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CARPHA collaborates to protect the Caribbean’s Oceans

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Castries, Saint Lucia, June 8 2016: In observance of World Oceans Day which is celebrated on June 8 each year we take a look at the work that one of our Community Institutions, Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), is doing to help protect the Region's oceans. CARPHA is the inter-governmental arm of CARICOM with responsibility for the delivery of public health in the Caribbean Region. The agency became operational in January 2013 and represents an amalgamation of five Regional health in...

CARPHA Urges the Region to take Action against Hepatitis

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CARPHA Urges the Region to take Action against Hepatitis Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. July 28, 2016. “Hepatitis claims the lives of many people and puts a heavy economic burden on communities and health systems,’’ stated Dr. C. James Hospedales in observance of World Hepatitis Day 2016. The Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) went on to say it is important that persons learn more about the disease and use that knowledge to...

CARPHA Team deployed to the Bahamas in the Aftermath of Hurricane Matthew

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, October 7, 2016. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has sent a team to the Bahamas to carry out rapid needs assessment following the passage of Hurricane Matthew. CARPHA is part of the Regional Response Mechanism (RRM) which is spearheaded by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA). The islands of the Bahamas suffered severe impact from Hurricane Matthew on Thursday afternoon, forcing residents to flee their homes, dama...

Healthy Children in Healthy Environments

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Our children should have safe and healthy environments, including homes, schools, and communities to ensure a healthy mind, body and spirit. Read more

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CARPHA Strengthens Regional Biosafety with Training in Safe Shipping of Infectious Substances

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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 and UK-PHRST Deliver Outbreak Response Training for Caribbean Health Professionals Through Landmark Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network Workshop

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. August 20, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) and the World Health Or...

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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...