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            CARPHA Observes World Cancer Day 2016   Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. February 4, 2016.  Cancers are the second leading cause of death in the Caribbean region.  Breast cancer is the main cause of death among females, followed by cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is one of th...
          
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            CARPHA to Chair International Group Seeking to Strengthen Vector Control Programmes  Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. February 14, 2016.  Dr. Karen Polson Edwards, Assistant Director, Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has been appoint...
          
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            CARPHA Executive Director Dr. C. James Hospedales’ Message for Caribbean Wellness Day, 12 September 2015 "Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness."   In uttering these words in the mid-1800s, British statesman Edward St...
          
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            CARPHA Conference Highlights Research and Findings Relevant to Caribbean Policymakers    More than 200 delegates, comprising researchers, policymakers nutritionists, epidemiologists, and other key health stakeholders from the Region and beyond gathered at St George’s University, Grenada, ...
          
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