CARPHA > Articles

CARPHA Progresses to Eligibility for the First Disbursement of Pandemic Funding

0 ( 0 reviews)

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 22 March, 2024. Following a landmark Public Signing Ceremony for the Pandemic Fund (PF) Technical Cooperation Agreement (“Reducing the Public Health Impact of Pandemics in the Caribbean through Prevention, Preparedness, and Response” [RG-T4387] Project) on December 14, 2023, in Trinidad, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) continues to progress towards the start of implementation. CARPHA fu...

Violence in the Caribbean: a Public Health Crisis

0 ( 0 reviews)

Castries, Saint Lucia, 21 March 2024. Violence is rightly examined as a public health issue, because it affects physical, mental, and psychosocial health, it affects the individual families, and communities. Violence plagues the Region and represents a huge burden on health systems and has major economic costs to society as a whole. “It is for this reason that, "Violence in the Caribbean: a Public Health Crisis" has been chosen as the theme for the Caribbean Public Heal...

Media Invitation - CARPHA 68th Annual Health Research Conference Media Launch

0 ( 0 reviews)

CARPHA Supports St. Vincent and the Grenadines for CELAC and Cricket World Cup

0 ( 0 reviews)

Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, March 6th 2024. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) conducted an integrated mission to St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) to strengthen surveillance, early warning and response, laboratory, health and food safety capacity in preparation for the 8th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) on March 1st and the International Crick...

Recent
Popular
Tag

CARPHA’s Pandemic Fund Supports Reduction in Dengue and other Mosquito Borne Illnesses in Member States through Fogging Machines and Chemicals

0 Comments

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 23 December, 2024. As part of its ongoing commitment to combat epidemic prone illnesses such as mosquito-borne diseases, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (C...
Enhancing Emergency Communication Resilience with Satellite Phones

0 Comments

In today’s world, phones have become essential to our daily lives—central hubs for connecting with family, friends, and the world around us. But what happens when these lifelines fail? Nat...
CARPHA Strengthens Capacity in Monitoring and Evaluation and Data Appreciation in Grenada

0 Comments

Saint George’s, Grenada. December 11, 2024. Twenty-five professionals completed an intensive Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and Data Appreciation Training, designed to enhance their ability...
CARPHA Supports “Timeliness” Metrics to Strengthen the Caribbean’s Response to Health Threats

0 Comments

Bridgetown, Barbados, December 6, 2024 – Public health professionals from five countries are now able to use timeliness performance metrics to improve the way the Caribbean region detects a...
CARPHA Successfully Launches Antigua and Barbuda Tourism and Health Program

0 Comments

St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda. December 5, 2024 – The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the Antigua and Barbuda Ministries of Health, Wel...
CARPHA Supports Mass Gathering Surveillance for Bahamas National Festivals

0 Comments

Nassau, Bahamas. 25th November 2024. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with The Bahamas Ministry of Health and Wellness, conducted a mass gathering (MG) risk ass...
CARPHA Hosts Regional IATA Infectious Substances Transport "Train-the-Trainer" Workshop with the Pandemic Fund’s Support

0 Comments

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. November 29, 2024 – The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) concluded its Train-the-Trainer Workshop on the Safe Transportation of Infectious Su...
Caribbean Nations Join Forces to Combat Dengue and Arboviruses at Regional Workshop

0 Comments

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the Government of the Cayman Islands, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), and the Pan Americ...
CARPHA One Health Workshop Brings Together Over 70 Experts to Strengthen Caribbean Food Safety and Disease Surveillance

0 Comments

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

0 Comments

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 Encourages Persons to Know their Blood Pressure

0 Comments

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

0 Comments

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

0 Comments

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

0 Comments

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

1 Comments

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

0 Comments

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

0 Comments

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"

0 Comments

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

0 Comments

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

2 Comments

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...