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Patients Assured Safe, High Quality Drugs with the Establishment of the Caribbean Regulatory System

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. April 7 2017. The establishment of a Caribbean Regulatory System (CRS) will improve conditions for patients in the Region to receive safe, efficacious, high quality drugs. Speaking at the recently held Opening Ceremony of a Capacity Building workshop on the Regulation of Medicines earlier this week, Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr. C James Hospedales, stated, “Access to safe, efficacious and good qu...

Caribbean Regulatory System signs MOU with Guyana and the OECS

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency’s Caribbean Regulatory System (CARPHA/CRS) is pleased to announce the signing of two additional Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Guyana and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Pharmaceutical Procurement Service (OECS/PPS).The CARPHA/CRS is a new value-added service to Member States to help them review and monitor the efficacy, safety, and quality of medicines sold within their borders. The initiative aims to fast-track th...

The Regional Response to Childhood Obesity Intensifies

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Childhood obesity continues to be a serious public health concern in the Region. Statistics show that more than 30% of our Caribbean adolescents are overweight or obese, and risk developing non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as hypertension, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases later in life. The economic burden of diabetes and hypertension alone is estimated at between 1.4% and 8% of GDP in the Caribbean, thus creating a significant drain on Caribbean economies, and thre...

CARPHA and the U.S. Government Collaborate on Health Initiatives

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Washington, DC, United States. 25th September 2017. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of the United States of America on Monday 25th September 2017. The MoU aims to strengthen cooperation in health on initiatives that prevent disease, promote health and respond to public health emergencies which are mutually beneficial to the peoples of our respective regions. The ...

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CARPHA Supports Antigua and Barbuda in Building Capacity for upcoming Mass Gathering Events

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St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda. April 17th 2024. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is conducting an integrated mission to Antigua and Barbuda (ANU) during April 15-19th&nbs...
CARPHA Works Towards Strengthening Health Emergency Preparedness and Response, and Outbreak Management

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In light of recent global health challenges and regional natural disasters, the importance of robust emergency preparedness and, outbreak detection and management in the region cannot be overstated. T...
CARPHA Progresses to Eligibility for the First Disbursement of Pandemic Funding

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 22 March, 2024. Following a landmark Public Signing Ceremony for the Pandemic Fund (PF) Technical Cooperation Agreement (“Reducing the Public Health Impact of...
Violence in the Caribbean: a Public Health Crisis

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Castries, Saint Lucia, 21 March 2024. Violence is rightly examined as a public health issue, because it affects physical, mental, and psychosocial health, it affects the individual families, and commu...
Media Invitation - CARPHA 68th Annual Health Research Conference Media Launch

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CARPHA Supports St. Vincent and the Grenadines for CELAC and Cricket World Cup

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Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, March 6th 2024. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) conducted an integrated mission to St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) to ...
A Multisectoral Approach to Climate Resilient Food and Water Safety Planning in the Caribbean

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) hosted two national workshops from January 24th – 31st, 2024 in Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados, foc...
CARPHA: Take Action to Avoid the Harmful Effects of Saharan Dust

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 10 February, 2024. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging persons to protect themselves against adverse health effects of a Saharan dust plume, which...
Caribbean Country Department General Manager of the IDB visits CARPHA to discuss the Regional Pandemic Fund Project (RG-T4387)

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. On January 30, 2024, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) welcomed the Caribbean Country Department General Manager of the Inter-American Development Ba...
CARPHA to Conduct Surveys to Understand Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices related to Mosquito Borne Diseases

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Port of Spain, Trinidad. The Caribbean Public Health Agency seeks to gain a better understanding of the population’s knowledge, attitudes and practices associated with Mosquito Borne Diseas...

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...