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20Sep

Regional Workshop to Focus on Health Threats Affecting Tourism in the Caribbean

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“Travel and tourism is the business of the Caribbean; however, outbreaks of communicable diseases and other health threats have resulted in closures of hotels and cruise ports, and significant losses in revenue. These threats seriously impact the health and safety of visitors and locals, and t...

22Aug

Regional Network Launched to Collaborate on Zika and Other Vector-Borne Diseases

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Mosquito borne diseases continue to impact the Caribbean’s social, economic and health sectors. Recent outbreaks of Zika (2016), and Chikungunya (2014) and the continued circulation of Dengue, highlight the need for an integrated approach to the prevention and control of these vector borne dis...

21Aug

The Region Gets Funding Boost to Continue the Fight Against Zika

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His Excellency Dr Patrick I. Gomes, Secretary General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) visited the Caribbean Public Health Agency where he met with Dr C. James Hospedales and the Executive Management Team (EMT). During the meeting with the EMT, Dr Gomes commended t...

18Aug

New Regional Partnership for Water Security to Protect Human Health

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C), recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on initiatives related to water resources and human health. The MOU signed between the organisations, represents a practical and m...

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CARPHA Underscores the Importance of Insecticide Resistance Testing Amid Chikungunya Resurgence

2/20/2026 4:43:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | February 20, 2026: The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is reminding its Member States (CMS) about the importance of the Integrated Vector Management (IVM) ...
CARPHA Participates in IDB’s ONE Caribbean Connect Regional Policy Dialogue on Digital Health Data

2/20/2026 3:03:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. February 20, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening digital health collaboration in the region through i...
PAHO and CARPHA Sign Landmark 2026–2030 Framework Agreement to Strengthen Regional Health Collaboration

2/13/2026 10:57:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 13 February, 2026. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) formalised their continued partnership with the signi...
CARPHA Champions People-Centred Cancer Care Across the Caribbean in Support for World Cancer Day

2/10/2026 10:17:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. February 4, 2026: Each year on February 4th, the global community commemorates World Cancer Day, an international observance dedicated to raising awarenes...
CARPHA Strengthens Tobago’s Capacity in Food Safety, Surveillance Readiness and Healthier Safer Tourism Ahead of Upcoming Carnival Season

2/5/2026 3:33:00 PM

Mt. Irvine, Tobago. January 27, 2026. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has enhanced Tobago’s food safety preparedness and surveillance readiness among stakeholders in the hospitality ...
CARPHA and Partners Engage in World Bank Procurement Training through the OECS Regional Health Project

1/19/2026 3:00:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. December 19, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the World Bank, successfully conducted a three-day Procurement Training f...
CARPHA in Collaboration with the World Bank, Convened the 14th Meeting of the Regional Project Advisory Committee in Trinidad and Tobago

1/19/2026 2:33:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. December 19, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the World Bank, convened the 14th Meeting of the Regional ...
CARPHA and the Martinique Cancer Registry Join Forces with Support from the SAVOIR Team to Enhance Cancer Control Planning in the Region

12/19/2025 10:07:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. December 15, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Martinique Cancer Registry, University Hospital of Martinique (MRC-CHUM) will continue ...
CARPHA and Healthy Caribbean Coalition Reaffirm Partnership to Strengthen the Caribbean Response to Non-Communicable Diseases

12/18/2025 9:33:00 AM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. December 5, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) have reaffirmed their long-standing partnership to adva...
CARPHA Strengthens Regional Vector-Borne Disease Early Warning Systems Through Integrated Vector Management and New Technologies

12/17/2025 11:16:00 PM

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. December 17, 2025. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has concluded a three-day Regional Multisectoral Workshop on Strengthening Integrated Vector Ma...

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...
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...
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.