UWI Launches the Caribbean Institute for Health Research

The University of the West Indies on Thursday, February 9 officially unveiled the Caribbean Institute for Health Research (CAIHR) to the public at a special event held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. The Institute, which health professionals and policymakers were familiar with as the Tropical Medicine Research Institute (TMRI) at the University of the West Indies, was granted its name change on May 27, 2016, at a meeting of the University Finance and General Purposes Committee. The committee also approved CAIHR as the official acronym for the Institute.

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