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CARPHA Urges Vigilance as Hantavirus Cluster Reported on Cruise Ship; Regional Risk Considered Low

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 06 May, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is advising its Member States and the public that the risk of infection of hantavirus is low in the Caribbean region. On 02 May, 2026, the World Health Organization (WHO) was notified by the Focal Poi...

28Apr

CARPHA and Caribbean Airlines Partner to Improve Laboratory Sample Transport Across the Caribbean

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. April 24, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) on April 17th 2026 formally signed an International Cargo Rate Agreement that establishes standardised and preferential international cargo rates for the shipment of p...

27Apr

CARPHA Strengthens Capacity in Belize to Advance Early Warning Surveillance and Response and Heathier, Safer Tourism

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Belize City, Belize. April 15, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) of Belize, delivered targeted capacity building initiatives including advanced food safety and certification training, visitor-based and mass gathering s...

27Apr

CARPHA and UKHSA Sign Partnership Extension to Advance Regional Antimicrobial Resistance Response Through the CARA Project

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Georgetown, Guyana. 23 April, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have officially signed an extension of their strategic partnership under the Caribbean Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA) Project for the 2026/2027 period, supported ...

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CARPHA Urges Vigilance as Hantavirus Cluster Reported on Cruise Ship; Regional Risk Considered Low

5/7/2026 8:34:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 06 May, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is advising its Member States and the public that the risk of infection of hantavirus is low in the ...
CARPHA and Caribbean Airlines Partner to Improve Laboratory Sample Transport Across the Caribbean

4/28/2026 10:17:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. April 24, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) on April 17th 2026 formally signed an International Cargo Rate Agre...
CARPHA Strengthens Capacity in Belize to Advance Early Warning Surveillance and Response and Heathier, Safer Tourism

4/27/2026 2:53:00 PM

Belize City, Belize. April 15, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) of Belize, delivered targeted capacity building initi...
CARPHA and UKHSA Sign Partnership Extension to Advance Regional Antimicrobial Resistance Response Through the CARA Project

4/27/2026 12:06:00 PM

Georgetown, Guyana. 23 April, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have officially signed an extension of their strategic partnership under...
CARPHA Recognises Medical Laboratory Professionals Across the Caribbean During Laboratory Professionals Week 2026

4/27/2026 11:08:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. April 20, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) proudly extends sincere appreciation to all Medical Laboratory Professionals across the Region in observ...
CARPHA and St. George’s University Sign Landmark Five Year Agreement to Advance Public Health Research and Innovation in the Caribbean

4/21/2026 5:46:00 PM

Georgetown, Guyana. April 21, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and St. George’s University (SGU) have formalised a transformative landmark five-year Memorandum of Understanding ...
CARPHA Strengthens Regional Health Security with Launch of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Regional Referral Laboratory and Clinical Testing at its Saint Lucia Campus

4/10/2026 6:25:00 PM

Castries, Saint Lucia. April 1, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) on March 26th, 2026, officially launched its Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Regional Reference Laboratory at...
CARPHA celebrates World Health Day and Calls for Stronger Integrated Surveillance and One Health Action

4/8/2026 7:56:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. April 7, 2026. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) approximately 600 million people fall ill from foodborne diseases annually, resulting in an estimate...
CARPHA and Georgetown University Formalise Strategic Partnership to Advance Public Health Capacity and Health Systems in the Region

3/24/2026 3:27:00 PM

Washington D.C., United States of America. March 19, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Practice and Impact (CGHPI) announced ...
CARPHA Hosts Regional Partners Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance with Global and Regional Stakeholders

3/17/2026 5:45:00 PM

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 17 March, 2026. In early March, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) hosted a Regional Partners Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) at its Headquarters...

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