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World Food Day 2023: “Water is life, water is food. Leave no one behind”

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Castries, Saint Lucia. 16 October 2023. Access to food and water are fundamental human rights1. Water in its finite nature is the driving force for people, economies, nature and the foundation of our food. Agriculture accounts for a significant proportion of total freshwater withdrawal, and water availability is inextricably linked to food production and food security in the Caribbean region. World Food Day, observed annually on October 16th, aims to promote global awareness of hunger and p...

CARPHA Observes World No Tobacco Day

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 29 May 2023. Tobacco use remains a major public health concern in the Caribbean Region. There is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke. The use of tobacco products in any form harms nearly every organ of the body, irrespective of whether it is smoked, smokeless, or electronic. Of all the forms of tobacco use, most common in the Caribbean region is cigarette smoking. Cigarette smoking is the number one risk factor for lung cancer. Using other tobacco produ...

World Bank Supports Health Systems Strengthening within the Caribbean

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The World Bank has provided more than 40 million US dollars under the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Regional Health Project, to improve health facilities and laboratory capacities, strengthen public health systems and emergency management, institutional capacity building, project management and coordination, and contingency emergency response.

CARPHA and PAHO Sign Subsidiary Agreement to Improve Regional Public Health

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The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), committed US$750,000 to support programmes of CARPHA over the next 18 months. PAHO and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) signed a subsidiary agreement to improve regional public health, including health security, at the Trinidad Hilton today, June 29th 2022.

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CARPHA Enhances Strategic Collaborations with PAHO to Advance Public Health within the Region

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Port of Spain, Trinidad. April 2, 2025. Advancing public health, while reducing the Caribbean’s vulnerability to the introduction and spread of communicable and non-communicable diseases, a...
CARPHA and Cornell University Strengthen Water Quality Monitoring Capacity in Barbados and Grenada

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Port of Spain, Trinidad. April 11, 2025. Two CARPHA Member States are now better equipped to monitor water quality and prevent water-related health threats, thanks to the donation of multi-parame...
When Ice Melts, Caribbean Islands Suffer: World Water Day 2025

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Castries, Saint Lucia. March 22nd, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) continues to join our international partners in the call for global action in securing our freshwater resources. We...
CARPHA Builds Capacity with Sandals Resorts International for Healthier Safer Tourism

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Port of Spain, Trinidad. March 21, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), through its Regional Tourism and Health Program (THP), continues to collaborate with Sandals Resorts International...
CARPHA Boosts Barbados’ Capacity and Preparedness for Major Mass Gatherings and Tourism Events

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Bridgetown, Barbados, 18 March, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has strengthened Barbados’ capacity to safeguard public health for both local and visitor populations espec...
Mental Health: The Hidden Pandemic

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Bridgetown, Barbados. 12 March 2025. Mental health is a growing public health issue. In the Caribbean in particular, mental health is influenced by a range of socio-economic factors, c...
CARPHA Encourages Early Detection Towards Preventing Kidney Disease in the Caribbean

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. March 13, 2025. In 2019 kidney diseases were the fifth leading cause of death in the Non-Latin Caribbean region. In line with this year’s World Kidney Da...
CARPHA Advocates for Systemic Changes to Reduce Childhood Obesity

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. March 7, 2025. In the Caribbean region, one in every three children is overweight or obese. In 2022, the estimated prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults in...
CARPHA and Tourism Trinidad Limited Collaborate to Build Capacity for a Healthy and Safe Carnival 2025

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. February 19, 2025: The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), through its Regional Tourism and Health Program (THP), continues to collaborate with Tourism Tr...
CARPHA Launches Regional Public Health Training to Strengthen Caribbean Pandemic Preparedness

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 17 February, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) today launched a five-day, in-person training workshop under the Caribbean Regional Field Epidemiolog...

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...