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The Caribbean Pub­lic Health Agency (CARPHA) hand­ed over pub­lic health re­lief sup­plies to the Gov­ern­ment of Ja­maica fol­low­ing the im­pact of Hur­ri­cane Melis­sa in Oc­to­ber 2025.

CARPHA do­nat­ed more than US$700,000 in pub­lic health and emer­gency sup­plies to the Min­istry of Health and Well­ness. The sup­port was pro­vid­ed through CARPHA’s Pan­dem­ic Fund and fund­ing from the UK Health Se­cu­ri­ty Agency with sup­port from the Unit­ed King­dom Gov­ern­ment.

CARPHA Ex­ec­u­tive Di­rec­tor Lisa In­dar joined a mis­sion with the Caribbean Dis­as­ter Emer­gency Man­age­ment Agency with­in two days af­ter the hur­ri­cane. Of­fi­cials met with the Prime Min­is­ter of Ja­maica and Min­is­ter of Health to dis­cuss re­sponse mea­sures.