The benefits of breastfeeding are tremendous for both mother and baby.  Breast milk, which is specially designed to meet the health needs of a growing baby, provides protection against infections and illness, including ear infections, diarrhoea, and pneumonia.

  Recently, the CARPHA CRS recommended its 100th medicine to CARICOM Member States. The event serves as an important milestone. The CARPHA CRS has been operational since April 2017, through significant technical support and funding by the Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, respectively. 

The Caribbean Public Health Agency's Caribbean Regulatory System (CARPHA - CRS) has issued the first ever recommendation of a diagnostic test kit for the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus 2019 for emergency use authorisation and/or import by CARICOM Member States during the current pandemic. 

CARPHA received medical supplies from the People’s Republic of China to help in the fight against COVID-19.