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13Aug

Wastewater Management, Water Resource Management and Environmental Health Professionals Receive Training in Wastewater Reuse: Monitoring and Analysis

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Kingston, Jamaica. 12 August 2024. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) facilitated a training workshop entitled “Advanced Techniques in Capacity Building for Wastewater Reuse: Monitoring and Analysis” for wastewater management, water resource management and environmental health profess...

08Aug

CARPHA Hosts Inaugural Regional Stakeholder Workshop for Pandemic Preparedness and Response

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 8 August 2024. The Caribbean region is especially vulnerable to the rapid transboundary spread of disease and has experienced numerous infectious disease outbreaks, including COVID-19, Cholera, HIV, Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika, Norovirus, SARS, H1N1, which have had ...

06Aug

CARPHA calls on Member States to “Close the Gap” by providing “Breastfeeding Support for All” this World Breastfeeding Week 2024

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 5 August 2024. Breastfeeding has long been recognised as an important contributor to child nutrition, health and survival and as such needs to be protected, promoted and supported throughout the Region and worldwide. Breastfeeding reduces the risk of malnutritio...

17Jul

CARPHA Provides Health Response Support to Hurricane Devastated Member States

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. July 17, 2024. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) began its regional response to hurricane-impacted Caribbean Islands on July 1, 2024. Hurricane Beryl made landfall in the Caribbean as a Category 4 Hurricane on July 1, causing significant destruction an...

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CARPHA Advances Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance to Strengthen Early Warning for Public Health Threats

10/19/2026 8:03:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. September 18, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), together with regional and international partners, has advanced practical steps to strengthen waste...
CARPHA partners with the National Carnival Commission (NCC) to Strengthen Food and Environmental Health Safety for Food Handlers in Preparation for Mass Gathering Events during Carnival 2027 in Trinidad

10/9/2026 2:19:00 PM

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. October 8th, 2026. More than 200 food vendors who will operate at the FLAVA Village at the Queen's Park Savannah during Carnival 2027 are now better equipped to safely prepare...
CARPHA and PAHO Strengthen the Caribbean’s Capacity to Detect and Respond to Respiratory Virus Threats through a joint Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Workshop

9/25/2026 11:43:00 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 23 September 2026 – Public health surveillance and laboratory professionals from eleven Caribbean countries and territories convened in Trinidad and Tobago for a f...
CARPHA and Turks and Caicos Islands Strengthen Regional Integrated Early Warning and Response Surveillance Systems (RIEWSS) for real time Emergency Response Preparedness

9/23/2026 1:53:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. September 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Human Services of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), ...
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 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...