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CARPHA Tackles Mental Health at its 69th Annual Health Research Conference in Barbados

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Bridgetown, Barbados. May 07, 2025. On Wednesday 7th May, 2025 the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) brought attention to what has been described as “an urgent but often overlooked challenge of our time” at its 69th Annual Health Research Conference - Mental Health: The Hidden Pandemic.Mental health is a key aspect of our health and well-being and studies have shown that mental disorders can reduce life expectancy by 10 to 20 years. In her Remarks at the Opening Session of the ...

Fleming Fund projects launched with CARPHA, UKHSA and PAHO to fortify the Caribbean’s fight against Antimicrobial Resistance

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Bridgetown, Barbados. 6 May 2025 - On Monday, 5 May 2025, health leaders, development partners and regional stakeholders gathered at the Hilton Barbados Resort to launch two synergistic, landmark, regional projects under the United Kingdom (UK) Government’s Fleming Fund and jointly implemented by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). The goal is to strengthen the Caribbean’s abil...

Barbados Gears Up for the CARPHA 69th Health Research Conference

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Bridgetown, Barbados. 5 May 2025. Barbados is set to host the highly anticipated 69th CARPHA Health Research Conference from 7th to 9th May at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. The conference is hosted in collaboration with the Barbados Ministry of Health and Wellness.This year, under the theme “Mental Health: The Hidden Pandemic" the conference will present focused sessions on mental health, non-communicable diseases, family health, as well...

CARPHA and Saint Lucia Launch Public Education Campaign to Combat Mosquito-Borne Diseases

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Castries, Saint Lucia. May 2, 2025. National and regional stakeholders gathered at the Bel Jou Hotel for the official launch of Mosquito No More, a public education campaign aimed at combatting mosquito-borne diseases (MBDs) in Saint Lucia. The initiative is led by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in partnership with the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs, and supported by the European Union.The campaign addresses mosquito-borne diseases—including Dengue,...

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CARPHA Tackles Mental Health at its 69th Annual Health Research Conference in Barbados

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Bridgetown, Barbados. May 07, 2025. On Wednesday 7th May, 2025 the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) brought attention to what has been described as “an urgent but often overlooked challen...
Fleming Fund projects launched with CARPHA, UKHSA and PAHO to fortify the Caribbean’s fight against Antimicrobial Resistance

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Bridgetown, Barbados. 6 May 2025 - On Monday, 5 May 2025, health leaders, development partners and regional stakeholders gathered at the Hilton Barbados Resort to launch two synergistic, landmark...
Barbados Gears Up for the CARPHA 69th Health Research Conference

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Bridgetown, Barbados. 5 May 2025. Barbados is set to host the highly anticipated 69th CARPHA Health Research Conference from 7th to 9th May at the Lloyd Erskine Sandifo...
CARPHA and Saint Lucia Launch Public Education Campaign to Combat Mosquito-Borne Diseases

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Castries, Saint Lucia. May 2, 2025. National and regional stakeholders gathered at the Bel Jou Hotel for the official launch of Mosquito No More, a public education campaign aimed at combatt...
CARPHA Strengthens Public Health Laboratories in Ten Member States to Reduce Threat Against Mosquito-Borne Diseases

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CARPHA Strengthens Public Health Laboratories in Ten Member States to Reduce Threat Against Mosquito-Borne Diseases Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. April 28, 2025. The Caribbean Pu...
Vaccination Week in the Americas: Your Decision Makes a Difference. Immunisation For All

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. April 24, 2025. In 2002, following the last endemic measles outbreak in the Americas, the Ministers of Health of the Andean Region proposed a coordinated vacci...
CARPHA Strengthens Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies in Dominica

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Roseau, Dominica. April 22, 2025.The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Social Services, in Dominica, conducted a Monitoring and Ev...
CARPHA Enhances Strategic Collaborations with PAHO to Advance Public Health within the Region

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Port of Spain, Trinidad. April 2, 2025. Advancing public health, while reducing the Caribbean’s vulnerability to the introduction and spread of communicable and non-communicable diseases, a...
CARPHA and Cornell University Strengthen Water Quality Monitoring Capacity in Barbados and Grenada

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Port of Spain, Trinidad. April 11, 2025. Two CARPHA Member States are now better equipped to monitor water quality and prevent water-related health threats, thanks to the donation of multi-parame...
When Ice Melts, Caribbean Islands Suffer: World Water Day 2025

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Castries, Saint Lucia. March 22nd, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) continues to join our international partners in the call for global action in securing our freshwater resources. We...

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...