A recently concluded stakeholder dialogue on how to improve the Healthiness of Food Environments in the Caribbean was held in the Turks and Caicos Islands on June 22, 2016. Supported by the Pan American Health Organization, the goal of the dialogue was to share knowledge and spark insights abo...
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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, September 27, 2016: Risk communication is an important tool in managing health threats such as Zika, and effective communication messages during these public health emergencies can sometimes pose a challenge. Twenty-four public health officers from 13 CARPHA Memb...
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Often times when the figures of confirmed laboratory cases of diseases such as Chikungunya and Zika are reported by officials to the media, we normally get surprising reaction from the public. Comments like; “those figures can’t be true because my whole village had Zika” are not un...
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Caribbean Mosquito Awareness Week launched to raise awareness on preventing Zika Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 9 May, 2016. Eliminating mosquito breeding sites, avoiding mosquito bites, and protecting pregnant women from Zika virus are the key messages of the inaugural Caribbean Mosquit...
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