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CARPHA Encourages Early Detection Towards Preventing Kidney Disease in the Caribbean

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. March 13, 2025. In 2019 kidney diseases were the fifth leading cause of death in the Non-Latin Caribbean region. In line with this year’s World Kidney Day theme, "Are Your Kidneys OK? Detect early, protect kidney health", the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) urges early screening for detection, along with appropriate management of diabetes and hypertension in primary care, as an important part of preventing kidney disease in the Reg...

CARPHA Advocates for Systemic Changes to Reduce Childhood Obesity

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. March 7, 2025. In the Caribbean region, one in every three children is overweight or obese. In 2022, the estimated prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults in the Region of the Americas was 67.5% (an increase of 52% from 1990), of which 33.8% (36.5% in women and 31.0% in men) were obese. Obesity significantly increases the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), namely cardiovascular diseases (like heart disease and stroke), diabetes mellitus, can...

CARPHA and Tourism Trinidad Limited Collaborate to Build Capacity for a Healthy and Safe Carnival 2025

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. February 19, 2025: The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), through its Regional Tourism and Health Program (THP), continues to collaborate with Tourism Trinidad Limited (TTL) to build capacity to promote healthier, safer tourism as Trinidad prepares for its annual Carnival mass gathering event 2025. Both CARPHA and TTL are committed to safe and responsible tourism to protect the health and well-being of both visitors and the local populations, especi...

CARPHA Launches Regional Public Health Training to Strengthen Caribbean Pandemic Preparedness

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 17 February, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) today launched a five-day, in-person training workshop under the Caribbean Regional Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme (CR-FELTP) – Level II, aimed at strengthening public health response capacity across the region.Taking place from February 17-21, 2025, at the Kapok Hotel, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, the workshop is funded by the Pandemic Fund, with CARPHA as the Executing Age...

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CARPHA’s Executive Management meets Trinidad and Tobago’s new Minister of Health and Team

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. July 2, 2025. The Executive Management Team of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) paid a courtesy visit to the Honourable Dr. Lackram Bodoe, Minister of He...
Caribbean Public Health Day ‘Stronger Together: Public Health is Everyone’s Responsibility

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. July 1, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) along with our member states commemorate Caribbean Public Health Day. The theme “Stronger Toget...
CARPHA and OECS Commit to Closing the Empathy Gap and to Empowering Men to Prioritize Wellness and Longevity

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Castries, St. Lucia. June 30, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in collaboration with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission, are steadily committed to addressi...
CARPHA Strengthens Medicine and Vaccine Oversight Across the Caribbean Through Regulatory Support System

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 17 June 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) continues to play a vital role in strengthening public health protection across CARICOM Member ...
Celebrating Caribbean Excellence in Health Research and Action: CARPHA Concludes Milestone Week of Public Health Activities in Barbados

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 09 June, 2025 – From May 5th to 9th, 2025, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) led a landmark week of back-to-back public hea...
CARPHA Uses Science-based Tools to Reduce the Impact of Foodborne Diseases in Caribbean Communities

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 05 June 2025. Foodborne diseases (FBDs) continue to pose a significant threat to the health and well-being of Caribbean residents and visitors, impacting appr...
CARPHA Calls for Urgent Action to Beat Plastic Pollution to Secure Future Health on World Environment Day 2025

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 04 June 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) joins our regional and international partners in observing World Environment Day 2025. Under t...
CARPHA Urges Caribbean Youth to Envision a Future Without Tobacco Use: World No Tobacco Day

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. May 26, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is committed to raising awareness about the dangers of smoking, especially among youth, and its negative i...
CARPHA Builds Emergency Response Capacity in Eleven Member States

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Bridgetown, Barbados – May 26, 2025, The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), with funding from the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Programme of Support for Health Security Strengthenin...
CARPHA Empowers Individuals on Measures to Reduce Hypertension: “Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer”

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. May 16, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is dedicated to the surveillance, prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as hype...

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...