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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

Health Ministry Targets Young Blood Donors

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that this year, special attention will be placed on the role of young people in ensuring a safe blood supply through voluntary donation. “In Jamaica, we have long set...
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

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Director, National Laboratory Services, Dr. Michelle Hamilton (left) and Jamaica’s Top Blood Donor, Sonya Binns Lawrence, point to Mrs. Binns Lawrence’s name on the Blood Donors Honour List. Occasion was the World Blood Donor Day Donor Awards held at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) in Kingston on Monday (June 14).
Director, National Laboratory Services, Dr. Michelle Hamilton (left) and Jamaica’s Top Blood Donor, Sonya Binns Lawrence, point to Mrs. Binns Lawrence’s name on the Blood Donors Honour List. Occasion was the World Blood Donor Day Donor Awards held at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) in Kingston on Monday (June 14).

Young People Urged To Give Blood
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COVID-19 Update for Monday, June 14, 2021
Mobile Blood Pressure Machines at a handover ceremony, on Monday (June 14), at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, in New Kingston. They have been donated by the Rotary Club of St. Andrew North. The equipment will be distributed to 15 hospitals, including 13 in the rural areas.
Mobile Blood Pressure Machines at a handover ceremony, on Monday (June 14), at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, in New Kingston. They have been donated by the Rotary Club of St. Andrew North. The equipment will be distributed to 15 hospitals, including 13 in the rural areas.

Hospitals To Receive Mobile Blood Pressure Machines

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), displays the Vaccination CommCare Software on a tablet, at the official launch of the system on Monday (June 14), during a virtual ceremony. He is joined by Country Representative, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Mariko Kagoshima (centre), and Chairman of the Private Sector Vaccination Initiative (PSVI), Peter Melhado.
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COVID-19 Vaccination Software Launched

Public health officials now have faster and easier access to accurate data on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Jamaica through the full rollout of the COVID-19 Vaccination CommCare Software. The technology, which has already been introduced at hospitals, health centres and special vaccination centres across the island, provides the Health Ministry with information on vaccine doses and sites and enables...
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Jamaica’s Top Blood Donor, Sonya Binns Lawrence (left), knocks elbows with State Minister for Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (right) at the National Blood Transfusion Service on Slipe Pen Road in Kingston, on Monday (June 14). At centre is Director, National Laboratory Services, Dr. Michelle Hamilton.
Health & Wellness

National Blood Transfusion Service Honours Donors

As the nation recognised World Blood Donor Day today (June 14), the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) added two male blood donors, Mark Redwood and Franklin White, to its honour role of persons who have donated 50 units or more of blood. Annually, the facility recognises persons who have surpassed the goal of 50 units. Both men were awarded at...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), speaking at the COVID Conversations digital press conference held on Thursday (June 10). Seated beside him is Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie.
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COVID Measures Could Be Further Relaxed If Indicators Improve – MOH

The Minister of Health and Wellness has indicated that there could be further relaxing of the coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions if the vaccination rate increases and the COVID indicators improve. Speaking at the COVID Conversations digital press conference on Thursday (June 10), Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said it is “not anticipated that we are going to be living...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking at the COVID Conversations press conference held virtually on Thursday (June 10).
Health & Wellness

Special National Award For Front-Line Workers

The Government of Jamaica will be awarding front-line workers for their outstanding contribution to the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure during the COVID Conversations digital press conference held on Thursday (June 10). He said that those to be recognised not only include healthcare workers but also members of...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.
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PM Appeals For Greater Take-Up Of Vaccine By Educators

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is appealing for more teachers and school administrators to get the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in order to ensure that schools can return to face-to-face learning in short order. Speaking at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Virtual Town Hall on Friday (June 11), the Prime Minister said that the level of take-up...
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