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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

Students from Penwood High School and Cockburn Gardens Primary in St. Andrew have benefited from the donation of book vouchers valued at approximately $300,000 and locally made hand sanitisers and face masks, from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Jamaica. Caribbean...
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
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

COVID-19 Mental Health Response to Focus on the Elderly
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing Tesday
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing Tesday's (September​ 29) sitting of the House of Representatives at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.

$37-Million Welfare Programme for Health Workers
Acting Medical Officer of Health for St. Ann, Dr. Tamika Henry.
Acting Medical Officer of Health for St. Ann, Dr. Tamika Henry.

No Confirmed Cases of Dengue in St. Ann Since January

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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (left), is presented with a gift bag by Director for the Ministry’s Access to Information Unit, Damian Cox, during Monday’s (September 28) digital launch of the Government’s Records and Information Management (RIM) Programme Implementation for the third cohort of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) being targeted under the initiative. The Programme’s implementation is being led by the Jamaica Archives and Records Division (JARD), an agency of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, with support from the Cabinet Office.
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Updates on COVID-19 Consistent with UNESCO’s Position on Disclosure

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, says government updates on the coronavirus (COVID-19) are consistent with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) position on the disclosure of health-related information to the public. Speaking at the digital launch of the Cohort Three Records and Information Management (RIM) Programme Implementation and...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a virtual High-Level Meeting of Heads of State and Government on
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COVID-19 Pandemic Demands Sustainable Global Recovery Plan – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is calling for an extraordinary, inclusive and sustainable global management and recovery process for the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. He noted that the world needs a global plan as innovative, ambitious and impactful as the Marshall Plan was to Europe’s recovery after the devastation of World War II. “We must seize the opportunity this...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), addresses community health aides (CHAs) from the St. Ann Public Health Department, recently.
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CHAs Play a Key Role in COVID-19 Fight – Dr. Tufton

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Christopher Tufton, says community health aides (CHA) continue to play an integral role in the island’s fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Addressing a COVID-19 sensitisation press briefing at Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay, St. James on September 25, the Minister said that the CHAs are “by far, the most important people in...
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Acting Medical Officer of Health for St. Ann, Dr. Tamika Henry.
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St. Ann Residents Urged to Follow COVID-19 Protocols

Acting Medical Officer of Health for St. Ann, Dr. Tamika Henry, is imploring residents of the parish to keep themselves and others around them safe from the coronavirus (COVID-19) by following the protocols as stipulated by the Ministry of Health and Wellness. “We want persons to remember you can get COVID-19 anywhere. Right now, we are in the community spread...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), distributes masks to members of the public during a public education activity at Parade in downtown Kingston, on Monday (September 28). The exercise is part of the Ministry’s ongoing public education campaign to engage with citizens across the island and to hand out masks, sanitisers and educational materials on safety measures to reduce the risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Health Minister says Government Continues to Strengthen Prevention Measures

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Government continues to strengthen the infection prevention and control measures to reduce the rate of spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking to journalists during a public education activity on COVID-19 safety protocols at Parade in downtown Kingston on September 28, Dr. Tufton said although the virus is going through...
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