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Health, Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office, recently.
Health, Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office, recently.

Dengue Town Hall Meeting In Westmoreland January 30

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has planned a second town hall meeting for the parish of Westmoreland, on Thursday, January 30, as part of the Government’s dengue-eradication drive for the parish. The meeting will be held at the Bethel...
Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Councillor Michael Belnavis (left) and Councillor for the Exchange Division, Ian Isaacs, take part in the National Dengue Clean Up drive in St. Ann, from January 25 to 26.
Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Councillor Michael Belnavis (left) and Councillor for the Exchange Division, Ian Isaacs, take part in the National Dengue Clean Up drive in St. Ann, from January 25 to 26.

Positive Response To Dengue Clean Up Drive In St. Ann
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), is greeted by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), at the handover ceremony for 50 new vector-control vehicles, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in St. Andrew on January 27. Observing (from left) are Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams; and Dengue Project Manager, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Everton Baker.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), is greeted by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), at the handover ceremony for 50 new vector-control vehicles, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in St. Andrew on January 27. Observing (from left) are Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams; and Dengue Project Manager, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Everton Baker.

Health Ministry Acquires 60 Vehicles For Vector Control Programme
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, examine one of the newly acquired vector-control vehicles with mounted fogger, during the unveiling ceremony at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in St. Andrew on January 27. A total of 50 vehicles were unveiled at the function. The vehicles will be given to the four regional health authorities to enhance their fogging activities across the island.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, examine one of the newly acquired vector-control vehicles with mounted fogger, during the unveiling ceremony at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in St. Andrew on January 27. A total of 50 vehicles were unveiled at the function. The vehicles will be given to the four regional health authorities to enhance their fogging activities across the island.

Cabinet To Get Update On State Of Readiness For Coronavirus
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.

Foreign Ministry’s Update On Welfare Of The Jamaican Community In China

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, at a recent JIS Think Tank.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Jamaica On Alert For Coronavirus

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is on high alert for the coronavirus. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said that measures are being put in place to detect and combat the virus, which has already affected hundreds of people in sections of China, and other countries around the world. “We have issued a number of releases; we have...
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Staff of Southern Parks and Market (SPM) Waste Management Limited remove garbage from a section of the Bull Savannah community in St. Elizabeth as part of dengue clean-up activities on Saturday (January 25).
EnvironmentHealth & Wellness

St. Elizabeth Communities Cleared of Bulky Waste

Several communities in St. Elizabeth were cleared of bulky waste and other garbage on Saturday (Jan. 25). The initiative was part of the national dengue clean-up campaign aimed at controlling the spread of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which transmits the dengue virus. Clean-up activities took place in Junction, Bull Savannah, Tryall District, Comma Pen and Ballards Valley. Mayor of Black...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, (left), highlights the need to clear communities of bulky waste such as old cars, which can become breeding sites for the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which transmits the dengue virus. He was participating in activities under the national dengue clean-up exercise in the Grants Pen community in St. Andrew on Saturday (Jan. 25). Listening to the Prime Minister (from 2nd left) are: Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton; Chief Executive Officer of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, Robert Hill; and Medical Entomologist and Head of the National Vector Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Sherine Huntley Jones.
EnvironmentHealth & WellnessPrime Minister

PM Leads Dengue Clean-up in Grants Pen

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Saturday (Jan. 25), joined residents of Grants Pen in St. Andrew in searching for and destroying mosquito breeding sites in their community, under the national dengue clean-up campaign. The three-day exercise, which began on Friday (Jan. 24), is being undertaken in an effort to control the spread of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito,...
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The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, applies net to water drum in Grants Pen, St Andrew.
EnvironmentHealth & WellnessPrime Minister

Grange: Fight Against Mosquitoes Will Continue After 3-Day Clean Up

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has hailed volunteers across the island who are participating in the three-day national dengue clean up activity. Minister Grange was speaking at the New Day Primary and Junior High School in St Andrew where the Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, officially launched the clean up campaign...
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Students of Villa Road Primary School in Mandeville, Manchester, perform a dub poem titled: ‘Fight the fight and save a life. Mosquitoes wanted dead, not alive,’ to start dengue clean-up activities at the school on Friday (Jan. 24).
EnvironmentHealth & WellnessYouth

Students Make Dengue Clean-up Day Fun

Students and teachers of Villa Road Primary in Manchester injected some fun into the cleaning up of their school compound on Friday (Jan. 24), as the first day of the weekend-long National Dengue Clean-up exercise got underway. The day began with performances of songs and poems, including a dub poem composed by teacher Kerry-Ann Reid Brown titled: ‘Fight the fight...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right), applies larvicide to a small pool of water on the grounds of the St. Catherine High School on Friday (January 24) as part of the National Dengue Clean-up exercise. Observing are Principal of the school, Marlon Campbell (right), students, and vector-control workers.
Health & Wellness

Dr. Tufton Kicks Off Dengue Clean-Up At Two St. Catherine Schools

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, kicked off the National Dengue Clean-up exercise this morning (January 24) at St. Catherine High and Friendship Primary schools in St. Catherine. He was joined by vector-control workers in inspecting the grounds of the institutions to identify possible mosquito breeding sites. They poured larvicide in manholes and drains at Friendship...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange
Health & Wellness

Minister Grange All Set for Dengue Clean Up

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that she’s satisfied with the preparatory works for the three-day national dengue clean up which begins on Friday. Minister Grange — who is leading the coordination of the dengue clean up through the National Labour Day Secretariat — said: “The preparations have gone well and I...
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