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Ministry of Health to Focus on Destigmatising Mental Illness

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Bellevue Hospital will be transformed into a destigmatised institution serving the society. Speaking recently at an appreciation ceremony for clients at the Winward Road Kingston facility, the minister...

Vaccination Sites Closed for New Year’s Weekend
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COVID-19 Update for Thursday, December 30, 2021
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), and President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Clifton Reader, showing off the COVID-19 home testing kits during a hand over ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on Thursday (December 30). The kits will be donated to workers in the tourism sector. Photo: Okoye Henry
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), and President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Clifton Reader, showing off the COVID-19 home testing kits during a hand over ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on Thursday (December 30). The kits will be donated to workers in the tourism sector. Photo: Okoye Henry

Tourism Workers To Get COVID-19 Home Testing Kits
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Clinical Management Summary for Wednesday, December 29, 2021

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Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (second left), in discussion with representatives of the latest unions/bargaining units signing the Heads of Agreement for the government’s 12-month four percent salary offer for April 2021 to March 2022, on behalf of civil servants. They are (from left): Union of Clerical, Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE) General Secretary John Levy; Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) President Dr. Mindi Fitz-Henley; Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) President Patsy Henry; and Jamaica Midwives Association (JMA) President Bobby-Joe Campbell. The signing took place the Ministry in Kingston on December 22. Photo: Yhomo Hutchinson
Finance & Public ServiceHealth & Wellness

Finance Minister Expresses Gratitude To Healthcare Workers

Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, has praised healthcare professionals who have been working on the frontline of the national coronavirus (COVID-19) response programme. Dr. Clarke highlighted the work of representatives of the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA), and Jamaica Midwives Association (JMA), in particular, to whom he expressed...
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Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), and Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Donneth Edmondson (right), are given a demonstration of the digitisation of Jamaica’s COVID-19 vaccination card system by Senior Network Administrator in the Ministry, Shawn Bolton, during the virtual launch on Thursday (December 23).
COVID-19 VaccinationHealth & Wellness

Digital Vaccination Card Officially Launched

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has launched the Digitisation of Jamaica’s COVID-19 Vaccination Card. The digital card will be made available on the Ministry’s www.moh.gov.jm website. It features a Quick Response (QR) code to enable the validation of the information on the card and of the person’s vaccination status. The digital card is accessible via a mobile phone or...
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