Tag: Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)
China donates US$50 000 to CARPHA
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – The People’s Republic of China has provided US$50 000 to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), through...
Tests confirm no monkeypox in St Lucia
CASTRIES – Health authorities on Friday said that the six suspected Monkeypox virus cases have all tested negative, but are encouraging St Lucians to...
No confirmed cases of monkeypox in the Caribbean
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago – There have been no confirmed cases of Monkeypox in the Caribbean thus far, Executive Director of the...
Global drive to eliminate smoking
by Gercine CarterThe Caribbean has been urged to step up implementation of policies to ensure the region achieves its goal to become 100 per...
St John says officials should remain vigilant at borders
Executive director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr Joy St John, said on Thursday that some level of variant screening for novel...
Barbados getting more than 70 000 doses of Pfizer vaccine
WASHINGTON – Barbados is among six Caribbean nations that will receive doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine through an arrangement with the United States government...