CARPHA Expands Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Testing and Surveillance with Introduction of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)
30Jul

CARPHA Expands Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Testing and Surveillance with Introduction of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. July 29, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has enhanced regional laboratory capacity for detecting, monitoring, and responding to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through the introduction of whole genome sequencing (WGS) at the CARPHA Medical Microbi...
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CARPHA and the OECS Renew Partnership to Strengthen Travellers’ Health for a More Resilient, Economically Sustainable Eastern Caribbean
28Jul

CARPHA and the OECS Renew Partnership to Strengthen Travellers’ Health for a More Resilient, Economically Sustainable Eastern Caribbean

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Castries, Saint Lucia. July 23, 2026.  The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have renewed their partnership to strengthen health in tourism, reinforcing the OECS as a safer, more resilient and sustainable destination.  The renew...
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CARPHA Launches Antimicrobial Resistance Regional Reference Laboratory in Jamaica, Completing Regional Laboratory Network to Strengthen Caribbean Health Security
24Jul

CARPHA Launches Antimicrobial Resistance Regional Reference Laboratory in Jamaica, Completing Regional Laboratory Network to Strengthen Caribbean Health Security

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Kingston, Jamaica. July 22, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) today officially launched its Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Regional Reference Laboratory in Jamaica, marking the completion of a rapid and critical transformative regional initiative to modernise CARPHA's regional la...
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CARPHA Medicines Quality Control and Surveillance Department’s Post Market Surveillance Programme Enhances Medicines/Patient Safety in the Turks and Caicos Islands
22Jul

CARPHA Medicines Quality Control and Surveillance Department’s Post Market Surveillance Programme Enhances Medicines/Patient Safety in the Turks and Caicos Islands

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Kingston, Jamaica. July 20, 2026.  The Pharmacy Unit within the Ministry of Health and Human Services (MoHHS) in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) began a transformative journey in 2019 with the establishment of the national pharmacovigilance programme. The programme known as the Turks and Cai...
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  • CARPHA Encourages Persons to Know their Blood Pressure

    CARPHA Encourages Persons to Know their Blood Pressure

    5/16/2014 5:08:00 PM
    Hypertension
    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

    7/5/2014 1:45:00 PM
    Tourism
    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

    11/12/2013 4:17:00 PM
    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

    9/9/2014 5:03:00 PM
    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...
  • CARPHA Issues its First Emergency Use Recommendation for a COVID-19 Vaccine

    CARPHA Issues its First Emergency Use Recommendation for a COVID-19 Vaccine

    3/9/2021 5:27:00 PM
    CARPHA Caribbean Regulatory System (CRS) issued its first certificate of recommendation for emergency use for the COVID-19 vaccine COVISHIELD™ to CARPHA Member States on 2nd March, 2021.
  • New CARPHA lab to help region respond to health threats

    New CARPHA lab to help region respond to health threats

    2/13/2014 11:21:00 AM
    Laboratory, Biosafety
    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

    CR-FELTP Trains New Mentors in Jamaica

    9/3/2015 4:50:00 AM
    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

    6/27/2014 11:32:00 AM
    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

    Risk of Ebola in the Caribbean "Low"

    11/8/2014 3:23:00 PM
    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

    Influenza Activity in the Caribbean

    11/12/2013 4:56:00 PM
    Influenza, Virus, Vaccination
    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...
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