Release - "Diabetes is a leading silent but most preventable killer in the Caribbean. The training of health care providers strengthens and standardises the management of diabetes in primary care settings, which is a cost-effective and results-intensive way of improving good outcomes in diabetes care
Release - Breast cancer awareness month is commemorated in October annually to increase awareness of the disease's impact and highlight how this impact can be limited. In 2020, breast cancer became the most diagnosed cancer type in the world and overtook lung cancer in the number
Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr Joy St. John, received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) from the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill, for her work in medicine and leadership in public health. A three-time graduate of
Release - It is essential that we strive for a society in which all people, everywhere, have reliable access to nutritionally adequate and environmentally sustainable food. On 16th October, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) joins its partners and the Caribbean people in observing World Food
Media Release - "Mental health, neurological and substance use disorders" are a significant cause of disability globally. These conditions account for about 20% of the total disability burden in the Americas. They are surpassed only by non-communicable chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes,
"Exclusive breastfeeding for six months benefits the infant, mother, family, community, country and environment; therefore, breastfeeding is recognised as an effective strategy in achieving regional and global goals on health, nutrition, food security, economic growth and environmental sustainability", states Dr. Joy St. John, Executive Director
Media Release - “We need to guard against having emerging communicable diseases, like monkeypox established in the Caribbean. Monkeypox is not a disease like COVID-19. It is not airborne and demands close prolonged contact with an infected person. The way this particular monkeypox outbreak presents
Release - The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) stated on Monday that Member States should continue to remain on high alert for the importation of viral or other infections and monitor in-country syndromic surveillance systems for increases in fever and rash illnesses. “At CARPHA we coordinate public health
Media Release - “To date, no confirmed cases of Monkeypox have been reported in the Caribbean Region. However, the risk of spread to the Caribbean Region is likely as travel is returning to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. It is therefore important that CARPHA Member States raise awareness in
Release - Though some may consider the theme for this year’s World Food Safety Day (WFSD), "Safer Food, Better Health”, obvious, few persons know that an estimated 600 million – almost 1 in 10 people in the world – fall ill after eating contaminated food
