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Public Health Inspectors in attendance at the 73rd Annual Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors (JAPHI) Educational Conference opening ceremony, held at the Grand Palladium Resort in Hanover, on Tuesday (October 22).
Public Health Inspectors in attendance at the 73rd Annual Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors (JAPHI) Educational Conference opening ceremony, held at the Grand Palladium Resort in Hanover, on Tuesday (October 22).

Public Health Inspectors Encouraged To Take Care Of Themselves

Director of the Environmental Health Unit in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Everton Baker, is encouraging public health inspectors to safeguard their well-being, even as they perform their duties. “Let me remind you that while we strive to safeguard...
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), tests one of the new hospital reclining chairs that will soon be distributed to hospitals across the island, on Tuesday (October 22) at the Ministry’s warehouse, in Kingston. At left is Senior Medical Representative, Jamaica Hospital Supplies, Tanya March.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), tests one of the new hospital reclining chairs that will soon be distributed to hospitals across the island, on Tuesday (October 22) at the Ministry’s warehouse, in Kingston. At left is Senior Medical Representative, Jamaica Hospital Supplies, Tanya March.

Reclining Chairs For Hospitals
Executive Director, Jamaica Cancer Society, Yulit Gordon (centre); and Shirley Taylor (right), listen to Promoter, Cari-Med Limited, Brittany Gowie, as she speaks about one of her company’s products, at the Jamaica Cancer Society, in Kingston, on Friday (October 18), which was globally recognised as World Mammography Day. The Jamaica Cancer Society, in partnership with the National Health Fund, Black Ink Marketing, Lasco Curves and the Jamaica Football Federation, gave 160 free mammogram tests to women on that day.
Executive Director, Jamaica Cancer Society, Yulit Gordon (centre); and Shirley Taylor (right), listen to Promoter, Cari-Med Limited, Brittany Gowie, as she speaks about one of her company’s products, at the Jamaica Cancer Society, in Kingston, on Friday (October 18), which was globally recognised as World Mammography Day. The Jamaica Cancer Society, in partnership with the National Health Fund, Black Ink Marketing, Lasco Curves and the Jamaica Football Federation, gave 160 free mammogram tests to women on that day.

PHOTOS: World Mammography Day
Residents of St. James visit booths during Saturday’s (October 19) oral health workshop in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay,.
Residents of St. James visit booths during Saturday’s (October 19) oral health workshop in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay,.

Residents of St. James Benefit from Free Dental Services
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), breaks ground for Cari-Med Group Limited’s new multibillion-dollar distribution centre in Bernard Lodge, St. Catherine, on Wednesday (October 16). Also participating (from left) are Member of Parliament for South St. Catherine, where the facility will be located, Fitz Jackson; Marva Christian, wife of Dr. Glen Christian (second right), who is Cari-Med’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman; and Director of TankWeld Limited, which will construct the centre, Louis Aiken.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), breaks ground for Cari-Med Group Limited’s new multibillion-dollar distribution centre in Bernard Lodge, St. Catherine, on Wednesday (October 16). Also participating (from left) are Member of Parliament for South St. Catherine, where the facility will be located, Fitz Jackson; Marva Christian, wife of Dr. Glen Christian (second right), who is Cari-Med’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman; and Director of TankWeld Limited, which will construct the centre, Louis Aiken.

Cari-Med Building $6-Billion Distribution Centre In St. Catherine

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Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), converses with Chief of the National Infection Prevention Control Programme in Chile
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Training Centre For Infection Prevention And Control To Be Established

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is to establish a Best Practice Training Centre for Infection Prevention and Control (IPC). The setting up of the centre is part of a raft of measures to be undertaken over the next two years with support from the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) to strengthen the country’s IPC strategy. PAHO/WHO will...
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Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre) and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) representative to Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, Dr. Bernadette Theodore-Gandi (right), peruse documents at the opening ceremony of the National Strategic Workshop for Infection Prevention and Control on Tuesday (October 15), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston. Looking on is Chief of the National Infection Prevention Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Chile, Dr. Fernando Otaiza. The two-day workshop concludes October 16.
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Gov’t Crafting Infection Prevention And Control Strategy

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is working to develop a National Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) strategy as part of a comprehensive approach to strengthening healthcare safety and quality and improving health outcomes. Key personnel from the Ministry, the regional health authorities and members of hospital IPC teams, are participating in a two-day National Strategic Workshop for Infection Prevention...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), is greeted by Board Chairman, Bellevue Hospital, David Wan, upon his arrival at the hospital’s location in downtown Kingston on Thursday (October 10), to participate in the launch of the Ministry’s ‘Speak Up, Speak Now’ mental health campaign.
Health & Wellness

Ministry Launches Campaign To End Mental Health Stigma

In a bid to end mental health stigma, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has launched a new campaign that provides a platform from which people can share their stories of mental illness. The campaign, dubbed ‘Speak Up, Speak Now’, was launched by portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, during a ceremony at the Bellevue Hospital in downtown Kingston,...
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Medical Officer of Health at the St. Elizabeth Health Services, Dr. Tonia Dawkins-Beharie, speaks at the monthly meeting of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation in Black River, on Thursday, October 10.
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St. Elizabeth Gets More Vector Control Workers

More than 100 temporary vector-control workers have been engaged in St. Elizabeth to continue the fight against mosquito-borne diseases in the parish. Speaking at the monthly meeting of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation in Black River on October 10, Medical Officer of Health at the St. Elizabeth Health Services, Dr. Tonia Dawkins-Beharie, said the temporary workers, in addition to permanent...
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Head of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Secretariat, Dr. Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva (seated sixth left) and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (seventh left), with delegates at the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Multisectoral Workshop to Promote the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort, Montego Bay, St. James, on October 8.
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Head Of FCTC Secretariat Highlights Importance Of Eliminating Illicit Trade In Tobacco Products

Head of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Secretariat, Dr. Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, says the move to eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products (the Protocol) was a milestone in the history of tobacco control and public health. Calling it the first legally binding instrument adopted under the World Health Organization (WHO) FCTC, Dr. da Costa e...
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