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Free Health Checks On World Lupus Day, May 10
The Lupus Foundation of Jamaica (LFJ) will stage a free health fair at Emancipation Park in St. Andrew on Tuesday (May 10), which will offer various medical checks to members of the public. The event is in observation of World...
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Discussions To Continue On Front-Of-Package Labelling
Discussions will continue this year regarding front of package labelling, says Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. The objective of front-of-package labelling is to provide the consuming public with information on the content of sodium/salt, fats, saturated fats, trans-fats, and sugar in pre-packaged foods, to assist persons in making healthy decisions and reduce the cases of...
Excelsior Community College Commended For Resilence During COVID-19
The Excelsior Community College is being hailed by Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, for its innovation and resilince in offering post-secondary-level training programmes during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. She noted that the institution has been “agile in finding creative ways to continue with the business of educating our children”. “You have persevered and not lost sight of...
Health Ministry Moves To Clear Backlog Of Elective Surgeries
An additional 1,000 surgeries will be conducted in the public health system over the next 10 months under a special initiative called ‘CODE CARE’. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said that the intervention is aimed at clearing the backlog of elective surgeries in many hospitals due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) priorities. “Since March 2020, many...
Committee To Consider Granting Prescriptive Rights To Advanced Nursing Practitioners
A Committee chaired by Professor Denise Eldemire-Shearer has been formed to consider the granting of prescriptive rights to advanced nursing practitioners. Other committee members include Professor Howard Spencer (Medical Council Registrar), Dr. Leila McWhinney-Dehaney (Nursing Council Chair), Dr. Eugennie Brown-Myrie (Pharmacy Council Chair), Heather McGrath (Family Nurse Practitioner), Patsy Edwards Henry (Nurses Association of Jamaica President) and Patricia Ingram-Martin (Chief...
Ministry Paper On Sustainable Financing For Healthcare System To Be Unveiled
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is to unveil a Ministry Paper on sustainable financing for the healthcare system, in the coming months. “This is a follow-on to the Green Paper on a National Health Insurance Plan that was tabled in 2019, which was not pursued as desired due to the priorities of COVID-19,” Dr. Tufton...