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CARPHA Works with Trinidad and Tobago toward Strengthening Capacity for the Upcoming ICC T20 Men’s World Cup

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. May 8th 2024. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) held a 4-day integrated mission to Trinidad and Tobago from May 6th to 9th, 2024, with the aim of strengthening Surveillance, Early Warning and Response, Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases and Food Safety capacity in preparation for the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup and other Mass Gathering (MG) events.The CARPHA mission, led by Dr. Lisa Indar, Director, Surveillance, D...

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 Laboratory Network (CariPHLN), is working with the Member States that are hosting the Cricket World Cup, to provide an integrated laboratory response, which will enhance...

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 prevent gun violence? What age group is impacted the most from gun violence? How does gun violence impact public health? How can data be used to implement policy recommendatio...

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 Health Crisis” was chosen as the theme for Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Annual Health Research Conference this year. The Conference presented an o...

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CARPHA One Health Workshop Brings Together Over 70 Experts to Strengthen Caribbean Food Safety and Disease Surveillance

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. November 18, 2024 – The Caribbean Public Health Agency’s (CARPHA) One Health Multidisciplinary Workshop to Promote Integrated Surveillance for Foodborne...
CARPHA Joins the Call to “Educate, Advocate, Act now” for World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. November 18, 2024. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the dominating global public health and development threats.[1],[2] AMR occu...
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...
CARPHA celebrates Caribbean Tourism Month 2024 with its Tourism Partners “ONE CARIBBEAN: Building a Resilient Future

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 4 November, 2024. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is proud to join its partners, the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), the Caribbean Hotel and...
CARPHA Champions Trust and Regional Collaboration in Health Security at World Health Summit, Berlin

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 1 November, 2024. On Sunday, October 13, 2024, Dr. Lisa Indar, Ad Interim Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and Project Direct...
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 developmen...
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 Publ...
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) fo...
Laboratory Professionals Discuss Strengthening Laboratory Networks Across the Caribbean Region

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 15 August 2024. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) convened a hybrid meeting of the Caribbean Public Health Laboratory Network (CariPHLN), from...
CARPHA Hosts DHIS2 Workshop for Environmental Health Professionals to Enhance National Water Quality Monitoring Among Member States

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Kingston, Jamaica, 13 August 2024. As major drivers of economic development in the Caribbean region, water-sensitive sectors such as tourism and agriculture contribute to the growing demand and b...

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

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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

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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

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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

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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 "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

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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...