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President of the Nurses Association of Jamaica, Carmen Johnson (right), in conversation with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Bernadette Theodore-Gandi (second left), at the launch of the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, on January 31, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston. Others (from left) are: President of the Jamaica Midwives Association of Jamaica, Aseta Edwards Hamilton and Chief Nursing Officer in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Patricia Ingram-Martin.
President of the Nurses Association of Jamaica, Carmen Johnson (right), in conversation with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Bernadette Theodore-Gandi (second left), at the launch of the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, on January 31, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston. Others (from left) are: President of the Jamaica Midwives Association of Jamaica, Aseta Edwards Hamilton and Chief Nursing Officer in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Patricia Ingram-Martin.

Health Ministry Commended For Global Initiative To Recognise Nurses And Midwives

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has been lauded for spearheading the drive for 2020 to be declared the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Bernadette...
The Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) received new surgical equipment, which includes a Self-Retaining Surgical Retractor valued at US$9,687, which will be used in open abdominal surgeries, from the Guardian Group Foundation, on Thursday (January 30). Here, Head of the Department of Surgery, KPH, Dr. Lindberg Simpson, holds one of the new surgical equipment donated to the hospital by the Foundation. Sharing in the moment are (from left) Vice President, Legal, Compliance, Risk & Corporate Affairs & Communications, Guardian Life, Claudette Ashman; Senior Medical Officer, KPH, Dr. Natalie Whylie; Chairman, Guardian Group Foundation, Gladstone Lewars; Acting Chief Executive Officer, KPH, Kathleen Cooper Brown; and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, KPH, Diane McIsaacs. The equipment was purchased from funds raised during the 2019 Guardian Group’s ‘Keep It Alive’ 5K Run/Walk.
The Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) received new surgical equipment, which includes a Self-Retaining Surgical Retractor valued at US$9,687, which will be used in open abdominal surgeries, from the Guardian Group Foundation, on Thursday (January 30). Here, Head of the Department of Surgery, KPH, Dr. Lindberg Simpson, holds one of the new surgical equipment donated to the hospital by the Foundation. Sharing in the moment are (from left) Vice President, Legal, Compliance, Risk & Corporate Affairs & Communications, Guardian Life, Claudette Ashman; Senior Medical Officer, KPH, Dr. Natalie Whylie; Chairman, Guardian Group Foundation, Gladstone Lewars; Acting Chief Executive Officer, KPH, Kathleen Cooper Brown; and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, KPH, Diane McIsaacs. The equipment was purchased from funds raised during the 2019 Guardian Group’s ‘Keep It Alive’ 5K Run/Walk.

PHOTO: KPH Gets New Surgical Equipment
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks at a press conference, held at the North East Regional Health Authority Office in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on January 31.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks at a press conference, held at the North East Regional Health Authority Office in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on January 31.

Health Minister Announces Travel Restriction To And From China
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), tests a handheld thermal scanner on Public Health Nurse, Deborah Udo Udo, during a tour of the isolation unit at the Norman Manley International Airport on January 30.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), tests a handheld thermal scanner on Public Health Nurse, Deborah Udo Udo, during a tour of the isolation unit at the Norman Manley International Airport on January 30.

Jamaica Prepared To Handle Coronavirus
Executive Director at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Deborah Chen (centre), addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on January 29, to launch Heart Month, which will be observed during February under the theme ‘High Blood Pressure and the Untold Damage to Kidneys’. With Mrs. Chen are Consultant Cardiologist at the HFJ, Dr. Handel Emery (left), and Deputy Head of Medicine, Kingston Public Hospital, Dr. Davlyn Dewar.
Executive Director at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Deborah Chen (centre), addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on January 29, to launch Heart Month, which will be observed during February under the theme ‘High Blood Pressure and the Untold Damage to Kidneys’. With Mrs. Chen are Consultant Cardiologist at the HFJ, Dr. Handel Emery (left), and Deputy Head of Medicine, Kingston Public Hospital, Dr. Davlyn Dewar.

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Men Urged To Get Screened For Prostate Cancer

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is urging men over 40 to take advantage of free prostate cancer tests offered through the ‘Boss Man’ campaign. The first of a series of screenings under the initiative took place on Thursday (January 30), at the Morant Bay Health Centre in St. Thomas. Launched in September 2019, Boss Man...
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Acting Chief Public Health Inspector for St. James, Sherika Lewis, speaking at a dengue town hall meeting on Wednesday (January 29) at the Granville All-Age School in St. James.
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Dengue Town Hall In Granville

The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) on Wednesday (January 29) hosted the first in a series of dengue town hall meetings for St. James at the Granville All-Age School in the parish. The event was aimed at raising awareness among residents about the dengue virus and the need for them to remain vigilant in destroying breeding sites for the Aedes...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher (seated, centre), signs a contract valued at US$674,000 with Director, Project Planning and Management Limited, Borislav Stoyanov (seated right), to provide designs for the upgrade of 13 health facilities over the next 11 months under the Health Systems Strengthening Programm’. The signing ceremony took place at the Courtyard by Marriott in New Kingston on January 28, where the programme was officially launched. Others (from left) are Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Team Lead for the Health Systems Strengthening Programme, Ricardo Perez-Cuevas; Attaché Cooperation Section, European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Gabrio Marinozzi; Acting Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Karen Webster Kerr; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan.
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13 Health Facilities To Be Upgraded And Equipped

A total of 13 health facilities across the island are to be upgraded and equipped under a major programme being undertaken by the Government to strengthen healthcare delivery and combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The facilities are Spanish Town, St. Ann’s Bay and May Pen Hospitals; and Greater Portmore, Old Harbour, St. Jago Park, St. Ann’s Bay, Brown’s Town, Ocho Rios,...
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Executive Director of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Deborah Chen, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday (January 29), where she highlights the impact of hypertension on the kidneys. The HFJ is observing Heart Month in February under the theme
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Hypertension Leading Cause Of End-Stage Renal Failure

High blood pressure is the leading cause of end-stage renal failure in Jamaica. This was disclosed by Executive Director of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Deborah Chen, at a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday (January 29) as the entity prepares to observe Heart Month in February under the theme ‘High Blood Pressure, the Untold Damage to Kidneys’. “This year,...
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The 10 new pickup trucks acquired by the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) to enhance vector control. The units were handed over to parish managers at the Cornwall Regional Hospital
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WRHA Gets 10 More Vehicles For Vector Control

The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) has received 10 more vehicles to bolster the ongoing dengue eradication programme across the region. The new pickup trucks, which are equipped with fogging machines, are to serve the four parishes within the health region – St. James, Hanover, Trelawny and Westmoreland. WRHA Regional Director, Errol Greene, handed over the vehicles to parish managers...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right), speaks at Tuesday’s (January 28) media briefing at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston. Listening (from left) are Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Jamaica Country Representative, Dr. Bernadette Theodore-Gandi; Chief of Medical Staff, University Hospital of the West Indies, Dr. Carl Bruce; and Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Karen Webster Kerr.
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Persons Who Travel To And From China Encouraged To Get Assessed

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is encouraging persons who travelled to and from the People’s Republic of China within the last four weeks to make themselves available for assessments, to determine whether they have been exposed to the Coronavirus. “The Ministry has begun a process to track those individuals and we would ask those individuals,...
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