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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 Helps to Improve Journalists’ Understanding of Immunisation and Vaccines

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) contends that there is no room for complacency because the Pandemic is not over. Speaking at a training webinar for regional journalists on Thursday 5th January, CARPHA’s Executive Director, Dr. Joy St. John pointed out that immunity levels wane and circulating Omicron sub-variants are highly transmissible. She then urged, “Ensure that you are up to date with vaccination, which protects against severe illness, hospitalisation and death from COVID-1...

CARPHA Encourages Enhanced Vigilance and Vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza

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Almost 3 years since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in the Caribbean Region and the COVID-19 outbreak was designated a pandemic, COVID-19 cases are still occurring in our communities. In light of this, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is encouraging Ministries of Health to maintain surveillance of severe acute respiratory illness; hospitalisations and deaths, PCR testing and gene sequencing of severe hospitalised cases; and hospital intensive care to avoid deaths.

CARPHA Joins Forces with the Martinique Cancer Registry in Support of Cancer Prevention and Control in the Caribbean

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Martinique Cancer Registry signed a Memorandum of Agreement to work together to strengthen cancer surveillance and cancer control in the Region. This collaboration is of critical importance as cancer is the second leading cause of death in the Caribbean and has a major impact on health and development.

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CARPHA Hosts Virtual Six-Point Policy Package (6-PPP) Policy Development and Analysis Training

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From January 10th – 11th, and 17th – 18th, 2023, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) conducted a virtual training workshop to provide guidance for the development of policy briefs on the eli...
Grenada Benefits from Integrated Biomedical Waste Management Training under the OECS Regional Health Project

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The Ministry of Health, Wellness and Religious Affairs in Grenada, conducted a training workshop on Integrated Biomedical Waste Management for managers and health administrators. This training was fun...
World Cancer Day 2023 - Close the Care Gap: Uniting our voices and taking action

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Cancer continues to be one of the leading causes of death. No part of the world has been spared the impact of this public health issue. In the Caribbean, cancer is the second leading cause of death, ...
CARPHA Urges Member States to Continue Surveillance for Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is reminding the public that arboviral diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika are still circulating in the Caribbean region. In light of this, CARPH...
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, strength...
CARPHA Helps to Improve Journalists’ Understanding of Immunisation and Vaccines

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) contends that there is no room for complacency because the Pandemic is not over. Speaking at a training webinar for regional journalists on Thursday 5th Ja...
CARPHA Encourages Enhanced Vigilance and Vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza

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Almost 3 years since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in the Caribbean Region and the COVID-19 outbreak was designated a pandemic, COVID-19 cases are still occurring in our communities. In lig...
CARPHA Joins Forces with the Martinique Cancer Registry in Support of Cancer Prevention and Control in the Caribbean

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Martinique Cancer Registry signed a Memorandum of Agreement to work together to strengthen cancer surveillance and cancer control in the Region. Th...
The Government of China Funds the Purchase of Laboratory Equipment

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The People’s Republic of China has provided fifty thousand United States dollars (US$50,000.00) to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), through the CARICOM Secretariat, to purchase laborator...
CARPHA Continues to Support the Turks and Caicos Islands in Preventing Vector Borne Disease Outbreaks

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As part of its ongoing activities to prevent and control vector borne diseases (VBDs) in the Region, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) visited the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) in December ...

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...