A New Wave of Challenges: Youth Mental Health First Aid for Environmentally Affected Coastal Communities in Belize
This report outlines a Youth Mental Health First Aid Action Plan designed to address the emotional, social, and educational impacts of recurring sargassum influxes on young people in San Pedro and Dangriga Town. Although sargassum has been widely studied for its ecological and economic effects, its ...
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Remarks by CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General Alison Drayton at opening of Regional Nursing Body AGM
"We look to the leadership of the Regional Nursing Body to provide the strategic guidance on how the Region can advance and expand the nursing and midwifery professions to support the achievement of universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals." - Ms. Alison Drayton, Assistant Sec...
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“This Plan is both Responsive and Forward-Looking”: CARICOM DSG on CARPHA’s Strategy to Tackle Regional Health Crises
“The CARICOM Secretariat sees [the CARPHA Strategic Plan 2025–2030] as an opportunity to strengthen structured collaboration between the Secretariat, CARPHA and other regional entities, and a road map to guide how Member States align their priorities and collaborate on critical regional imperatives....
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Caribbean Public Health Leaders Convene to Drive Action on Regional Health Security
The Caribbean’s unique vulnerabilities — from small population bases and porous borders to economic dependence on tourism and the escalating impacts of climate change — demand coordinated, context-specific, and forward-looking solutions. Strengthening our collective capacity to prevent, detect, and ...
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World Hepatitis Day 2025 | 28 July | Theme: “Hepatitis: Let’s Break It Down”
The CARICOM Secretariat is marking World Hepatitis Day 2025 with a powerful message: It’s time to talk, test, and take action. This year’s theme, “Hepatitis: Let’s Break It Down,” calls for everyone, not just health professionals, to understand, speak up, and help stop viral hepatitis.
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PAHO and CARICOM Sign Landmark Strategy to Strengthen Public Health in the Caribbean
“The [PAHO-CARICOM Joint Sub-regional Cooperation Strategy (JSCS) 2025-2029] is a continuation of a process. CARICOM has prioritised health outcomes for a long time, and this long-standing commitment of CARICOM will continue.”
Dr Carla Barnett | Secretary-General | CARICOM
Wednesday, 23 July 2025...
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CARICOM and PAHO set course for five years of unified action to tackle regional health challenges
Today, 22 July, marks a major milestone as CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett and PAHO Director Dr Jarbas Barbosa signed the PAHO-CARICOM Joint Sub-regional Cooperation Strategy (JSCS) 2025–2029!
This powerful partnership sets the course for five years of unified action to tackle reg...
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CARICOM Chair Calls for Regional Unity to Disrupt Criminal Networks
“I am on record as saying that we need to launch a war on gangs of a similar magnitude and nature to the war on terror.”
Dr the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MPChair, CARICOMPrime Minister, Jamaica
CARICOM Heads of Government have agreed to tackle the Region’s crime and security challen...
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CARPHA Builds Regional Readiness through Emergency Response and Early Warning Systems Training
"This workshop represents CARPHA’s continued commitment to strengthening Member States’ readiness and response capabilities with novel [Early Warning Systems] tools designed for the Caribbean context, i.e. small islands, varying surveillance and laboratory capacities, porous interconnected borders, ...
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