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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 Engages Community Stakeholders in COVID-19 Fight

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is undertaking community consultations aimed at engaging stakeholders at the parish level in the process of heightening public awareness and adherence to the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection-prevention measures. The first in the series of meetings...
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking at a ground breaking and contract signing ceremony for the establishment of two additional field hospitals, held on September 25, at the Falmouth Public General Hospital in Trelawny.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking at a ground breaking and contract signing ceremony for the establishment of two additional field hospitals, held on September 25, at the Falmouth Public General Hospital in Trelawny.

Gov’t Deliberate in COVID-19 Strategy – Dr. Tufton
Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), hands out masks to members of the public during a distribution exercise in the Mandeville town centre on Wednesday (September 30). The activity was part of the Ministry’s ongoing public education campaign to engage with citizens across the island and distribute masks, sanitisers and educational materials on safety measures to reduce the risk of contracting and spreading the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), hands out masks to members of the public during a distribution exercise in the Mandeville town centre on Wednesday (September 30). The activity was part of the Ministry’s ongoing public education campaign to engage with citizens across the island and distribute masks, sanitisers and educational materials on safety measures to reduce the risk of contracting and spreading the coronavirus (COVID-19).

PHOTOS: Dr. Tufton Distributes Masks in Mandeville Town Centre
Principal, Penwood High School, Donna McLaren (left), tries out a bottle of hand sanitiser, while Caribbean Regional Director for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), Dr. Kevin Harvey, looks on. Occasion was a ceremony for the donation of book vouchers, hand sanitisers and face masks to benefit students of Penwood High and Cockburn Gardens Primary, at the AHF
Principal, Penwood High School, Donna McLaren (left), tries out a bottle of hand sanitiser, while Caribbean Regional Director for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), Dr. Kevin Harvey, looks on. Occasion was a ceremony for the donation of book vouchers, hand sanitisers and face masks to benefit students of Penwood High and Cockburn Gardens Primary, at the AHF's offices on Hagley Park Road,​ St. Andrew, on Wednesday (September 30).

AHF Donates Book Vouchers, Sanitisers and Face Masks to Two Schools
State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (left), along with United States Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Donald Tapia, signs the ‘Strengthening Access to and Delivery of Quality Public Health Services for Prevention, Care and Treatment of HIV, STIs, Addressing Diseases of Public Health Importance, and Advancing Global Health Security in Jamaica under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)’ Cooperation Agreement during a virtual ceremony on Thursday (October 1).
State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (left), along with United States Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Donald Tapia, signs the ‘Strengthening Access to and Delivery of Quality Public Health Services for Prevention, Care and Treatment of HIV, STIs, Addressing Diseases of Public Health Importance, and Advancing Global Health Security in Jamaica under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)’ Cooperation Agreement during a virtual ceremony on Thursday (October 1).

Gov’t Signs US$3.6M Cooperation Agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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