World Heart Day 2023

World Heart Day 2023

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 28 September 2023.  Heart disease knows no boundaries as it affects individuals of all ages, genders, and backgrounds. The Caribbean Region is not immune to the burden of this disease. The incidence of heart disease in the Region is on the rise, particularly among younger populations. This increase is often attributed to changes in lifestyle, including a shift towards diets high in processed foods, limited physical activity, and increased rates ...
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World Tourism Day 2023: Tourism & Green Investments

World Tourism Day 2023: Tourism & Green Investments

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.  27 September 2023. The devastation of the travel and tourism industry, both globally and regionally, as a result of COVID-19, provided a multitude of lessons learnt and allows for the opportunity to re-evaluate and restructure the way forward regarding tourism investments that align to the United Nations Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDGs).Under the theme of “Tourism & Green Investments” for World Tourism Day 2023, ...
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CARPHA, HCC and PAHO, advocate for “The Care We Need: At work, at school, at home” for Caribbean Wellness Day 2023

CARPHA, HCC and PAHO, advocate for “The Care We Need: At work, at school, at home” for Caribbean Wellness Day 2023

The Caribbean Community will commemorate Caribbean Wellness Day 2023 with a call to action for all sectors in society to focus on “The Care We Need: At work | At school | At home” to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Region. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in partnership with the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is calling on all stakeholders to support policies, programmes and practices that enab...
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CARPHA Celebrates the Caribbean Region’s Public Health Workforce on World Field Epidemiology Day

CARPHA Celebrates the Caribbean Region’s Public Health Workforce on World Field Epidemiology Day

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 6 September 2023. “The value of our Region’s field epidemiologists has never been more underscored than through country response efforts to the COVID-19 pandemic. The support that these public health professionals provided to national Ministries of Health through contact tracing, outbreak control and patient follow up, significantly helped each country to contain negative health impacts of the pandemic,” said Dr. Joy St. John, Executive Direc...
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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...