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02Dec

CARPHA Facilitates Regional Training for the Safe Transportation of Infectious Substances

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From November 21-25, 2022, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) facilitated the training of laboratory personnel on the safe preparation and transportation of samples, at an International Air Transport Association (IATA)-CARPHA Infectious Substances Transport-Train the Trainer Workshop.

28Nov

CARPHA introduces new hospitality industry standards for the Region

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Building upon the Caribbean’s innovative and successful partnership between tourism and health, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has launched the first CARICOM-approved health safety and environmental (HSE) hospitality standards to improve health, safety, and environmental quality in th...

14Nov

World Diabetes Day 2022

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Diabetes is a leading silent but most preventable killer in the Caribbean. The training of health care providers strengthens and standardises the management of diabetes in primary care settings, which is a cost effective and results intensive way of improving good outcomes in diabetes care region wi...

27Oct

CARPHA marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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Breast cancer awareness month is commemorated in October annually, to increase awareness of the impact of the disease and to highlight the ways in which this impact can be limited. In 2020, breast cancer became the most diagnosed cancer type in the world and overtook lung cancer in number of new can...

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CARPHA brings Caribbean context at the Renowned World Health Summit

10/17/2025 5:44:00 PM

Berlin, Germany. October 16, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) - the Caribbean’s sole regional public health agency and the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) lead for he...
CARPHA Strengthens Regional Biosafety with Training in Safe Shipping of Infectious Substances

10/11/2025 10:09:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. October 10, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), through its Medical Microbiology Laboratory (CMML), in collaboration with the International Air ...
Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Health and Assistant Director PAHO Visit CARPHA to Reinforce Partnerships for Advancing Regional Health Security

10/11/2025 9:27:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. October 7, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) welcomed the Honourable Dr. Lackram Bodoe, Minister of Health of the Republic of Trinidad and Toba...
CARPHA Partners with CHTA to Host Regional Training on Infectious Disease Prevention and Control for the Hospitality Sector

10/9/2025 10:00:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. October 9, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), hosted an important regional...
CARPHA and GWP-C Pledge to Advance Water Security and Public Health in the Caribbean with New MOU.

9/22/2025 8:00:00 AM

ST. GEORGE’S GRENADA. SEPTEMBER 19, 2025. The Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) formalised a new partnership aimed at strengthe...
CARPHA Strengthens Healthier, Safer Caribbean Cruise Tourism through Inaugural Regional Cruise Tourism Surveillance and Partnership Workshops with Countries and Cruise

9/18/2025 10:11:00 AM

Philipsburg, Sint Maarten. September 16, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) made a milestone achievement in advancing regional health security through the successful hosting of two...
CARPHA Unites the Region to Reduce the Prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases on Caribbean Wellness Day

9/12/2025 7:07:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. September 12, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) proudly joins the Region to commemorate Caribbean Wellness Day (CWD), observed annually on the ...
CARPHA Celebrates the Caribbean Region’s Public Health Workforce on World Field Epidemiology Day

9/10/2025 7:45:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. September 9, 2025. On September 7, 2025, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) joined the Global Field Epidemiology Community in celebrating World Field...
CARPHA Hosts Largest-Ever Regional Training Workshop on Molecular Detection and Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

9/2/2025 2:58:00 PM

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. September 2, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has successfully hosted the largest technical training workshop on molecular detection and surve...
CARPHA Advances Regional Action Against Vector-Borne Diseases Through Back-to-Back Workshops in Barbados

8/29/2025 11:18:00 AM

Bridgetown, Barbados. August 29, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has successfully convened two high-level regional workshops in Barbados this week, bringing together public heal...

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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Risk Communication Training to Help Senior Health Officials Better Manage Health Threats

6/21/2016 4:16:00 AM

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...