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Health Ministry Prioritises Food Labelling in Battle Against NCDs

With prevailing concerns over obesity as a modifiable risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes, the Ministry of Health & Wellness is prioritising progress on food labelling in the work of its National Food Industry Task Force. Minister...
Poison Information Coordinator at the Caribbean Poison Information Centre, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh.
Poison Information Coordinator at the Caribbean Poison Information Centre, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh.

CARPIN Encouraged by Government’s Action to Prevent Paint With Lead From Entering the Island
Medical Officer of Health for Trelawny, Dr. Diahann Dale, speaking recently at a Parish Management and Vector Control meeting at the Falmouth Hospital.
Medical Officer of Health for Trelawny, Dr. Diahann Dale, speaking recently at a Parish Management and Vector Control meeting at the Falmouth Hospital.

Trelawny Health Department Tackling Dengue
State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (left), in conversation with Records Clerk, the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS), Gregory McHargh (right), at a blood drive organised by the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS), in partnership with Massy United Insurance Limited, on Friday (November 6), at Pan Jam Investment Limited courtyard, in Kingston. Also at the event are Acting Director, National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS), Dr. Alisha Tucker (second left); and Branch Manager, Jamaica, Massy United Insurance Limited, Winsome Gibbs.
State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (left), in conversation with Records Clerk, the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS), Gregory McHargh (right), at a blood drive organised by the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS), in partnership with Massy United Insurance Limited, on Friday (November 6), at Pan Jam Investment Limited courtyard, in Kingston. Also at the event are Acting Director, National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS), Dr. Alisha Tucker (second left); and Branch Manager, Jamaica, Massy United Insurance Limited, Winsome Gibbs.

State Minister Calls On Jamaicans To Support The NBTS
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the Ministry
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the Ministry's weekly virtual COVID-19 Conversations press briefing on Thursday (November​ 5).

59 COVID-19 Recoveries At Cornwall Courts

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Coronavirus

Jamaicans Must Exercise Greater Vigilance As Christmas Season Approaches

As the Christmas period approaches, persons are being advised to exercise even greater vigilance in limiting their exposure to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and preventing further spread. This advice comes from Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, who noted that while the country is currently seeing a trending down in the number of positive COVID-19 cases, “we still have to...
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Health & Wellness

Health Ministry To Introduce Point-Of-Care Testing For Diabetes

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has informed that the Ministry will be working on increasing access to testing for diabetes, through the introduction of point-of-care testing. “This methodology of testing is the gold standard for monitoring and controlling diabetes,” the Minister said. He was speaking at a virtual panel discussion, today (November 6), to kick-start...
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