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Wednesday, September 21 • 10:00am - 12:00pm
(REF 21234) The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) – A household name in CARICOM

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) – A household name in CARICOM
21st September, 2022
10:00am -12:00 pm
 
Abstract
This session will provide participants with an understanding of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), how it came into existence 10 years ago to present, its functions and mandate.
One of the core programmes at CARPHA that impacts citizens the and visitor populations alike is the Regional Tourism and Health programme. Participants will receive an overview of how this programme has evolved and is now one of the pillars of the COVID-19 response in this Tourism-dependent economic space.
CARPHA provided COVID-19 support to its Member States in several ways. This included facilitating an intricate level of coordination while providing guidance to its Member States. The rates of infection and death remained low when compared to other global regions, therefore, a moderated panel will discuss all of the issues, successes and lessons learnt and applied in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic in CARICOM.
The link between Climate change and health is not often made, neither is the relevance easily identified. The presenters will show the linkages, impacts and what is being done in the region to mitigate the impactof climate change on health.
Agenda
10:00 am – 10:15 am Overview of CARPHA
Dr. Joy St. John Executive Director - CARPHA
10:15 am – 10:45 am Regional Tourism and health Programme
Dr. Lisa Indar Director, Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control - CARPHA
10:45 am – 11:30 am Moderated Panel discussion “CARPHA’s COVID-19 Response”
Moderator:
Ms. Carlon Kirton: Communications Manager - CARPHA
Panelists:
Dr. Joy St. John Executive Director - CARPHA
Dr Lisa Indar Director, Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control - CARPHA
Dr. Sastee Kissoondan: Technical Officer, Office of the Director- Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control
11:30 am – 12:00pm Climate Change and Health
Dr. Kim Newton-James: Officer-in-Charge: Technical Officer, Chemicals and Solid Waste Management - Environmental Health and Sustainable Development Department - CARPHA
Dr. Horace Cox: Head, Vector Borne Disease Programme – CARPHA
Speakers
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Carlon Kirton

Communications Manager, Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)
Ms. Carlon KirtonCommunications ManagerCaribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)e-mail: kirtonca@CARPHA.ORGMs.  Kirton is the Communications Manager at the Caribbean Public Health Agency -CARPHA, since April, 2013.  Ms. Kirton has worked in the field of Marketing and Communications for more than 25 years in both the public health and private financial services sectors.  Over the la... Read More →
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Joy St. John

Executive Director, Executive Director – CARPHA
Dr St. John rose in the ranks of Public Health in Barbados from 1994 to become the first Barbadian Chief Medical Officer of Barbados in 2005. Dr St John held the position of International Health Regulations Focal Point, Liaison Officer for IAEA for Barbados and sat on the QEH Board... Read More →
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Lisa Lindar

Director, Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)
Dr Indar is an innovative public health scientist specializing in infectious diseases, travellers health, and food safety. She has 18 years regional and international experience in managing and executing regional public health surveillance and response programs; with robust leadership... Read More →
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Dr. Sastee Kissoondan

Technical Officer, Caribbean Public Health Agency
Dr. Kissoondan is currently a Technical Officer in the Office of the Director of Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). At her position, through collaboration with many departments, she has played an active role in CARPHA’s response... Read More →
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Kim Newton-James

Head (Ag.), CARPHA
Dr. Newton-James is currently the Officer-in-Charge and the Technical Officer for Chemicals and Solid Waste Management at the Environmental Health and Sustainable Development Department of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). She has worked with CARPHA for the past six (6... Read More →

Conveners
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Erik Ruuth

Scientific Coordinator, IMiBio
I am interested in the impact on Health of Biodiversity and climate change, and how to mitigate and heal changes. In other words, I see HEALTH as a wide concept that involves all our entire environment going from the organic to inorganic and how they interact.The translation of scientific... Read More →
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Lorna Thomas

Executive Assistant, Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)

Wednesday September 21, 2022 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Online
  Health and Medicine, Policy

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