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Behaviour Change Communication Coordinator at the National Family Planning Board, Marion Waysome-McIntyre, addresses JIS ‘ Think Tank’.
Behaviour Change Communication Coordinator at the National Family Planning Board, Marion Waysome-McIntyre, addresses JIS ‘ Think Tank’.

NFPB Confident Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Programme Will Meet Objective

The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) is expressing confidence that its Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Programme will meet its objective. The project is aimed at preventing pregnancy, especially second pregnancies, in adolescent girls. Speaking at a recent...
Director of Family Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Melody Ennis
Director of Family Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Melody Ennis

Health Ministry Trains Critical Personnel In Preparation For COVID-19 Vaccine
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), examines syringes being stored at the Ministry’s storage warehouse on Shalimar Avenue in Kingston, in preparation for the distribution of vaccines that are to come in the island to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Looking on is Acting Stores Manager, Dwayne Linton. The Minister visited the site on February 24.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), examines syringes being stored at the Ministry’s storage warehouse on Shalimar Avenue in Kingston, in preparation for the distribution of vaccines that are to come in the island to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Looking on is Acting Stores Manager, Dwayne Linton. The Minister visited the site on February 24.

PHOTOS: Health Minister, Dr. Tufton At Ministry’s Warehouse
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), examines the Medi Tray cold insulation packs that will preserve coronavirus (COVID-19) at the warehouse of the National Health Fund (NHF) in Kingston, on Wednesday (February 24). With the Minister is Senior Director, Pharmacy Services Delivery, NHF, Keron Mais.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), examines the Medi Tray cold insulation packs that will preserve coronavirus (COVID-19) at the warehouse of the National Health Fund (NHF) in Kingston, on Wednesday (February 24). With the Minister is Senior Director, Pharmacy Services Delivery, NHF, Keron Mais.

PHOTOS: Health Minister At National Health Fund Warehouse
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)

Vaccines Distributed Through COVAX Are Safe And Effective – PAHO Head

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Donation of incubator to the Victoria Jubilee Hospital Neonatal Unit
Health & Wellness

Jamaica Stock Exchange Donates Incubator to Victoria Jubilee Hospital

As part of its 50th Anniversary celebrations, the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) held a 5K Fun Run/Walk dubbed, ‘Welcome to Kingston 5k Fun Run/Walk’, which raised funds to purchase two (2) incubators for the Kingston Public Victoria Jubilee Neonatal Care Unit and the University Hospital of the West Indies Neonatal Unit. This was in response to the great and ongoing...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the virtual COVID Conversations press briefing on February 23.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Compliance With COVID-19 Protocols Essential – Dr. Tufton

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that compliance with the provisions under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) is “absolutely essential” in reducing the transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19) These include physical distancing, staying at home, avoiding crowded situations, frequently washing and sanitising hands and surfaces, wearing masks, obeying the quarantine rules, among other measures....
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Health & Wellness

Joint Select Tobacco Control Committee holds First Meeting

The first Joint Select Committee Meeting on the Tobacco Control Act, 2020 was convened on Wednesday, February 24 by Health and Wellness Minister Dr the Hon. Christopher Tufton. The 12-member committee, with representation from houses of the parliament, is to review the Bill that was tabled on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 in the House of Representatives. The committee will also...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Hon. Christopher Tufton addresses Tuesday
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

$48.7 Million Reallocated To Hire Additional Health Staff

The Government has reallocated $48.7 million of the funds budgeted for the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine risk mitigation programme to hire additional health staff and improve conditions for workers. Speaking at a COVID Conversations press conference on Tuesday (February 23), Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said that the adjustments were made in light of public concerns regarding...
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CabinetHealth & Wellness

Cabinet Gives Approval For Contract To Procure Test Kits

Cabinet has given approval for the award of a contract for the procurement of 16,000 packs of SD Bioline Syphilis Test Kits and 1,000 packs of Oraquick HIV test kits in the amount of US$748,280, excluding General Consumption Tax (GCT), to Recharge Distributors Limited. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, during a virtual...
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