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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

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the country is in a state of readiness for the coronavirus. Following a tour of isolation facilities and equipment at the National Chest Hospital and the Norman Manley International Airport...

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.

Persons With Preventable Diseases Putting Pressure On Limited Dialysis Resources

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.

Dengue Town Hall In Granville

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.

13 Health Facilities To Be Upgraded And Equipped

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right), speaking during 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.

Travel Advisory For China Right Thing At This Time – Dr. Tufton

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,...

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...

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,...

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.

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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 Town Baptist Church, starting at 6:00 p.m., and will provide an opportunity for residents to pose questions about the mosquito-borne...

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.

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Positive Response To Dengue Clean Up Drive In St. Ann

Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Councillor Michael Belnavis, says he is pleased with the high level of attention being given to combatting the dengue outbreak, by residents and other stakeholders throughout St. Ann. Speaking to JIS News about the National Dengue Clean Up that lasted over two days from January 25 to 26 in several communities in St. Ann, Mr....

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.

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Health Ministry Acquires 60 Vehicles For Vector Control Programme

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has acquired an additional 60 vehicles for the National Vector Control Management Programme, at a cost of approximately $400 million, to assist in further controlling mosquito-borne viruses such as dengue. Ten of the vehicles are already out in the field. Documents for the other 50 vehicles were handed over to the Directors of the...

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.

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Cabinet To Get Update On State Of Readiness For Coronavirus

Cabinet will receive an update today (January 27) on Jamaica’s state of preparedness for the novel coronavirus (nCoV). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who made the disclosure, indicated that “when it comes to health threats, the Government is taking no chance, no risk; we are trying to be fully prepared”. He was speaking to journalists prior to the...