THE CARIBBEAN PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY VISITS THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS TO STRENGTHEN HEALTHIER SAFER TOURISM

THE CARIBBEAN PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY VISITS THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS TO STRENGTHEN HEALTHIER SAFER TOURISM

Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands, 26 July, 2023 - On Monday 17 July 2023, the Ministry of Health and Human Services and the Ministry of Tourism, Environment, Fisheries and Marine Affairs, Culture and Heritage, Agriculture and Religious Affairs welcomed Dr Lisa Indar, Director of Surveillance Disease Prevention and Control Division and Mr Keston Daniel, Epidemiologist at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). The team engaged in a high ministerial meeting and meetings on ...
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CARPHA Receives Automated Instruments to Assist in Gene Surveillance

CARPHA Receives Automated Instruments to Assist in Gene Surveillance

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 20 July 2023. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has received laboratory equipment to support genomic surveillance at its Medical Microbiology Laboratory for its Member States. The equipment was procured through the New Variant Assessment Platform, led by United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA). This marks another milestone in CARPHA’s mission to strengthen its systems to better detect and respond to emerging diseases in the Caribbean...
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Regional Health Communicators and Health Promotion Specialists Receive Training in Infodemic Management

Regional Health Communicators and Health Promotion Specialists Receive Training in Infodemic Management

Bridgetown, Barbados.  6 July 2023.   Twenty-three (23) Member States were represented at the Regional Health Communication Network (RHCN) Meeting hosted by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA).  The meeting, which took place from 5-6 July at the Radisson Hotel in Barbados, was attended by health communicators and health promotion specialists from across the English, French and Dutch Caribbean countries and territories.During the two (2) day workshop, participants util...
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A Decade of Public Health Service: CARPHA Observes 10 years

A Decade of Public Health Service: CARPHA Observes 10 years

This year, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) observes its 10-year anniversary.CARPHA became the new single regional public health agency for the Caribbean when it was legally established in July 2011.  However, the Agency began its operations in 2013, after an Intergovernmental Agreement was signed by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States.Caribbean Public Health Day celebrated on July 2nd  every year, coincides with the anniversary of t...
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    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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...