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Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addressing today’s (October 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addressing today’s (October 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

Point Hill Health Centre To Be Renamed In Honour Of Dr. Kenneth Baugh

The Point Hill Health Centre, located in the constituency of West Central St. Catherine, is to be renamed in honour of late former Deputy Prime Minister and Member of Parliament, Dr. Kenneth Baugh. The operations at the Type Three health...
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses 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, on October 8.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses 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, on October 8.

Health Minister Highlights Negative Effects Of Illicit Trade In Tobacco Products
Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is presented with a copy of the Caribbean Action Plan on Health and Climate Change from Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO0 Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Bernadette Theodore-Gandi, during a PAHO Workshop at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston, on Monday (October 7)..
Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is presented with a copy of the Caribbean Action Plan on Health and Climate Change from Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO0 Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Bernadette Theodore-Gandi, during a PAHO Workshop at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston, on Monday (October 7)..

Jamaica To Undertake Mosquito Sterilisation Pilot Project
Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks at the handover ceremony for wheelchairs donated to the Kingston Public Hospital and the Ministry by the Wheelchair Foundation, through local partners, the Rotary Club of St. Andrew and Operation Friendship, on September 26, at the hospital.
Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks at the handover ceremony for wheelchairs donated to the Kingston Public Hospital and the Ministry by the Wheelchair Foundation, through local partners, the Rotary Club of St. Andrew and Operation Friendship, on September 26, at the hospital.

Gift Policy Being Developed
Medical Officer of Health for St. James, Dr. Marcia Johnson-Campbell, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office in St. James, on September 27.Medical Officer of Health for St. James, Dr. Marcia Johnson-Campbell, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office in St. James, on September 27.
Medical Officer of Health for St. James, Dr. Marcia Johnson-Campbell, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office in St. James, on September 27.Medical Officer of Health for St. James, Dr. Marcia Johnson-Campbell, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office in St. James, on September 27.

WRHA Wants More Fathers to Promote Breastfeeding

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Additional $350 Million For Enhanced Vector Control Programme

Additional financing of $350 million is to be provided for the Enhanced Vector Control Programme to increase public relations activities and to coordinate the capacity for strengthened national response. “The National Health Fund is providing additional financing… . This is to support the dengue outbreak response that is projected to run until December 2019,” Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr....
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Medical Officer of Health for St. James, Dr. Marcia Johnson-Campbell, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the JIS Regional Office in Montego Bay, St. James, on September 27.
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Persons Urged To Be Aware Of Dengue Fever Symptoms

Medical Officer of Health for St. James, Dr. Marcia Johnson-Campbell, is encouraging persons to be aware of the symptoms of dengue fever and seek medical treatment immediately if any is experienced. “If persons have persistent fever, persistent vomiting, and persistent abdominal pain, or if there is any bleeding, [these are] the warning signs suggesting that the disease is taking a...
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Parish Nutritionist with the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Doncia Murray (left), addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s Regional Office in Montego Bay, St. James, on September 27. With her (from second left) are WRHA’s Regional Nutritionist, Nadine Simmons-Lewis; and Medical Officer of Health, St. James Public Health Service, Dr. Marcia Johnson-Campbell.
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Western Regional Health Authority Promotes Breastfeeding

The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) says it continues to implement strategies to encourage and support breastfeeding in the region. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s Regional Office in Montego Bay, St. James, on September 27, Parish Nutritionist with the WRHA, Doncia Murray, says the Authority has established ‘Mother to Mother’ support groups in...
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Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left); and Past President of the Rotary Club of St Andrew and Chairman of the club’s Wheelchair Project Committee, Lloyd Eubank-Green, examine one of 100 wheelchairs that have been donated to the Ministry and the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH). Occasion was the symbolic handover ceremony, held on Thursday (September 26) at the skills training institute, Operation Friendship, in Kingston. Each entity will receive 50 wheelchairs.
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Health Ministry And KPH Receive 100 Wheelchairs

One hundred wheelchairs have been donated to the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) by the international non-profit organisation, The Wheelchair Foundation, to improve services within the public health sector. Each entity will receive 50 wheelchairs to give greater comfort to patients who access services at public health institutions. The chairs have been donated through...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (seated left) shakes the hand of Consultant Radiologist and Managing Director, Apex Radiology, Dr. L. Ann Bridgewater (seated right), after the signing of a framework agreement that will facilitate increased access to certain diagnostic services for persons within the public healthcare system. The agreement was among 10 signed with diagnostic providers at the official launch of the Enhancing Healthcare Services Delivery Project at the AC Marriott Hotel in Kingston on September 25. Looking on (standing from left) are Director, Health Services Planning and Integration, Dr. Naydene Williams; Technical Advisor, Enhancing Healthcare Services Delivery Project, Professor Archibald McDonald; and General Manager, Apex Radiology, Robert Nelson.
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Thousands Of Public-Sector Patients To Receive Free Diagnostic Services

The Ministry of Health and Wellness on Wednesday (September 25), signed framework agreements with 10 radiology providers, which will facilitate increased access to certain diagnostic services for persons within the public healthcare system. The initiative falls under the Enhancing Healthcare Services Delivery Project, which forms part of the Government’s strategy for the reduction in wait time and overcrowding in hospitals....
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