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Chairperson for the Healthcare Workers Appreciation Committee, Professor the Most Hon. Dr. Denise Eldemire-Shearer, addresses a Thanksgiving Service to commemorate July as Healthcare Workers Appreciation Month, held on July 3 at the Boulevard Baptist Church, St. Andrew.
Chairperson for the Healthcare Workers Appreciation Committee, Professor the Most Hon. Dr. Denise Eldemire-Shearer, addresses a Thanksgiving Service to commemorate July as Healthcare Workers Appreciation Month, held on July 3 at the Boulevard Baptist Church, St. Andrew.

Special Thanks To Healthcare Workers

A call has been made for Jamaicans to show special gratitude to workers in the health sector during the month of July, which has been designated as Healthcare Workers Appreciation Month. Addressing a Thanksgiving Service to commemorate the Month on...
Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Councillor Sydney Stewart (right), cuts the ribbon to officially open the Bravo Dental and Medical Centre in St. Ann’s Bay, St. Ann recently. He is joined by husband-and wife-team, Drs. Alexandre Young (left) and Ruth-Ann Leveridge-Young, who operate the facility.
Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Councillor Sydney Stewart (right), cuts the ribbon to officially open the Bravo Dental and Medical Centre in St. Ann’s Bay, St. Ann recently. He is joined by husband-and wife-team, Drs. Alexandre Young (left) and Ruth-Ann Leveridge-Young, who operate the facility.

One-Stop Medical Centre Opens In St. Ann’s Bay
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (front, second left), and Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (front, left), shares a moment with healthcare workers, at a Thanksgiving Service to mark July as Healthcare Workers Appreciation Month, held on Sunday (July 3), at the Boulevard Baptist Church in Kingston.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (front, second left), and Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (front, left), shares a moment with healthcare workers, at a Thanksgiving Service to mark July as Healthcare Workers Appreciation Month, held on Sunday (July 3), at the Boulevard Baptist Church in Kingston.

Dr. Tufton Hails Healthcare Workers As Heroes
JIS1241: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dunstan Bryan, addresses the General Meeting of the Jamaica Association for Health Education and Promotion (JAHEP) held recently at Cardiff Hotel and Spa, Runaway Bay, St. Ann.
JIS1241: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dunstan Bryan, addresses the General Meeting of the Jamaica Association for Health Education and Promotion (JAHEP) held recently at Cardiff Hotel and Spa, Runaway Bay, St. Ann.

Health Education and Promotion Being Realigned
Winner in the Bustamante Hospital for Children poster competition, Shamara Chin (left), is presented with her trophy by Administrator at the hospital, Karlene Taylor-McKenzie (right), while mother of the student, Nina Brown (centre), shares in the occasion. The ceremony was at the hospital in St. Andrew on June 30.
Winner in the Bustamante Hospital for Children poster competition, Shamara Chin (left), is presented with her trophy by Administrator at the hospital, Karlene Taylor-McKenzie (right), while mother of the student, Nina Brown (centre), shares in the occasion. The ceremony was at the hospital in St. Andrew on June 30.

Bustamante Hospital Awards Children

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Director of the Business Development Division at the Jamaica Association for the Deaf, Deniese Badroe.
Health & Wellness

Hearing Healthcare Being Promoted By JADHS

The Jamaica Association for the Deaf Hearing Services (JADHS) Department is raising awareness about hearing healthcare and partnering with private and public-sector organisations to assess their staff at a reduced cost. Organisations are presently offered a group discount package based on the number of staff being tested. This is a special offer that ends September 2022. The World Health Organization...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth left), makes a point during a tour of the re-established University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Nuclear Medicine Division in Kingston on Thursday (June 30). Listening (from left) are Opposition Spokesman on Health, Dr. Morais Guy; Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Hua Liu; Chief Executive Officer of the UHWI, Kevin Allen; Medical Chief of Staff, UHWI, Dr. Carl Bruce; and Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry.
Health & Wellness

Reopened Nuclear Medicine Division Boasts State-Of-The Art-Diagnostic Equipment

The re-established Nuclear Medicine Division at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) has been retrofitted with state-of-the-art single-photon emission computed tomography – SPECT-computed tomography (CT), which will provide critical and advanced diagnostic capabilities for a range of disorders. SPECT-CT scan provides true 3-D information to analyse the functions of internal organs for early diagnosis and treatment of conditions...
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Director, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.
COVID-19 VaccinationHealth & Wellness

PAHO Members Administer 1.6 Billion Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is reporting that more than 1.6 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have, to date, been administered in member countries. PAHO Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says this has resulted in just over 69 per cent of the region’s population completing immunisation schedules. Speaking during PAHO’s digital COVID-19 media briefing on Wednesday (June 29), Dr. Etienne...
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Poison Information Coordinator, Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN), Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on Jamaica’s adoption of the International Standard for Lead Limit in Paint, on June 29.
Health & WellnessJIS Think Tank

CARPIN Welcomes Jamaica’s Adoption Of Global Standard For Lead Limit In Paint

The Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN) has welcomed Jamaica’s adoption of the International Standard for Lead Limit in Paint and other Surface Coatings. The enforcement of the JS 358:2022 Standard, which was adopted in June 2022, becomes effective on January 1, 2023. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on July 29, Poison Information Coordinator at CARPIN, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, said Jamaica...
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