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28Oct

Ministry of Health and Wellness Launches Belize MOVES: A National Movement for Healthier Living

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Belmopan, Belize. July 30, 2026. The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), in collaboration with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) under the CARICOM-SPAIN project - “Strengthening Regional Leadership, Governance and Coordinated Action in Health to Address New and Existing Health Challen...

27Oct

CARPHA and PAHO Support Strengthening Nutrition Standards for Healthier School Food Environments

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The Valley, Anguilla, October 9, 2026: Anguilla has taken an important stride towards strengthening the food environment for children. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in collaboration with the PanAmerican Health Organization (PAHO) led a three-day training focused on the use of regional ...

19Oct

CARPHA Advances Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance to Strengthen Early Warning for Public Health Threats

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. September 18, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), together with regional and international partners, has advanced practical steps to strengthen wastewater and environmental surveillance (WES) as an additional early warning tool for emerging public h...

09Oct

CARPHA partners with the National Carnival Commission (NCC) to Strengthen Food and Environmental Health Safety for Food Handlers in Preparation for Mass Gathering Events during Carnival 2027 in Trinidad

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Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. October 8th, 2026. More than 200 food vendors who will operate at the FLAVA Village at the Queen's Park Savannah during Carnival 2027 are now better equipped to safely prepare and serve food following two specialised Food and Environmental Safety Training sessions delivered ...

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Ministry of Health and Wellness Launches Belize MOVES: A National Movement for Healthier Living

10/28/2026 9:47:00 AM

Belmopan, Belize. July 30, 2026. The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), in collaboration with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) under the CARICOM-SPAIN project - “Strengthening Regiona...
CARPHA and PAHO Support Strengthening Nutrition Standards for Healthier School Food Environments

10/27/2026 8:47:00 AM

The Valley, Anguilla, October 9, 2026: Anguilla has taken an important stride towards strengthening the food environment for children. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in collaboration with...
CARPHA Advances Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance to Strengthen Early Warning for Public Health Threats

10/19/2026 8:03:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. September 18, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), together with regional and international partners, has advanced practical steps to strengthen waste...
CARPHA partners with the National Carnival Commission (NCC) to Strengthen Food and Environmental Health Safety for Food Handlers in Preparation for Mass Gathering Events during Carnival 2027 in Trinidad

10/9/2026 2:19:00 PM

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. October 8th, 2026. More than 200 food vendors who will operate at the FLAVA Village at the Queen's Park Savannah during Carnival 2027 are now better equipped to safely prepare...
CARPHA and PAHO Strengthen the Caribbean’s Capacity to Detect and Respond to Respiratory Virus Threats through a joint Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Workshop

9/25/2026 11:43:00 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 23 September 2026 – Public health surveillance and laboratory professionals from eleven Caribbean countries and territories convened in Trinidad and Tobago for a f...
CARPHA and Turks and Caicos Islands Strengthen Regional Integrated Early Warning and Response Surveillance Systems (RIEWSS) for real time Emergency Response Preparedness

9/23/2026 1:53:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. September 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Human Services of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), ...
CARPHA Advances Climate-Informed Action to Strengthen Vector-Borne Disease Preparedness in the Caribbean

9/17/2026 9:47:00 AM

Bridgetown, Barbados. September 15th, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) concluded a two-day Regional Climate and Health Workshop for Vector-Borne Disease Prevention and Preparedness, h...
CARPHA Strengthens Caribbean Laboratories Networking and Capacities through CariPHLN Workshop

9/16/2026 9:08:00 AM

Bridgetown, Barbados. September 15th, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) concluded the 11th Annual Caribbean Public Health Laboratory Network (CariPHLN) Workshop, held from 8–10 Septem...
CARPHA Celebrates World Field Epidemiology Day 2026: Honouring the Disease Detectives Protecting Public Health in the Caribbean

9/7/2026 9:47:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. September 7, 2026: On September 7, 2026, CARPHA joins the global field epidemiology community in celebrating World Field Epidemiology Day under the theme, “Protect...
CARPHA Launches the Curaçao Tourism and Health Program, Advances Visitor-Based Surveillance

9/1/2026 12:54:00 PM

August 24, 2026. Willemsted, Curaçao. The Ministry of Health, Environment and Nature (GMN) and the Ministry of Economic Development (MEO), in collaboration with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CAR...

CARPHA Encourages Persons to Know their Blood Pressure

5/16/2014 5:08:00 PM

Hypertension

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

7/5/2014 1:45:00 PM

Tourism

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

11/12/2013 4:17:00 PM

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

9/9/2014 5:03:00 PM

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...
CARPHA Issues its First Emergency Use Recommendation for a COVID-19 Vaccine

3/9/2021 5:27:00 PM

CARPHA Caribbean Regulatory System (CRS) issued its first certificate of recommendation for emergency use for the COVID-19 vaccine COVISHIELD™ to CARPHA Member States on 2nd March, 2021.
New CARPHA lab to help region respond to health threats

2/13/2014 11:21:00 AM

Laboratory, Biosafety

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

6/27/2014 11:32:00 AM

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

9/3/2015 4:50:00 AM

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"

11/8/2014 3:23:00 PM

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

11/12/2013 4:56:00 PM

Influenza, Virus, Vaccination

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...