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Past President of the Jamaica Association of Professionals in Nutrition and Dietetics (JAPINAD), Dr. Rosalee Brown (left), addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s regional office in Montego Bay, St. James on March 24.
Past President of the Jamaica Association of Professionals in Nutrition and Dietetics (JAPINAD), Dr. Rosalee Brown (left), addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s regional office in Montego Bay, St. James on March 24.

Jamaicans Urged To Practise Good Nutrition

Jamaicans are being urged to start making good nutritional choices to prevent comorbidities and chronic diseases, which remain the leading cause of death among Jamaicans. “We must be careful as to what we put in our bodies,” said Past President...
(FILS) Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, emphasises a point while speaking during a COVID Conversations digital press briefing on Thursday (January 6).
(FILS) Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, emphasises a point while speaking during a COVID Conversations digital press briefing on Thursday (January 6).

Withdrawal Of DRMA Not an End to COVID-19 – Dr. Tufton
Regional Dietician at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Rosalee Brown, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s regional office in Montego Bay, St. James, on March 24.
Regional Dietician at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Rosalee Brown, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s regional office in Montego Bay, St. James, on March 24.

Dietician Calls On Jamaicans To Reduce Salt Intake
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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Sunday, March 27, 2022
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), welcoming the new Chairman of the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) oversight committee Dr. Jeffery East (centre), and President of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry Janet Silvera, during a meeting at the Cornwall Regional Hospital
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), welcoming the new Chairman of the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) oversight committee Dr. Jeffery East (centre), and President of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry Janet Silvera, during a meeting at the Cornwall Regional Hospital's Freeport offices in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday, (March 25).

New Committee Appointed To Monitor Works At CRH

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Regional Dietitian at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) Dr. Rosalee Brown, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s regional office in Montego Bay, St. James on Thursday (March 24).
Health & Wellness

Nutritionists Are Working Illegally If Not Registered

Regional Dietitian at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Rosalee Brown, says that it is illegal for persons who are not registered with the Council of Professions Supplementary to Medicine, to work as nutritionists. Dr. Brown was addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s regional office in Montego Bay, St. James on Thursday (March 24)....
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), and Charge d’Affaires at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Jamaica, Baejin Lim (second right), listen as Director of Nursing Services, Bustamante Hospital for Children, Beverley Senior Berry (left), explains the functions of one of several pieces of medical equipment donated by the Korean Government to aid in the national COVID-19 response. The presentation was made at the hospital on Thursday (March 24). Also listening is the hospital’s Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Michelle-Ann Richards Dawson.
Health & Wellness

Over US$600K In Medical Supplies For Jamaica From Two Countries

Jamaica has received medical equipment, valued US$628,714.12, from the governments of the Republic of Korea and Canada, to bolster the national coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic response. Korea’s donation, valued US$500,000, includes 50 defibrillators, 50 electrocardiograph (ECG) and 100 physiological monitors, and COVID-19 testing apparatus. Canada provided critical care beds, ECG and blood pressure machines, laptops, video laryngoscopes, and privacy screens valued...
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Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie.
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Jamaicans Must Continue To Exercise Good IPC Practices – CMO

Jamaicans must continue to exercise good infection prevention and control (IPC) practices, as this will be important in preventing infectious diseases going forward. The charge comes from Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, who told JIS News that it is an adjustment that persons will have to make to protect themselves and their families as the world emerges from...
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