Health

File photo credits to Jamaica Information Service: Public Health Nurse, Patricia Coates administers COVID-19 vaccine in April 2021.

CARPHA Convenes Landmark High Level Meetings to discuss Regional Health Security and Solidarity

Opening Ceremony of the CARPHA Stakeholder Consultations on Regional Health Security

“The impact of and challenges posed by COVID-19 and its variants made CARPHA realise how much ground we had to cover for this particular ever growing COVID-19 family – with the highly infectious BE.1 and BF.1 being the latest sub variants of Omicron that we have just sequenced in the Region. The lessons we have learnt from this massive fight against COVID-19 have stood us in good stead for the new disease monkeypox that has followed all too quickly to the Caribbean shores.” These were the words of Dr. Joy St.

Chief Medical Officers in CARICOM receive updates on regional health coordination

Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met on Wednesday 13 July to review updates on regional health system strengthening even as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on.

The 30th Meeting of Chief Medical Officers was convened virtually and saw them discussing inter alia, the CARPHA-led response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the current state of inoculation for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.

CARICOM Chair, PM John Briceno, addresses Session 1 of the 2nd Global COVID-19 Summit

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Chairman of CARICOM, Prime Minister of Belize, the Hon. John Briceno, co-chairs the 2nd Global COVID-19 Summit, 12 May 2022

CARIBBEAN COOPERATION IN HEALTH INITIATIVE : PHASE II

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Introduction

Second Global COVI-19 Summit – PM of Belize and Chair of CARICOM, the Hon. John Briceno is co-chairing the Summit

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CARIBBEAN COOPERATION IN HEALTH IV

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CARPHA. (2021). The Caribbean Cooperation in Health-IV report 2021: Regional public goods for sustainable Health Development.
Port of Spain: Caribbean Public Health Agency.

CARIBBEAN COOPERATION IN HEALTH IV REPORT 2021

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The report was led and coordinated by Ms. Patricia Smith-Cummings, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, CARPHA under the supervision of Dr. Joy St. John, Executive Director, CARPHA. Lead agencies that contributed to the writing of the report are the CARICOM Secretariat (CCS), Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ). CARPHA is grateful to all the Technical Officers from all the agencies that wrote, reviewed and supported the agency specific 2021 updates.

First Caribbean Congress on Adolescent and Youth Health Road Map

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This document aims to provide a road map for adolescent health and well-being with recommendations and implementation considerations for policymakers and planners in Member States to develop adolescent-centred, evidence-based strategies for addressing adolescent health. It also includes a youth-led advocacy component to facilitate adolescents’ involvement in decision-making, planning, designing, monitoring and evaluation of programs and interventions.

The document is divided into the following chapters: