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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), addresses the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 1). Also pictured are State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (left), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan (right).
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), addresses the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 1). Also pictured are State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (left), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan (right).

Minister Promises Better Management Of Hospital Rehabilitation

The Government has boosted the project management capacity of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, where hospital rehabilitation works will now be managed with more efficiency. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, was addressing the works being carried out...
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Risk Factor Programme Development Officer in the NCD and Injury Prevention Unit in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Cathi-Ann Williams.
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Risk Factor Programme Development Officer in the NCD and Injury Prevention Unit in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Cathi-Ann Williams.

Colorectal Cancer Is The Focus For March
Community Health Aide from the Clarendon Health Department, Sharlene Carty (right) checks the blood pressure of Public Health Nurse from the Manchester Health Department, Shernett Kerr-Turner during the commemoration of World Cancer Day recently.
Community Health Aide from the Clarendon Health Department, Sharlene Carty (right) checks the blood pressure of Public Health Nurse from the Manchester Health Department, Shernett Kerr-Turner during the commemoration of World Cancer Day recently.

Healthcare Workers Provided With Free Cancer Screening & Education
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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Tuesday, March 1, 2022
State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (left), and United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/ Jamaica Country Representative, Jason Fraser (second left) applaud, as Director/Principal Investigator, Health Connect Jamaica Dr Geoffrey Barrow, displays the grant funding certificate the organisation was awarded as one of nine participants in the Private Sector COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Partnership. Under this arrangement, private sector entities have been provided with grants by USAID totalling US$600,000 to partner with the government to administer coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations to Jamaicans. The presentation was made during the partnership launch at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Friday (Feb. 25).
State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (left), and United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/ Jamaica Country Representative, Jason Fraser (second left) applaud, as Director/Principal Investigator, Health Connect Jamaica Dr Geoffrey Barrow, displays the grant funding certificate the organisation was awarded as one of nine participants in the Private Sector COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Partnership. Under this arrangement, private sector entities have been provided with grants by USAID totalling US$600,000 to partner with the government to administer coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations to Jamaicans. The presentation was made during the partnership launch at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Friday (Feb. 25).

US$600,000 For Public/Private Vaccine Partnership

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Member of Parliament for Southeast Clarendon, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (centre) examines a pack of gloves during the handing over of an assortment of medical items to the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA). The ceremony was held on Friday (February 25) at the National Health Fund (NHF) pharmaceutical warehouse in Kingston. Also pictured are Mayor of May Pen, Councillor, Winston Maragh (left) and Chief Executive Officer, National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson. The items were donated by international, non-profit organisation, Medgive Foundation to the SRHA through the NHF.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

More Than US$80,000 in Supplies for Public Health System

Medical items from international charity Medgive, valued at more than US$87,000, were on Friday (February 25) presented to the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) through the National Health Fund (NHF), The donated items include 80 Kentron lab coats, 24 assorted Nitrate gloves, 37 Ironwear coveralls, 19 Value Max lab coats, 16 non-medical face masks, 42 Joyson USA 1-14V391-BB mobility safety...
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St. James’ Parish Health, Promotion and Education Officer, Julian Grandison Mullings (right), and Human Resource Clerk at Holiday Inn Resort, Shantae Miller, demonstrate an elbow bump as an alternative to a handshake in keeping with COVID-19 safety protocols. This was during Tourism Product Development Company’s first in a series of sensitisation sessions to promote COVID-19 protocols and vaccination, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall on Friday (February 25).
COVID-19 VaccinationHealth & WellnessTourism

Vaccines Promoted At TPDCo Event

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCO) on Friday (February 25) kicked off a series of COVID-19 protocols and vaccination sensitisation sessions in Montego Bay, St. James. The event, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall and streamed as well, targeted local tourism stakeholders such as hotel staff, tour bus operators and craft traders. Participants were resensitised on...
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Paediatrician and Senior Registrar at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Andrew Burton, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, on a study conducted to determine the Epidemiology of Dermatological Diseases at a Jamaican Paediatric Hospital.
Health & Wellness

Study on Skin Diseases Presented at BHC Should be Useful – Paediatrician

The result of a study on dermatological conditions being presented at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC), in Kingston, could assist stakeholders to adequately diagnose, treat and prevent hospitalisation of children. Paediatrician and Senior Registrar at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Andrew Burton, who conducted the study, titled ‘The Epidemiology of Dermatological Diseases at a Jamaican Paediatric Hospital’, said...
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Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.
CoronavirusCOVID-19 VaccinationHealth & Wellness

More Than 21 Million Caribbean Residents Fully Vaccinated

More than 21 million of the nearly 700 million residents of the Americas who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19) are from the Caribbean, reports Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne. The region is home to more than 44 million people. Addressing PAHO’s weekly COVID-19 digital briefing on Wednesday (February 23), Dr. Etienne highlighted the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing a virtual press briefing on Tuesday (February 22).
CoronavirusEntertainmentLocal GovernmentPrime Minister

Government To Inform Country Of Measures To Reopen Entertainment Sector

The Government will inform the nation shortly on what measures will be put in place to facilitate the reopening of the entertainment sector. This was stated by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during a virtual press briefing held on February 22. He said that Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, will be coming shortly...
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