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Health Promotion and Education Officer for Westmoreland, Gerald Miller.
Health Promotion and Education Officer for Westmoreland, Gerald Miller.

Westmoreland Health Team Going into Communities to Provide Back-to-School Health Checks

The Westmoreland Health Department’s health team is going into communities to provide health checks for students for back-to-school. Health Promotion and Education Officer for the parish, Gerald Miller, told JIS News that the community-based medicals are in response to increased...
Custos of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin (right), and Regional Director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), St. Andrade Sinclair (left), tour sections of the Cornwall Regional Hospital redevelopment project in Montego Bay, St. James on Wednesday (July 24).
Custos of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin (right), and Regional Director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), St. Andrade Sinclair (left), tour sections of the Cornwall Regional Hospital redevelopment project in Montego Bay, St. James on Wednesday (July 24).

St. James Custos Impressed with Cornwall Regional Hospital Redevelopment
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the official reopening ceremony for the Jackson Town Health Centre in Trelawny, on July 24.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the official reopening ceremony for the Jackson Town Health Centre in Trelawny, on July 24.

Health Minister Commends Nurses and Community Health Aides
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (second right), and Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Jamaica, His Excellency Dr. Waleed bin Abdulrahman Alhamoudi (right), observe as a flight crew prepares conjoined twins, Azora and Azaria Elson, to board a Medevac airplane at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Sunday (July 27), ahead of their departure to Saudi Arabia to undergo life-changing separation surgery.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (second right), and Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Jamaica, His Excellency Dr. Waleed bin Abdulrahman Alhamoudi (right), observe as a flight crew prepares conjoined twins, Azora and Azaria Elson, to board a Medevac airplane at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Sunday (July 27), ahead of their departure to Saudi Arabia to undergo life-changing separation surgery.

Jamaican Conjoined Twins Depart for Saudi Arabia Ahead of Life-Changing Surgery
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the official reopening ceremony for the Jackson Town Health Centre in Trelawny on July 24.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the official reopening ceremony for the Jackson Town Health Centre in Trelawny on July 24.

Significant Upgrades at Falmouth Public General Hospital

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Health & Wellness

Parents Urged to Allow Children to Take HPV Vaccine

Health Education and Promotion Officer for Westmoreland, Gerald Miller, is calling on parents to take full advantage of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine during school medicals, noting its critical role in cancer prevention. In an interview with JIS News, Mr. Miller informed that the vaccine is offered to females between the ages of nine and 26 years and boys between...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the official reopening ceremony for the Jackson Town Health Centre in Trelawny, on Thursday (July 24).
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Handling of Covid-19 One of the Country’s Greatest Accomplishments – Health Minister

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says Jamaica’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic was one of the country’s greatest accomplishments in recent times. “We did a phenomenal job,” the Minister said, as he addressed the official reopening ceremony for the Jackson Town Health Centre in Trelawny, on Thursday (July 24). Dr. Tufton said the country’s response...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the official reopening of the Jackson Town Health Centre in Trelawny, on Thursday (July 24).
Health & Wellness

Minister Calls on Jamaicans to Take Personal Responsibility for Their Health

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is calling on Jamaicans to take personal responsibility for their health by practising healthier lifestyles as the country continues to shift its focus towards prevention and wellness. “A lot of our afflictions and illnesses are caused by the decisions that we make. The salts, the sugars, the fats, the tobacco,...
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Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right), is joined by (from left) Consultant Dental Surgeon at the St. Ann Health Department, Dr. Yadrian Fernandez Ayala; Parish Manager at the St. Catherine Health Department, Abdon Campbell; European Union (EU) Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Dr. Erja Askola; and Regional Dental Surgeon at the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Dr. Shanelle Dempster-Peart, as they display handheld obstetric ultrasounds devices during the handover of 20 pieces of critical diagnostic imaging equipment at the St. Ann Health Department in St. Ann on Thursday (July 24).
Health & Wellness

Health Ministry Hands Over $69 Million in Diagnostic Imaging Equipment to Five Health Centres

Residents served by five rural health centres across three health regions are slated to benefit from the donation of 20 pieces of critical diagnostic imaging equipment valued at approximately $69 million. The facilities are St. Ann’s Bay, St. Ann, in the North-East Regional Health Authority (NERHA); Greater Portmore and St. Jago Park in St. Catherine, South East Regional Health Authority...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the reopening ceremony for the Jackson Town Health Centre in Trelawny, on Thursday ( July 24).
DevelopmentHealth & Wellness

Jackson Town Residents Get Upgraded Health Centre

Residents of Jackson Town in Trelawny now have access to improved primary healthcare services, following the reopening of the upgraded health centre on July 24. The Jackson Town Health Centre was renovated at a cost of more than $23 million under the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Operation Refresh programme. Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr....
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Staff of the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) and representatives of charitable organisation Masonic Homes look at surgical equipment donated to the hospital by the charity, which were handed over at the institution’s downtown Kingston location on Wednesday (July 23). From left are Chairman of the Masonic Homes, Donald Reynolds and Treasurer, Warren McDonald; Acting Ward Manager at VJH, Shannon Bowen; Medical Officer, Dr. Shane McNeil; Director of Nursing Services, Elise Fairweather Blackwood; Acting Chief Executive Officer, VJH; Kathleen Cooper-Brown; and Deputy Director of Nursing Services, Candice Thompson.
Health & Wellness

Victoria Jubilee Hospital Receives Donation of Surgical Equipment

The Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) has received a donation of surgical equipment valued at $2 million from charitable organisation Masonic Homes. The items, sourced through local firm EGK Distributors Limited, include a 148-piece hysterectomy set and tools used in labour and delivery and to monitor the mother and newborn. They will strengthen the hospital’s surgical capacity and enhance the quality...
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Member of Parliament for St. Catherine West Central, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the recent official opening of the Green Acres Police Station in the parish.
Health & Wellness

Infrastructure Improvements Coming for Green Acres

Infrastructure improvements are coming for Green Acres in St. Catherine, including the widening of Johnson Pen main road and upgrading of the draining system. Minister of Health and Wellness, and Member of Parliament for St. Catherine West Central, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure at the recent opening of the Green Acres Police Station. “A study has been...
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