THE Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has strengthened the region’s capacity to detect and respond to public health threats in a timely manner through a four-day regional multisectoral workshop on strengthening Emergency and Response (E&R) and integrated Early Warning Systems (EWS), using Carpha’s EWS tools.

The workshop was held in Kingston, Jamaica from July 8-11 and brought together over 60 public health professionals from 11 regional member states.

Participants included national epidemiologists, surveillance officers, laboratory specialists, environmental health officers, emergency response co-ordinators, port health personnel and representatives from ministries of health, tourism and disaster management.