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Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) will be established as a legal entity in the spring of 2010. CARPHA's purpose is to draw together and build on public health knowledge and expertise across the Caribbean, preventing duplication of effort and resources. This will facilitate a co-ordinated approach to public health issues including managing the risk of disease outbreaks in the Caribbean region.

The creation of CARPHA was proposed by CARICOM's Council on Human and Social Development (COHSOD). CARPHA will be located in Trinidad and Tobago.

CARPHA will replace CARICOM's five Regional Health Institutions (RHIs)

1. Caribbean Health Research Council (CHRC)

2. Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC)

3. Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI)

4. Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI)

5. Caribbean Regional Drug Testing Laboratory (CRDTL)

Transition to the new arrangements is expected to happen in early 2011.

Further information is available at www.carpha.org