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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing the Ministry’s weekly virtual press conference on Thursday (Sept. 24).

Health Ministry Using Science to Support COVID-19 Response

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is employing a scientific approach to support its response to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Portfolio Minster, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said that the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has been engaged to undertake a...

Director of Tourism, Donovan White speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank.

Photo and Jingle Competitions for Tourism Awareness Week

Health Ministry Has Spent $4 Billion in COVID-19 Fight

The coronavirus (COVID-19) field hospital donated by the United States (US) Government, which is located at the National Chest Hospital in St. Andrew

Jamaica Gets $105-Million Field Hospital

State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (second right), observes as Medical Officer in the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) Neonatal High Dependency Unit Nursery, Dr. Ella Britton-Aiken (second left), adjusts a blanket for a young patient. The State Minister visited the nursery during a tour of the VJH in Kingston on Friday (September 25). Also pictured are Director of Nursing Services, Victoria Jubilee Hospital, Elise Fairweather Blackwood (third left); Director, Health Services Planning and Integration, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Naydene Williams (fourth left); and Regional Director, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Maureen Golding.

State Minister Cuthbert Flynn Commits to Improving Maternal Healthcare

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (third left), breaks ground for the construction of a field hospital at the Falmouth Public General Hospital in Trelawny, on Friday, September 25. He is joined by (from left): Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Colin Gager; Managing Director of Rogers Land Development Limited, Richard Rogers; and Custos Rotulorum for Trelawny, Paul Muschett. Observing is Director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Errol Greene.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Minister Signs Contracts for Two Additional Field Hospitals

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, on Friday (September 25), broke ground and signed contracts for the establishment of two additional field hospitals, in response to the treatment and hospitalisation of COVID-19 patients. One of the hospitals will be constructed at the Falmouth Public General Hospital in Trelawny and the other at the St. Joseph's Hospital...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), greets Chairman of the National Council for Senior Citizens, Dorothy Findlayson (left), at the media launch of Senior Citizens

6 years ago Community

Jamaicans Encouraged to Shower Love on Elders September 27

Jamaicans are being encouraged to shower elders with love and appreciation on Sunday (September 27), observed as National Grandparents’ Day, as the country kick-starts this year's activities for Senior Citizens’ Week. The week, which is being observed under the theme ‘Advancing the health and well-being of older people amid COVID-19', was launched on Friday (September 25) at the office of the...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), makes a point during a JIS

6 years ago JIS Think TankTourism

Virtual Church Service to Begin Tourism Awareness Week

Tourism Awareness Week will begin on Sunday, September 27, with a virtual church service, beginning at 9:00 a.m. The service will be held at Trumpet Call Ministries International, in Montego Bay, and streamed live via the Ministry of Tourism’s Youtube and Facebook pages. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s head office in Kingston, on September 22, Director...

Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Jamaica, O’Neil Lawrence.

6 years ago Culture

National Gallery’s Last Sundays to feature ‘Jamaica, Jamaica’ exhibition

The National Gallery of Jamaica’s (NGJ) virtual ‘Last Sundays’ continues on September 27 with an exhibition, titled ‘Jamaica, Jamaica: How Jamaican Music conquered the World’. The online event will begin at 1:30 p.m. and will feature performances by musical artiste and student of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Victoria “Tori Love” Taffe. The public can...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing a digital press briefing on September 24.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Protect high-risk groups – CMO

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, is again imploring Jamaicans to protect the nation’s high-risk population by taking all precautions to prevent them from contracting the coronavirus (COVID-19). These include the elderly and persons with co-morbid conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension, who are more likely to develop more severe illness from COVID-19. “[It is] very important that you...

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

PAHO will support members to monitor safety of COVID-19 vaccine – Director

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says the entity will support member countries to monitor the effectiveness and safety of a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine when one is approved. Speaking during PAHO’s COVID-19 digital briefing on Wednesday (September 23), Dr. Etienne, who noted that nearly 200 vaccine candidates are being studied, expressed the hope that “one or more...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Contact tracing has not ceased – Dr. Tufton

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that contact tracing remains a critical part of the Ministry’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. He said that the process has not ceased amid the community transmission phase of the virus. “Contrary to reports… that contact tracing has ceased, that we no longer do contact tracing, we are...