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            Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, January 30, 2015: Seasonal influenza affects many thousands of people in the Caribbean each year, and as the 2015 season approaches, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging persons to practice good personal hygiene in order to reduce the risk of tran...
          
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            CARPHA, in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, Tourism Authority and the Hotel and Tourism Association, Turks and Caicos, hosted a two day Hotel Based Surveillance Workshop during the month of January 2015.   Dr. Indar, Tourism and Health Programme Coordinator at CARPHA, stated that the purp...
          
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            Port of Spain, Trinidad, 30 November 2015.  The Caribbean reports the second highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the world, after Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2013, 250,000 adults and children were estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean, and 12,000 new infections were projected for that ...
          
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            The Brazilian government through its Ministry of Health, is in discussions with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), on ways they can work together to strengthen the Region’s capacity to deal with public health issues.   The Chikungunya epidemic in the Caribbean and the threat of ...
          
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