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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, emphasises a point during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the Agency’s Head Office in Kingston on Tuesday (January 21).
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, emphasises a point during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the Agency’s Head Office in Kingston on Tuesday (January 21).

Persons Urged To Take Long-Term Responsibility For Curtailing Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is urging Jamaicans to treat the three-day national dengue cleanup exercise, which gets under way on Friday (January 24), as one step in their approach to eradicating mosquitoes transmitting this and...
Executive Director of the Health for Life and Wellness Foundation in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Courtney Cephas (right), looks at one of the 14 Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BPAP) machines donated to 12 hospitals by the Jamaicans Abroad Helping Jamaicans at Home (JAHJAH) Foundation, while Chief Executive Officer of the JAHJAH, Dr. Trevor Dixon (second right), points out the features. Occasion was the presentation ceremony at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (January 21). Others pictured (from left) are Accident and Emergency Consultant at the Kingston Public Hospital, Dr. Hugh Wong; and Assistant Director of Nursing at the United States (US)-based Montefiore Medical Centre, Coleen Robinson-Cobblah.
Executive Director of the Health for Life and Wellness Foundation in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Courtney Cephas (right), looks at one of the 14 Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BPAP) machines donated to 12 hospitals by the Jamaicans Abroad Helping Jamaicans at Home (JAHJAH) Foundation, while Chief Executive Officer of the JAHJAH, Dr. Trevor Dixon (second right), points out the features. Occasion was the presentation ceremony at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (January 21). Others pictured (from left) are Accident and Emergency Consultant at the Kingston Public Hospital, Dr. Hugh Wong; and Assistant Director of Nursing at the United States (US)-based Montefiore Medical Centre, Coleen Robinson-Cobblah.

Diaspora Group Donates Breathing Machines To 12 Hospitals
Kedine Matthews Smith reads to her now 10-month-old son, Jonathan, who was diagnosed with dengue fever at six months old.
Kedine Matthews Smith reads to her now 10-month-old son, Jonathan, who was diagnosed with dengue fever at six months old.

Mother Implores Parents To Take Dengue Seriously
Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis.
Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis.

Decline In Dengue Cases In St. James
Regional Vector Control Officer at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Ryan Morris, speaking in an interview with JIS News.
Regional Vector Control Officer at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Ryan Morris, speaking in an interview with JIS News.

Citizens In Western Parishes Urged To Participate In Dengue Cleanup

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President of the Jamaica United Relief Association (JURA), Bruce Palmer (right); Chief Executive Officer of Kingston Public Hospital and Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) Kathleen Cooper-Brown (centre) and Director of Nursing Services at VJH, Elise Fairweather Blackwood, test the DVT (deep vein thrombosis) pump during a handover ceremony at the VJH in downtown Kingston, on January 20. In the background (from left) are Senior Medical Officer at VJH, Dr. Garth McDonald; and Consultant, Neonatal Care Unit, VJH, Dr. Yanique Brown.
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Victoria Jubilee Hospital Gets Equipment And Supplies

The Victoria Jubilee Hospital has received medical equipment and supplies valued at US$20,000 from United States-based charity, the Jamaica United Relief Association (JURA), to improve its neonatal services. The equipment and supplies, which have already been put into use by the hospital, include a ventilator, DVT (deep vein thrombosis) pumps, pneumatic cuff, eyesheets, stirrups and larascope. Chairman of the Kingston...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (Right), and Founder of the Caribbean Action Network Foundation Initiative (CANFI) and New York based attorney-at-law, Mrs. Sandra Smith, sharing in a light moment at the adoption ceremony for the Little London Health Centre in Westmoreland, on January 15.
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Little London Health Centre To Benefit From Adopt-A-Clinic Initiative

The Little London Health Centre in Westmoreland, has become the latest facility, to be adopted under the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Adopt-a-Clinic Initiative. The Health Centre has been adopted by the Caribbean Action Network Foundation Initiative (CANFI), whose founder, New York-based attorney, Sandra Smith, is a native of Westmoreland and a past student of Manning’s High School. The clinic...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right), in conversation with Chairman, Canopy Insurance, Senator Don Wehby (second left), at the official launch of Canopy Insurance at The Gardens of The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on January 16. Others (from left) are Member of Canopy’s Board, Paul Scott; and Managing Director, Canopy Insurance, Sean Scott.
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Health Ministry To Roll Out Wellness Agenda Soon

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Ministry is to roll out its wellness agenda soon. “It includes a ‘Better For You’ menu in restaurants. So, when you go to a restaurant you have items on the menu that you can choose from, based on what is classified as being healthier in terms of the...
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500,000 Premises In Western Region Inspected For Mosquito Breeding Sites

Regional Vector Control Officer at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Ryan Morris, says more than 500,000 premises have been inspected for mosquito breeding sites in the health region since the July 1 activation of the enhanced vector-control programme. In an interview with JIS News, Mr. Morris credits this success to the aggressive vector-control efforts by workers in Westmoreland, St....
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a ceremony for the adoption of the Little London Health Centre, in Westmoreland, on January 15.
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Health Minister Says Prevention Of Illnesses Must Be Primary Focus

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the primary focus in healthcare should be the prevention of illnesses. The Minister, who was speaking at an adoption ceremony for the Little London Health Centre in Westmoreland on January 15, said that this is particularly important,considering that more Jamaicans die from lifestyle diseases than from any other causes....
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), in discussion with Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (left) and Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, at yesterday’s (January 15) post-Cabinet press briefing, at Jamaica House.
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Plans Outlined For National Dengue Clean Up

Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange,has outlined plans for the National Dengue Clean-up drive, to be undertaken islandwide from January 24 to 26. Addressing a post-Cabinet press briefing on January 15 at Jamaica House, Miss Grange said that in keeping with the thrust of joined-up government, the National Labour Day Secretariat had been activated at the request of...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a post-Cabinet press briefing about the National Dengue Clean-up plan, at Jamaica House on January 15.
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Government Unveils Plan To Fight Dengue

The Government of Jamaica has unveiled a plan, dubbed the National Dengue Clean-up, to tackle the dengue outbreak that has been plaguing the country. The multi-agency clean-up effort, which will take place over a three-day period from January 24 to 26, was outlined at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on January 15. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr....
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