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Health is a Critical Resource for Living

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"Health is a human right and a critical resource for living. There is general recognition that health and access to health services are essential to individual, community and national development. CARPHA has acted on that recognition through its provision public health services to Member States," states Dr C. James Hospedales in his message for World Health Day. Read more

CARPHA Launches Regional System for Member States to Report Substandard and Falsified Medicines

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The health of the Caribbean people can be at risk if medicines are not safe, effective and of good quality. Medicines safety and monitoring systems are often limited in the Region, and there has been a call for regional pooling of resources, sharing of information, and coordination of activities, that can lead to stronger systems. Recently, the Caribbean Regulatory System (CRS) launched VigiCarib, a voluntary regional system for CARICOM states to report adverse drug reactions ...

Choose Prevention. Make Healthy Choices to Reduce Your Risk of Cancer

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 3rd February, 2018. Prostate cancer is the most common cause of cancer related deaths among Caribbean men, with lung cancer being the second main cause. Breast and cervical cancer are the leading cancers in women and have a significant impact on women’s health in the Region. The death rates for cancer of the breast, cervix, stomach, colon and prostate are 2-9 times higher in the CARPHA Member States compared to the USA, research at CARPHA has...

Hypertension: not a disease to take lightly

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Hypertension is the number one risk factor for illness and premature death from cardiovascular disease, and one of the most common non-communicable diseases in the Caribbean region. “This disease may go undetected, so getting checked every year is important, so that you are not at risk for complications. In the Caribbean, most people with ‘pressure’ already know it, so equally important is for someone diagnosed to take it seriously and stay on their preventive treatment and...

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CARPHA brings Caribbean context at the Renowned World Health Summit

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Berlin, Germany. October 16, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) - the Caribbean’s sole regional public health agency and the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) lead for he...
CARPHA Strengthens Regional Biosafety with Training in Safe Shipping of Infectious Substances

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. October 10, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), through its Medical Microbiology Laboratory (CMML), in collaboration with the International Air ...
Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Health and Assistant Director PAHO Visit CARPHA to Reinforce Partnerships for Advancing Regional Health Security

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. October 7, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) welcomed the Honourable Dr. Lackram Bodoe, Minister of Health of the Republic of Trinidad and Toba...
CARPHA Partners with CHTA to Host Regional Training on Infectious Disease Prevention and Control for the Hospitality Sector

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. October 9, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), hosted an important regional...
CARPHA and GWP-C Pledge to Advance Water Security and Public Health in the Caribbean with New MOU.

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ST. GEORGE’S GRENADA. SEPTEMBER 19, 2025. The Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) formalised a new partnership aimed at strengthe...
CARPHA Strengthens Healthier, Safer Caribbean Cruise Tourism through Inaugural Regional Cruise Tourism Surveillance and Partnership Workshops with Countries and Cruise

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Philipsburg, Sint Maarten. September 16, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) made a milestone achievement in advancing regional health security through the successful hosting of two...
CARPHA Unites the Region to Reduce the Prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases on Caribbean Wellness Day

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. September 12, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) proudly joins the Region to commemorate Caribbean Wellness Day (CWD), observed annually on the ...
CARPHA Celebrates the Caribbean Region’s Public Health Workforce on World Field Epidemiology Day

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. September 9, 2025. On September 7, 2025, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) joined the Global Field Epidemiology Community in celebrating World Field...
CARPHA Hosts Largest-Ever Regional Training Workshop on Molecular Detection and Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

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Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. September 2, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has successfully hosted the largest technical training workshop on molecular detection and surve...
CARPHA Advances Regional Action Against Vector-Borne Diseases Through Back-to-Back Workshops in Barbados

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Bridgetown, Barbados. August 29, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has successfully convened two high-level regional workshops in Barbados this week, bringing together public heal...

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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...