CTO, CARPHA agree plan to ensure sustainability of Caribbean tourism
From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) have agreed a plan to address health, safety and environmental (HSE) issues that threaten the sustainability of Caribbean tourism industry…
CARPHA’s new laboratory promises faster detection and response to control disease outbreaks in the Caribbean
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is now better equipped to perform faster and safer detection and response to infectious disease outbreaks in the Region. Thanks to the Government of Canada’s Global Partnership Programme…
UPDATE: African Virus Outbreak in Caribbean Stirs Health Warnings
UPDATE: From Bloomberg Business Week The first known outbreak of the chikungunya virus in the Western Hemisphere has Caribbean governments working to prevent the disease from spreading and damaging the region’s tourism-dependent economies. About 280 cases of chikungunya, which can…
