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CARPHA Collaborates with PAHO to Build Capacity in the Safe Handling and Shipping of Infectious Substances in Suriname

CARPHA Collaborates with PAHO to Build Capacity in the Safe Handling and Shipping of Infectious Substances in Suriname

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Paramaribo, Suriname.  13 November 2024.  In an effort to strengthen regional health security and reinforce biosafety and biosecurity protocols across the Region, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Suriname Office, conducted an intensive training in Paramaribo, Suriname. The training, held from November 4-8, 2024, brought together Fifteen (15) laboratory and public health professionals from across Suriname, inc...
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World Tourism Day 2024: Tourism and Peace

World Tourism Day 2024: Tourism and Peace

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, September 27, 2024.The tourism and travel industry has been the dominant sector of the Caribbean economy for decades, and a driver of economic growth and development.1Notwithstanding, the  Caribbean Region has witnessed first-hand the detrimental and far-reaching consequences of infectious disease outbreaks, as demonstrated by COVID-19 with its stringent ‘lock-down’ measures that severely impacted the livelihoods of our Caribbean people. Other...
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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

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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 years of a PH...
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CARPHA and New PAHO Subregional Director Commit to Continued Collaborations to Improve Public Health in the Caribbean

CARPHA and New PAHO Subregional Director Commit to Continued Collaborations to Improve Public Health in the Caribbean

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CARPHA and New PAHO Subregional Director Commit to Continued Collaborations to Improve Public Health in the Caribbean Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 29 August, 2024.  The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and newly appointed Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Subregional Programme Director-Caribbean, Ad Interim, Dr Juan Manuel Sotelo, recently met at the CARPHA Trinidad Headquarters to discuss collaborations towards improved public health in the Caribbean region.  ...
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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...
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