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CARPHA Empowers Individuals on Measures to Reduce Hypertension: “Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer”

CARPHA Empowers Individuals on Measures to Reduce Hypertension: “Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer”

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. May 16, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is dedicated to the surveillance, prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as hypertension within the Region. As the leading cause of early death and disability globally, 21% – 27% of adults in the Caribbean are hypertensive. Left untreated, hypertension can cause other complications like heart and kidney failure. CARPHA focuses on disease prevention and health promoti...
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CARPHA Builds Capacity in Food Safety and Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Guyana in Preparation for Expanding Tourism Accommodations

CARPHA Builds Capacity in Food Safety and Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Guyana in Preparation for Expanding Tourism Accommodations

Georgetown, Guyana. May 26, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), through its Regional Tourism and Health Programme (THP), has bolstered Guyana’s public health readiness amid the country’s anticipated expansion in tourist accommodations.With over 2,000 new hotel rooms expected by the end of 2025, including several internationally branded properties, CARPHA conducted a targeted capacity-building mission from May 20–23 to help reduce potential public health risk...
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CARPHA Pandemic Fund Advances Regional Collaboration and Pandemic Preparedness at CARPHA’s Annual Health Research Conference, Barbados

CARPHA Pandemic Fund Advances Regional Collaboration and Pandemic Preparedness at CARPHA’s Annual Health Research Conference, Barbados

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. May 22, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), through its CARPHA Pandemic Fund (PF) Project, played a central role in supporting a week of impactful regional health activities in Barbados from May 5–9, 2025, including the CARICOM Chief Medical Officers (CMO) Meeting, the Pandemic Fund Stakeholders' Meeting, and a PF plenary session on Day 1 of the 69th Annual Health Research Conference (AHRC). This suite of engagements was designed ...
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CARPHA Strengthens Communication Strategies and Fosters One Health Partnerships to support Public Health Emergencies in the Region

CARPHA Strengthens Communication Strategies and Fosters One Health Partnerships to support Public Health Emergencies in the Region

Bridgetown, Barbados. May 7, 2025. Communication and health promotion specialists from 25 Caribbean nations have enhanced their capacity to further develop risk communication strategies by using the “One Health” approach, which links human health to the health of animals and ecosystems.The World Health Organization (WHO) states that approximately 60% of infectious diseases in humans are zoonotic in origin, in other words, they are spread from animals.  Some familiar zoonoti...
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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...