{"id":199114,"date":"2024-04-19T09:35:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T13:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=199114"},"modified":"2024-04-19T09:35:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T13:35:20","slug":"carpha-supports-antigua-and-barbuda-in-building-capacity-for-upcoming-mass-gathering-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/carpha-supports-antigua-and-barbuda-in-building-capacity-for-upcoming-mass-gathering-events\/","title":{"rendered":"CARPHA Supports Antigua and Barbuda in Building Capacity for upcoming Mass Gathering Events."},"content":{"rendered":"
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CARPHA Supports Antigua and Barbuda in Building Capacity for upcoming Mass Gathering Events.<\/strong><\/p>

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is conducting an integrated mission to Antigua and Barbuda (ANU) during April 15-19th<\/sup> \u00a0to build capacity in surveillance, early warning and response systems, laboratory capacity, competence in health and food safety and prepare for the launch CARPHA\u2019s Regional Tourism and Health Program (THP), ahead of the 4th<\/sup> International Conference of Small Developing Island States (SIDS), Sail week, the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup and other major upcoming mass gathering(MG) events.<\/p>\n

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The CARPHA mission, led by Dr. Lisa Indar, Director, Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control Division (SDPC), comprises\u00a0 persons from several CARPHA departments: Dr. Laura-Lee Boodram, Head, Caribbean Regional Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Dr. Michelle Hamilton, Head of Laboratory Services and Networks (LSN), Dr. Jarelle Branford and Ms Sheena DeSilva\u00a0 from\u00a0 Health Information Communicable Diseases and Emergency Response (HCE), Ms Neeta Oudit (LSN), Mr. Keston Daniel and Dr. Anushka Bissoon-Pustam\u00a0 of the Regional Tourism and Health Program (THP), and Mr Mohammed Elsherbiny, Senior Technical Advisor to the THP from the UKHSA.<\/p>

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Dr. Kamaria De Castro, Acting Chief Medical Officer, remarked \u201cThe partnership is timely as it helps to improve capacity as it assists in developing a sustainable future. We want to protect our local population as well as our visitors and let them know that we are aware of public health threats and we are preparing, building capacity, training and procuring resources that will be put in place to effectively prevent major spread of diseases. She extended her gratitude to CARPHA for the continued support and partnership.\u201d\u00a0 Dr. Lisa Indar indicated, \u201cIt is important to prevent public health threats to stop them from becoming emergencies as visitors are coming in from many different countries for Cricket World Cup, SIDS, Sailing Week and we want to make sure our visitors as well as our people are safe. We want to put systems in place\/strengthen existing systems to be able to identify risks early and begin immediate and more timely responses to mitigate the potential spread of diseases.\u201d<\/p>

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Key outcomes and activities of this mission \u00a0include:<\/p>

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