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07May

CARPHA Provides Laboratory Services for ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2024

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 7 May 2024. As anticipation builds for the upcoming ICC T20 Cricket World Cup in June 2024, public health preparations for these international mass gathering events are underway.The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), through the Caribbean Public Health Labo...

04May

Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Gives Keynote Address at Panel Discussion - Aiming for Change: Firearms and Public Health Intersections

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Castries, Saint Lucia. 3 May 2024. Why do the types of weapons used in violence, and in particular firearms matter? What roles can the public health sector play in preventing firearms-related violence? How can different sectors including public health, security and research, better cooperate to pre...

04May

CARPHA Conference Tackles Violence Through Research and Evidence

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Castries, Saint Lucia. 3 May 2024. Violence plagues the Region and represents a huge burden on health systems and major economic costs to society. Violence as a public health issue affects physical, mental, sexual and even reproductive health.For this reason, "Violence in the Caribbean: A Public...

19Apr

CARPHA Supports Antigua and Barbuda in Building Capacity for upcoming Mass Gathering Events

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St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda. April 17th 2024. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is conducting an integrated mission to Antigua and Barbuda (ANU) during April 15-19th to build capacity in surveillance, early warning and response systems, laboratory capacity, competence in health and ...

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CARPHA Advances Climate-Informed Action to Strengthen Vector-Borne Disease Preparedness in the Caribbean

9/17/2026 9:47:00 AM

Bridgetown, Barbados. September 15th, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) concluded a two-day Regional Climate and Health Workshop for Vector-Borne Disease Prevention and Preparedness, h...
CARPHA Strengthens Caribbean Laboratories Networking and Capacities through CariPHLN Workshop

9/16/2026 9:08:00 AM

Bridgetown, Barbados. September 15th, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) concluded the 11th Annual Caribbean Public Health Laboratory Network (CariPHLN) Workshop, held from 8–10 Septem...
CARPHA Celebrates World Field Epidemiology Day 2026: Honouring the Disease Detectives Protecting Public Health in the Caribbean

9/7/2026 9:47:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. September 7, 2026: On September 7, 2026, CARPHA joins the global field epidemiology community in celebrating World Field Epidemiology Day under the theme, “Protect...
CARPHA Launches the Curaçao Tourism and Health Program, Advances Visitor-Based Surveillance

9/1/2026 12:54:00 PM

August 24, 2026. Willemsted, Curaçao. The Ministry of Health, Environment and Nature (GMN) and the Ministry of Economic Development (MEO), in collaboration with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CAR...
CARPHA Collaborates with the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine to Strengthen Capacity in Food Safety

8/28/2026 2:17:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. August 21, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the region’s sole public health institution, enhanced the knowledge and skills of Nutrition and Diete...
CARPHA and CAOH Strengthen Regional Partnership to Address the Growing Burden of Cancer

8/25/2026 11:47:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. August 19, 2026. Cancer continues to represent one of the greatest public health challenges facing the Region. The Caribbean experiences some of the highest cancer ...
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 Health an...
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 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 ...
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...
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...
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...