President, Caribbean Public Health Agency (26 Member Nations)

Dr. Lisa Indar, President of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), joins Cutting to the Case to discuss what it takes to protect public health across the Caribbean. We discuss coordinating health security across 26 member states, lessons from COVID-19, balancing tourism and disease control, climate change and emerging infectious diseases, hurricane response, One Health surveillance, and how the Caribbean can prepare for the next pandemic. Dr. Indar has more than two decades of experience in public health and has led major regional initiatives in disease surveillance, outbreak response, tourism and health, and health security. Topics include: • Public health across 26 Caribbean states • COVID-19 and pandemic preparedness • Tourism and infectious disease • Hurricanes and climate change • One Health and disease surveillance • Regional health security