CARPHA Announces Dr Lisa Indar as New Executive Director

By The Caribbean Public Health Agency

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has announced the appointment of Dr. Lisa Indar as the new Executive Director, effective February 1st, 2025. Dr. Indar previously held the position of Ad Interim Executive Director of CARPHA, from July 2024, having served in her substantive post of Director, Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control (SDPC) since 2019, as well as the Head of the Regional Tourism and Health Program (THP) since 2014. See photo of Dr Indar attached. 

During the recently held CARPHA staff retreat, Dr. Indar shared her vision for the Agency and unveiled the new strategic plan 2025-2030: “While communicable and non-communicable diseases and related public health threats continue to rise globally and regionally, I am proud to lead a team of dedicated professionals under our ‘Integrated , One Health Agency’ to implement 

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Caribbean-tailored interventions aligning to the uniqueness of our Caribbean region and delivering excellence in public health. Our greatest strengths are regional solidarity among our 26 Member States, our resilient, committed people and CARPHA’s Integrated Surveillance approach which combines human health to causation, including environmental and animal sources to combat a myriad of public health threats. 

As we look ahead at the next five years, we have ensured that CARPHA’s six priority areas are aligned with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. This will position the Agency to commit to a results-based management system to better serve our Member States, to boost the work, partnerships and relevance of CARPHA, while strengthening our capacity building efforts”. Please see video link here: https://youtu.be/CcfIyTsINvA

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