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CARPHA Strengthens Health Systems to Monitor and Respond to Threats and Outbreaks

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) recently launched a training programme to strengthen epidemiology and laboratory capacity, required to meet the public health needs of the Caribbean region. The primary goal of the Caribbean Regional Field Epidemiology Training Programme (CR-FELTP), a flagship training programme of CARPHA, is to build epidemiology and laboratory capacity, through practical learning that addresses current and future public health needs in the Caribbean region. This ap...

CARPHA Vows to Fight Childhood Obesity

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is working on a multi-level programme designed to promote healthy weight and reverse the scourge of childhood obesity in the Region. During a media briefing after the Agency’s three-day strategic planning workshop, CARPHA’s Director of Research, Training and Policy Development, Dr. Donald Simeon, revealed that CARPHA will launch a pilot project with its member states in 2014. The Project will be geared at changing the unhealthy lifestyles of childr...

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 order to prevent disease, promote health and respond to public health emergencies. By turning the sod for the installation of its Bio-safety Level 3 (BSL-3) Modular Laboratory at its compound located at Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, the Agency is additionally helping to protect the tourism ind...

Launching the Caribbean Regional Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme

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Country Coordinators and Trainers Meet in Port of Spain, January 28-30, 2014 Almost twenty years ago, member countries of what was then the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC) identified a critical regional need for training in public health and applied epidemiology. Field Epidemiology Training Programmes (FETPs) offer a means of addressing this need. Learning from the many existing FETPs around the world, a Caribbean training programme has now been developed. Including a public health labora...

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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 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) following an u...
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...
Wastewater Management, Water Resource Management and Environmental Health Professionals Receive Training in Wastewater Reuse: Monitoring and Analysis

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Kingston, Jamaica. 12 August 2024. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) facilitated a training workshop entitled “Advanced Techniques in Capacity Building for Wast...
CARPHA Hosts Inaugural Regional Stakeholder Workshop for Pandemic Preparedness and Response

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 8 August 2024. The Caribbean region is especially vulnerable to the rapid transboundary spread of disease and has experienced num...
CARPHA calls on Member States to “Close the Gap” by providing “Breastfeeding Support for All” this World Breastfeeding Week 2024

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 5 August 2024. Breastfeeding has long been recognised as an important contributor to child nutrition, health and survival and as such needs to be p...

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...