CARPHA on Caribbean Health Policy The UWI and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) signed a five-year MOU formalising a partnership towards improved research and training on public health priorities affecting people in the region. It represented an important aspect of the 30 th Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM on February 26, 2019. The intention is to deepen the relationship between these two institutions, leading to a more efficient use of research evidence to inform clinical and health- related policy and practice in CARICOM. Since CARPHA’s inception in 2013, The UWI has been a partner on projects such as the region’s response to major public health threats like Zika, Chikungunya, Dengue and today’s COVID-19 pandemic; Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs); climate change and health; and the comprehensive Evidence Informed Decision Making Network (EvIDeNCe), a continuously updated repository for Caribbean health research and policy-related documents. Mexico Chair at The UWI Mona Through the MOU signed in May 2016 between The UWI and the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) , a Mexico Chair was created at The UWI Mona to strengthen cooperation in the fields of education and research in five subject areas: history; political sciences; arts or Mexican culture; and science and technology.
UWI-CARPHA MOU signing event during the 30th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting.
Under this MOU, the Mona Campus hosted visiting professor Dr. Ruben Olachea Perez during the academic year 2018/2019. Dr. Olachea was attached to the Department of History and the Department of Modern Languages in the Faculty of Humanities and Education in 2018 and completed a successful tenure. Reports of the success of that visiting professorship sparked great interest in other Latin American countries and their diplomatic missions
in Kingston explored with the Latin American Caribbean Centre Director, Ambassador Gillian Bristol, ways in which their countries might also facilitate a similar programme. Those discussions are still evolving as national economic and political issues have affected implementation. The Mexico Chair furthers the achievement of the goals of the UWI Strategic Plan as it relates to the internationalisation of The UWI and greater access through professor mobility, joint research and knowledge sharing.
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