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Senior Manager, Marketing and Business Development at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Nola Phillpotts-Brown, addresses a JIS Think Tank, on the activities for CPR Week, to be observed from October 25 to 31 under the theme
Senior Manager, Marketing and Business Development at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Nola Phillpotts-Brown, addresses a JIS Think Tank, on the activities for CPR Week, to be observed from October 25 to 31 under the theme 'Surviving with CPR’.

Incentives for Organisations that Send Employees to be Trained in CPR

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) is providing incentives for organisations to send employees to be trained in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) during CPR Week 2020. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Thursday (October 22), Senior Manager, Marketing and Business...
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)

PAHO Will Only Support Safe, Effective Vaccines
One of the many newly installed hand wash sinks at the St James Infirmary to help residents and staff members bolster efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
One of the many newly installed hand wash sinks at the St James Infirmary to help residents and staff members bolster efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

St. James Infirmary Fully Compliant With COVID-19 Protocols
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.

Minister McKenzie Investigating COVID-19 Cases at Vineyard Town Home
Director General at the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, addresses the institute’s virtual Quarterly Press briefing on October 21.
Director General at the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, addresses the institute’s virtual Quarterly Press briefing on October 21.

STATIN Cancels Survey of Living Conditions for 2020

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Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) Director General, Carol Coy, speaks during the entity’s quarterly briefing on Wednesday (October 21).
CoronavirusEconomic Growth & Infrastructure Development

COVID-19 Impacts Number of Employed Persons

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reporting a 10.8 per cent reduction in the number of employed persons as at July 2020, relative to the corresponding period last year. This decline in employment has been largely attributed by labour analysts to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on economic activity in Jamaica, which recorded its first confirmed case...
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Regional Vector Control Officer at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Ryan Morris.
Health & Wellness

WRHA Safeguards Well-Being of Vector-Control Workers

The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) says the region continues to adequately safeguard the well-being of vector-control workers as they work to destroy mosquito breeding sites, in the face of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In an interview with JIS News, Regional Vector Control Officer at the WRHA, Ryan Morris, informed that each worker is supplied with vital protective equipment to...
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CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Health, Local Gov’t Ministries Uncover COVID-19 Cluster in Senior Citizens’ Home

The Ministry of Health & Wellness, with the support of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, is conducting expedited testing for COVID-19 at the Golden Age Home in Vineyard Town, Kingston. This follows the discovery of a cluster of cases at the facility. The cluster was uncovered as part of the Health Ministry’s ongoing islandwide surveillance of senior...
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Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Westmoreland Health Department Countering COVID-19 Through Targeted Interventions

The Westmoreland Health Department is embarking on targeted interventions aimed at influencing behaviour change as part of the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Health Promotion and Education Officer, Gerald Miller, told JIS News that the move comes out of the recent findings of a Knowledge and Attitude Survey conducted among operators of public passenger vehicles (PPV). He said that the...
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