Launch – Caribbean Public Well being Day (CPHD) is widely known yearly on July 2nd to boost consciousness about public well being’s very important position within the lives of Caribbean individuals and to spotlight the work of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). This present day coincides with the anniversary of CARPHA, the area’s sole public well being company, legally established in July 2011 and operationalized in 2013 following the signing of an Intergovernmental Settlement by CARICOM Heads of Authorities.
This 12 months’s CPHD theme, “From Consciousness to Motion: Public Well being Issues,” highlights the various day by day actions influenced by multi-sectoral public well being interventions. It additionally requires particular person actions to help public well being efforts as all of us contribute to the sustenance and improvement of Wholesome Folks, Wholesome Areas, and a Wholesome Caribbean. By collaborating in native well being initiatives, advocating for secure environments, and practising and selling healthful behaviours, we are able to all be champions of public well being.
“Public well being is greater than stopping ailments; it’s a holistic method to enhancing the well being of individuals and their communities, together with the air we breathe, the meals we eat, our life-style behaviours and the atmosphere we reside in,” mentioned Dr Lisa Indar, Advert Interim Government Director at CARPHA when requested for remark.
Dr Mark Sami, Director of Company Providers at CARPHA, added, “This present day permits us to replicate on public well being’s broader that means. It’s a proper for each Caribbean citizen, and CARPHA is devoted to being the area’s strongest advocate for healthful practices in any respect ranges of society.”
CARPHA advances regional well being below the precept that the well being of the area is the wealth of the area. By selling total well being, offering strategic course and responding to public well being priorities, implementing illness prevention and management frameworks, supporting Member States response to well being emergencies and supporting the Caribbean Cooperation in Well being (CCH) aims, the Company stands on the forefront of regional improvement.
We invite everybody to be taught extra about CARPHA’s position in public well being and the way particular person actions can contribute to a more healthy and safer Caribbean.
