West Indies Men’s Training Squad Start to Receive Vaccinations Against Covid-19
20May

West Indies Men’s Training Squad Start to Receive Vaccinations Against Covid-19

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CWI, in partnership with the Government of St. Lucia, through the support of the Ministry of Health and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), has been able to secure COVID-19 vaccines for all interested squad members. CWI has been supporting the efforts of regional governments to encourage ev...
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CARPHA’s Position on the Use of Ivermectin to Treat COVID-19 Patients
18May

CARPHA’s Position on the Use of Ivermectin to Treat COVID-19 Patients

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging Ministries of Health and clinicians to only use the medicine, ivermectin, under the conditions of well-regulated clinical trials for COVID-19, or for approved indications. This is a result of the limited evidence available to assure a favorable b...
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The Caribbean’s Blood Pressure Rates Rank Highest in the Americas
17May

The Caribbean’s Blood Pressure Rates Rank Highest in the Americas

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Once more, this year, the Caribbean and the rest of the world will commemorate World Hypertension Day under the theme: Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer. CARPHA Executive Director, Dr. Joy St. John says, “The Caribbean region has the highest prevalence of raised blood...
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CARPHA Urges You to Protect Yourself and Loved Ones Against Mosquito Borne Diseases During the COVID-19 Pandemic
06May

CARPHA Urges You to Protect Yourself and Loved Ones Against Mosquito Borne Diseases During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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During the last quarter of 2020, several CARPHA Member States reported localised outbreaks of Dengue, a mosquito borne disease, which placed an even greater burden on national health systems already engaged in managing the pandemic. “Moving forward to 2021, we must all play our part in the preventi...
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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...
  • 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...

  • 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...
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