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CARPHA partners with CTO to establish a Tourism and Health Program

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It is recognized that the Caribbean is the most tourism dependent region in the world and that the industry is vulnerable to health, safety and environmental issues, such as foodborne and enteric disease outbreaks, and climatic change. Dr C. James Hospedales, Executive Director of CARPHA pointed out that "challenges faced in the industry are preventable through collaborative efforts with regional and global partners to improve monitoring and response, training and standards. In so doing, CARPHA ...

Health Research Conference

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CARPHA's 59th Caribbean Health Research Conference addresses Non-communicable Diseases as a Health and Economic Development Priority Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, April 28, 2014. Chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) remain a major cause for concern in the Region as the prevalence and mortality rates in the Caribbean are among the highest in the world, and the costs are not sustainable to families, business and government. For this reason, NCDs – Through the...

CARPHA Strengthens Health Systems to Monitor and Respond to Threats and Outbreaks

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) recently launched a training programme to strengthen epidemiology and laboratory capacity, required to meet the public health needs of the Caribbean region. The primary goal of the Caribbean Regional Field Epidemiology Training Programme (CR-FELTP), a flagship training programme of CARPHA, is to build epidemiology and laboratory capacity, through practical learning that addresses current and future public health needs in the Caribbean region. This ap...

CARPHA Vows to Fight Childhood Obesity

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is working on a multi-level programme designed to promote healthy weight and reverse the scourge of childhood obesity in the Region. During a media briefing after the Agency’s three-day strategic planning workshop, CARPHA’s Director of Research, Training and Policy Development, Dr. Donald Simeon, revealed that CARPHA will launch a pilot project with its member states in 2014. The Project will be geared at changing the unhealthy lifestyles of childr...

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CARPHA Observes World Environment Day 2023

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Tobacco use remains a major public health concern in the Caribbean Region. There is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke. The use of tobacco products in any form harms nearly every organ of the ...
CARPHA Plans Activities for Caribbean Nutrition Day and Caribbean Nutrition Awareness Month

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) joins the Caribbean Association of Nutritionists and Dietitians (CANDi) and countries in the Caribbean region in commemorating Caribbean Nutrition Day (1 Ju...
CARPHA Observes World No Tobacco Day

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 29 May 2023. Tobacco use remains a major public health concern in the Caribbean Region. There is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke. The use of tobacco prod...
CARPHA Promotes Immunisation with “Take Your Best Shot” Schools’ Trivia Game Show

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) launched an innovative regional online schools’ game show aimed at improving the public’s understanding, especially young people and their parents, about ...
CARPHA signs collaboration agreement with UK Health Security Agency to improve regional health security

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 22 May 2023. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to wo...
The Caribbean Public Health Agency Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association and the Caribbean Tourism Organization for Healthier Safer Tourism

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Nassau, The Bahamas. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) and the Caribbean Tourism Organization renewed their collaboration through th...
World Hypertension Day 2023

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 16 May 2023. “Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is the number one risk factor for illness and premature death from cardio...
CARPHA receives funding from German Federal Government to improve access to Public Health Education in 5 CARPHA Member States

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Through an agreement signed November 8, 2022 the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) became the recipient of financing to the tune of €149,976.00 from the German Agency for International Cooperat...
Regional Tourism and Health Program Stakeholders Meet to Recognise Country-Impacts and Plan a Sustainable Way Forward

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On April 24, 2023, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)’s Regional Tourism and Health Program (THP) held a Regional Tourism and Health Steering Committee and Stakeholders Meeting at the Atlant...
CARPHA receives funding from German Federal Government to improve access to Public Health Education in 5 CARPHA Member States

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 6 April 2023. Through an agreement signed November 8, 2022 the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) became the recipient of financing to the tune of€149,976...

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...