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Using Social Media to Communicate Facts about Zika

Using Social Media to Communicate Facts about Zika

Bridgetown, Barbados.  Recent outbreaks of Zika and Chikungunya in the Caribbean region have highlighted the need to effectively share information with visitors and residents about vector-borne diseases and other epidemics in order to prevent and respond in a timely manner.   Noting this critical need, Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy Bridgetown hosted a 2-day Zika TechCamp.  More than 50 representatives from regional Ministries of He...
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Caribbean regional security, health and disaster agencies face comprehensive readiness test

Caribbean regional security, health and disaster agencies face comprehensive readiness test

BRIDGETOWN, JAN. 10, 2017 –Security, public health and disaster management personnel from across the Caribbean will be put to the test as they participate in a training exercise aimed at improving regional responses during an emergency situation.                                          &...
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Patients Assured Safe, High Quality Drugs with the Establishment of the Caribbean Regulatory System

Patients Assured Safe, High Quality Drugs with the Establishment of the Caribbean Regulatory System

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.  April 7 2017.  The establishment of a Caribbean Regulatory System (CRS) will improve conditions for patients in the Region to receive safe, efficacious, high quality drugs.  Speaking at the recently held Opening Ceremony of a Capacity Building workshop on the Regulation of Medicines earlier this week, Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr. C James Hospedales, stated, “Access to safe, efficacious and good qu...
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Caribbean Regulatory System signs MOU with Guyana and the OECS

Caribbean Regulatory System signs MOU with Guyana and the OECS

The Caribbean Public Health Agency’s Caribbean Regulatory System (CARPHA/CRS) is pleased to announce the signing of two additional Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Guyana and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Pharmaceutical Procurement Service (OECS/PPS).The CARPHA/CRS is a new value-added service to Member States to help them review and monitor the efficacy, safety, and quality of medicines sold within their borders. The initiative aims to fast-track th...
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  • CARPHA Encourages Persons to Know their Blood Pressure

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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...