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Risk of Novel Coronavirus in the Caribbean "Low" says CARPHA, but Preparation Needed

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As at 9th January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that a 2019 novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was identified by Chinese authorities. The virus was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

CARPHA and CAIC Partner to Tackle Public Health Concerns That Impact Work Productivity

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The Caribbean remains the region of the Americas worst affected by the epidemic of chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases.

CARPHA: We Need to Be More Engaged in Our Battle Against Mosquito Borne Diseases

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Mosquitoes are the world’s deadliest animal and carry diseases which are bad for business and our health.

Regional Communicators Meet to Develop Campaigns to Address Non-communicable Diseases

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The Regional Health Communications Network (RHCN) made up of communications and health promotion specialists from across the English, French and Dutch Caribbean countries and territories, met from 29 to 30 April to develop region-wide public education campaigns to address non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and wellness.

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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 and UK-PHRST Deliver Outbreak Response Training for Caribbean Health Professionals Through Landmark Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network Workshop

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. August 20, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) and the World Health Or...
CARPHA Partners with The UWI – School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Augustine for Capacity Building Entomology Workshop on Culicoides Vectors and Oropouche Virus

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, August 6, 2025 – The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of the West Indie...
CARPHA Launches Strategic Plan 2025-2030: Stronger Together

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Georgetown, Guyana. August 7, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) officially launched its new Results-Oriented Strategic Plan for 2025–2030 under the theme “Stronger Tog...
CARPHA Convenes Landmark Workshop to Advance Regional Health Security, Coordination and Action through Caribbean-tailored Innovative Tools and Mechanisms

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Georgetown, Guyana. July 29, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) took a milestone step in its mission to strengthen health security and coordination in the region with the successf...
CARPHA Strengthens Regional Laboratory Coordination and Networking at CariPHLN Workshop in Guyana

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Georgetown, Guyana. July 26, 2025 – The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), through its Caribbean Public Health Laboratory Network (CariPHLN), has successfully concluded a strategic an...
CARPHA and the World Bank Convened 12th Regional Project Advisory Committee Meeting, in Washington, D.C, USA, for Advancing Resilient Health Systems in the OECS

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America. July 23, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in collaboration with the World Bank convened the 12th Meeting of the Regio...
CARPHA Builds Regional Readiness through Emergency Response and Early Warning Systems Training

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Kingston, Jamaica. July 11, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has strengthened the Caribbean region’s capacity to detect and respond to public health threats in a timely man...
Sandals Resorts International’s Milestone Achievement of CARPHA’s Healthier Safer Tourism Travellers Health Assurance Award

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Montego Bay, Jamaica. 9 July, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) awarded all nineteen (19) Sandals Resorts its prestigious Healthier Safer Tourism (HST) travellers’ health as...
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...

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...