And the Award goes to CARPHA!

And the Award goes to CARPHA!

We are excited to announce that CARPHA has been awarded a Platinum MarCom Award in the category of Communication Training and Education! The award was received for our Risk and Crisis Communication Train the Trainer Workshop, which was facilitated by Dr Theomary Karamanis in September 2016. With funding from the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), a total of 23 senior public health officials from 10 CARPHA Member States benefitted from the 2 ½ day training workshop. The...
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CARPHA Stresses the Need for a Coordinated Regional Response to Zika

CARPHA Stresses the Need for a Coordinated Regional Response to Zika

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. February 2, 2016.  On February 1st, 2016, Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), declared that clusters of microcephaly and other neurological disorders potentially linked to the spread of the Zika virus (ZIKV) represents a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The need for the Caribbean region to continue its ongoing and coordinated response to the threat of Zika virus (ZIKV) and any potentially as...
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CARPHA to Chair International Group Seeking to Strengthen Vector Control Programmes

CARPHA to Chair International Group Seeking to Strengthen Vector Control Programmes

CARPHA to Chair International Group Seeking to Strengthen Vector Control Programmes Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. February 14, 2016.  Dr. Karen Polson Edwards, Assistant Director, Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has been appointed chair of the newly formed Technical Advisory Group on Public Health Entomology.   The Advisory Group has been established to look at ways to strengthen vector control programs in Latin Americ...
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Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of NCDs

Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of NCDs

The regional response to the grave threat posed by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) must be intensified immediately if the health, wellbeing and development gains of Caribbean people are to be protected.  This was the key message emerging from the major regional implementation workshop in Port of Spain held on 24-25 February.  Visit the Port of Spain Evaluation website to see more on the workshop. 
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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...
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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...
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    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 ...
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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

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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...
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    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...
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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...