Positive Communication at Home Reduces Risk of Depression Among Youths

Positive Communication at Home Reduces Risk of Depression Among Youths Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, June 23, 2016: Young people between the ages of 15 – 19 years old who have a positive home environment are less likely to be depressed, even if they have experienced violence, come from a poor family or have no religious affiliation. This was revealed by Epidemiologist, Shelly Mc Farlane at the 61st CARPHA Annual Health Research Conference in Turks and Caicos Islands.  Mc Farlane ...
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Good Family Health: A Contributing Factor to a Strong Economy

Good Family Health: A Contributing Factor to a Strong Economy

Good Family Health: A Contributing Factor to a Strong Economy Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, June 23 2016: “We must go back to the family, to basics, if we are to successfully address issues such as teenage pregnancy, mental health and youth violence in the Caribbean.”  So said, Premier, Turks and Caicos Islands, Dr The Honourable Rufus Ewing at the Opening Ceremony of the CARPHA 61st Health Research Conference at Beaches Resort, Providenciales. The Premier lamented that mos...
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Risk Communication Training to Help Senior Health Officials Better Manage Health Threats

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 threats such as Ebola, which posed a threat to Caribbean society, and now Zika” stated Dr. C. James Hospedales.  The Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) was addressing Chief Medical Officers participating in a Risk Communication training workshop on June 18 &nd...
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Caribbean Regulatory System: Announcement of First Expression of Interest

Caribbean Regulatory System: Announcement of First Expression of Interest

 The Caribbean Regulatory System (CRS) is pleased to announce its first ever expression of interest (EOI) for sponsors to submit dossiers to the CRS for medicines on its priority medicines list. The  CRS is a regional regulatory system being implemented by the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) regional public health agency, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). The CRS is a res...
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  • CARPHA Encourages Persons to Know their Blood Pressure

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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...