Caribbean Public Health Agency where he met with Dr C. James Hospedales and the Executive Management Team (EMT).    During the meeting with the EMT, Dr Gomes commended t...
          
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            The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C), recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on initiatives related to water resources and human health.   The MOU signed between the organisations, represents a practical and m...
          
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            “Community participation is critical to the success of any programme designed to eliminate breeding sites of the Aedes aegypti mosquito.   Efforts are doomed to failure if even one household is negligent.”  So said Dr C James Hospedales, Executive Director of the Caribbean Publ...
          
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            “Public health laboratories play a critical role in the fight against communicable diseases, specifically vector-borne diseases, to better prepare the Region to detect and respond to new and emerging threats,” stated Dr Karen Polson-Edwards, Acting Director, Surveillance, Disease Prevent...
          
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