June 5th is World Environment Day. The theme for this year is “Raise your Voice, Not the Sea Level”, a campaign which celebrates the resilience of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to the impacts of climate change. CARPHA and the Caribbean join the global community in the observance ...
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It is recognized that the Caribbean is the most tourism dependent region in the world and that the industry is vulnerable to health, safety and environmental issues, such as foodborne and enteric disease outbreaks, and climatic change. Dr C. James Hospedales, Executive Director of CARPHA pointed out...
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CARPHA's 59th Caribbean Health Research Conference addresses Non-communicable Diseases as a Health and Economic Development Priority Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, April 28, 2014. Chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) remain a major cause for concern in the Region as the pre...
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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) recently launched a training programme to strengthen epidemiology and laboratory capacity, required to meet the public health needs of the Caribbean region. The primary goal of the Caribbean Regional Field Epidemiology Training Programme (CR-FELTP), a fl...
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