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Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)
Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)

Vaccine Supply To Improve Next Year – PAHO

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine supplies across the region are expected to improve in 2022. Speaking during PAHO’s COVID-19 digital media briefing on Wednesday (December 15), Dr. Etienne, who noted that global...
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Clinical Management Summary for Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (second left), accepts a donation of personal protective equipment from Head, Medicines Quality Control and Surveillance Department, Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Nicole Ennis (second right), during a handover ceremony held at the Ministry’s Emergency Operations Centre in New Kingston on Wednesday (December 15). Also sharing the moment (from left) are: Attaché, Cooperation Section, Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Belize, the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands, Gabrio Marinozzi and Chargé d’Affaires, European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Fredrik Ekfeldt. The equipment and kits include - 12,500 N95 respirators, 18,750 isolation gowns and 60 viral RNA test kits and were provided to the Ministry of Health and Wellness by partners, the European Union and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA).
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (second left), accepts a donation of personal protective equipment from Head, Medicines Quality Control and Surveillance Department, Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Nicole Ennis (second right), during a handover ceremony held at the Ministry’s Emergency Operations Centre in New Kingston on Wednesday (December 15). Also sharing the moment (from left) are: Attaché, Cooperation Section, Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Belize, the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands, Gabrio Marinozzi and Chargé d’Affaires, European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Fredrik Ekfeldt. The equipment and kits include - 12,500 N95 respirators, 18,750 isolation gowns and 60 viral RNA test kits and were provided to the Ministry of Health and Wellness by partners, the European Union and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA).

Jamaica Receives PPEs And Testing Kits From EU And CARPHA
Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.
Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.

PAHO Director Says New Pharmaceuticals Being Developed To Fight COVID-19
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks in the House of Representatives, recently.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks in the House of Representatives, recently.

Restoration Works At Cornwall Regional Hospital Set For Completion Late 2022

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (2nd right), points to an image of the Greater Portmore Health Centre, in St. Catherine, which is slated for expansion under the Government’s multi-billion improvement project for the health sector. Occasion was a forum dubbed: ‘Open House and Exhibition for the Rehabilitation of Jamaica’s Public Health Facilities’, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston, recently. Observing (from left) are: Consultant Project Architect, Garfield Wood; State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, and Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.
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Greater Portmore Health Centre Among Several To Be Expanded

The Greater Portmore Health Centre, in St. Catherine, is among several facilities slated for major upgrading and expansion. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, who made the disclosure recently, said there is “an urgent need to add significant expansion” to the healthcare facility, given the large population in Portmore that it serves. “The new building will...
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St. Elizabeth’s Chief Public Health Inspector, Everod Lewis. (File Photo)
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St. Elizabeth Health Dept. Persistent In Fight To Curtail Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Chief Public Health Inspector for St. Elizabeth, Everod Lewis, says the parish’s public health department has been persistent in its fight to curtail mosquito-borne diseases, such as dengue. Addressing the monthly meeting of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation in Black River, on December 9, Mr. Lewis said the Aedes index is at 20.8 per cent, noting that the parish has...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the monthly meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation, in Savanna-la-Mar, on Thursday (December 9).
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COVID-19 Impacts Revenues Of Municipalities

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has informed that Municipalities have lost more than $2 billion in revenue from entertainment and advertising fees over the last 18 months, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister was speaking at a special meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on Thursday (December 9). “It is a...
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