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29Jun

Trinidad and Tobago Receives Donation of Medical Equipment from CARPHA

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CARPHA continues to support its Member States with this important undertaking through the donation of medical equipment to the Ministry of Health in Trinidad and Tobago. On the 23rd of June, 2022, the Honourable Terrence Deyalsingh, Minister of Health, was present to accept this donation on behalf o...

23Jun

CARPHA Receives Support to Further Strengthen its Capacity to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Emerging and Re-emerging Threats in Member States

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CARICOM Member States are poised to benefit from a fund to strengthen health systems to prevent, control and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and other emerging and re-emerging threats. The fund will also support the generation of evidence and information to inform decision-making on the management ...

21Jun

CARPHA Continues to Focus on Results Based Management to Achieve Results for the CARICOM Region

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On June 15th and 17th, employees of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) participated in a training workshop aimed at increasing the Agency’s capacity to deliver results and to be able to assess the impact of its work. The Strategic Planning, Results Based Management (RBM) and Monitoring, Ev...

15Jun

CARPHA Engages IATA to Boost Infectious Substance Shipping Capacities in CARPHA Member States

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From 30 May 2022, CARPHA and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) organised a 2 week long Infectious Substance Shippers Training course to strengthen laboratory capacities across the Region. Thirteen participants from 12 CARPHA Member States (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Cay...

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CARPHA and Turks and Caicos Islands Strengthen Climate-Resilient Water Safety Systems

11/21/2025 9:51:00 PM

Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. November 19, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Ministry of Health and Human Ser...
CARPHA Provides Critical Laboratory Support to Jamaica Following the Impact of Hurricane Melissa

11/21/2025 8:02:00 AM

Kingston, Jamaica. November 21, 2025: In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, which has significantly disrupted public health services in Jamaica, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), thro...
CARPHA Marks World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week: Showcasing Major Regional Achievements in Strengthening AMR Response

11/15/2025 9:45:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. November 14, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) joins the global community in observing World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (WAAW...
CARPHA Provides Critical Health Sector Support in Jamaica Following Hurricane Melissa

11/14/2025 4:40:00 PM

Kingston, Jamaica. November 14, 2025 – The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), under its established Incident Management Team – Emergency Response protocol, was formally deployed...
CARPHA Calls for Greater Action to Prevent and Manage Diabetes in the Region

11/14/2025 8:09:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, November 13, 2025. In recognition of World Diabetes Day, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging governments, health providers, civil society org...
CARPHA and UKHSA Renew Strategic Partnership to Strengthen Regional and Global Health Security

11/11/2025 8:32:00 PM

London, United Kingdom. November 7, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), reaffirming t...
CARPHA Provides Immediate Response to the Impact of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica

11/3/2025 7:58:00 PM

Kingston, Jamaica. November 2, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) mobilised an immediate response to support Jamaica following the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa, whi...
CARPHA Launches EU-Funded Mobile Insectary Facility to Strengthen Vector Control and Outbreak Readiness

10/31/2025 4:15:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. October 29, 2025: The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) successfully launched the CARPHA Mobile Insectary Facility, a first-of-its-kind regional res...
CARPHA Stands in Solidarity with the People of Jamaica Following the Impact of Hurricane Melissa

10/30/2025 9:55:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. October 30, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) stands in firm solidarity with the Government and people of Jamaica, who continue to endure the d...
CARPHA Builds Capacity in Shipping of Infectious Substances Training in Belize to Enhance Response to Public Health Threats

10/29/2025 10:35:00 AM

Belize City, Belize. October 28, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), conducted a Shipping of Infectious Substances Training (SIST) in Belize during the week of October 20–24,...

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

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

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...
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

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 "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

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...
Risk Communication Training to Help Senior Health Officials Better Manage Health Threats

6/21/2016 4:16:00 AM

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...