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15Dec

CARPHA and Public Health England Tackle the Threat of Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in the Region

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Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, December 10, 2014: “Antimicrobial resistance threatens a return to the pre-antibiotic era when common infections and simple injuries often cause death.” This World Health Organization statement was reinforced by the Executive Director of the Cari...

25Nov

Childhood Obesity Prevention and Control

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The Plan of Action for Promoting Healthy Weights: 2014 – 2019 is one part of CARPHA’s integrated strategy to reduce the burden of NCDs. The Plan focuses on the specific issues, challenges and needs of children and adolescents (Birth – 25 years) as it pertains to over-nutrition. Alt...

25Nov

CARPHA Hosts Mortality Coding and Underlying Cause-of-Death Training Workshop

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CARPHA recently concluded a specialized five-day training workshop on the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, version 10 (ICD-10) and Underlying Cause-of-Death Selection in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago for first time mortality coders. The tr...

09Nov

CARPHA Has Not Stopped Testing for Chikungunya

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September 11, 2014 MEDIA RELEASE CARPHA Has Not Stopped Testing for Chikungunya Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, September 11, 2014: Contrary to recent media reports, CARPHA continues to test for the Chikungunya virus. At a media conference this morning at the Agency’s...

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CARPHA and St. George’s University Sign Landmark Five Year Agreement to Advance Public Health Research and Innovation in the Caribbean

4/21/2026 5:46:00 PM

Georgetown, Guyana. April 21, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and St. George’s University (SGU) have formalised a transformative landmark five-year Memorandum of Understanding ...
CARPHA Strengthens Regional Health Security with Launch of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Regional Referral Laboratory and Clinical Testing at its Saint Lucia Campus

4/10/2026 6:25:00 PM

Castries, Saint Lucia. April 1, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) on March 26th, 2026, officially launched its Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Regional Reference Laboratory at...
CARPHA celebrates World Health Day and Calls for Stronger Integrated Surveillance and One Health Action

4/8/2026 7:56:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. April 7, 2026. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) approximately 600 million people fall ill from foodborne diseases annually, resulting in an estimate...
CARPHA and Georgetown University Formalise Strategic Partnership to Advance Public Health Capacity and Health Systems in the Region

3/24/2026 3:27:00 PM

Washington D.C., United States of America. March 19, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Practice and Impact (CGHPI) announced ...
CARPHA Hosts Regional Partners Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance with Global and Regional Stakeholders

3/17/2026 5:45:00 PM

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 17 March, 2026. In early March, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) hosted a Regional Partners Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) at its Headquarters...
CARPHA partners with GOARN for Intensive Outbreak Response Scenario Programme to Advance Caribbean Emergency and Response Readiness

3/17/2026 5:35:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 16 March, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Outbreak Alert and Respo...
CARPHA Partners with the University of Oslo to Advance GIS and DHIS2 Capacity for Stronger Regional Public Health Surveillance

3/13/2026 10:55:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. March 03, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the University of Oslo, successfully conducted an intensive five-d...
CARPHA Calls for Early Testing and Healthier Lifestyles as Caribbean Marks World Kidney Day

3/12/2026 2:31:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. March 12, 2026. In 2023, 14.2% of adults globally were living with chronic kidney disease (CKD). In Latin America and the Caribbean, the prevalence was 15.4%, placi...
CARPHA Commemorates Handover of Public Health Relief Supplies to Support Jamaica’s Post-Hurricane Melissa Response and Recovery

3/10/2026 9:52:00 AM

Kingston, Jamaica. March 10, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) reaffirmed its full solidarity and commitment to supporting Jamaica’s public health response and recovery effo...
CARPHA Champions Urgent Regional Action to Prevent Childhood Obesity and Create Healthier Caribbean Food Environments on World Obesity Day

3/4/2026 10:53:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. March 4, 2026: On World Obesity Day, a unified day of action to raise awareness and drive solutions for its prevention and treatment, the Caribbean Public Health Ag...

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 ...
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.
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...