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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).

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...

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.

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

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange

Minister Grange All Set for Dengue Clean Up

Acting Director, Safety and Security Unit, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Richard Troupe, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

Schools Moblised For Dengue Clean-Up

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

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.

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Diaspora Group Donates Breathing Machines To 12 Hospitals

Twelve hospitals across the island have received medical equipment valued at more than $2 million for the treatment of patients with conditions that impair their breathing. The 14 Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BPAP) machines, donated by the Jamaicans Abroad Helping Jamaicans at Home (JAHJAH) Foundation, were presented to the institutions during a ceremony at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New...

Kedine Matthews Smith reads to her now 10-month-old son, Jonathan, who was diagnosed with dengue fever at six months old.

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Mother Implores Parents To Take Dengue Seriously

Kedine Matthews Smith, the mother of a baby boy who recently contracted dengue fever, is warning other parents to take the disease seriously. The St. James resident told JIS News that it was in late September of last year that her then six-month-old son, Jonathan, was diagnosed with dengue and had to be admitted to the Cornwall Regional Hospital. Her...

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Decline In Dengue Cases In St. James

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis, says the sustained efforts of the St. James Health Department and other agencies to eliminate mosquito breeding sites have resulted in a decline in the number of dengue cases in the parish. “The report we got from the public health department at our last monthly meeting indicated that the number of dengue cases...

Regional Vector Control Officer at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Ryan Morris, speaking in an interview with JIS News.

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Citizens In Western Parishes Urged To Participate In Dengue Cleanup

Regional Vector Control Officer at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Ryan Morris, is imploring citizens in western Jamaica to take part in the National Dengue Cleanup drive scheduled for January 24 to 26. The three-day exercise is aimed at destroying mosquito breeding sites in communities, homes, schools, workplaces and churches as part of Government’s fight against the dengue virus....

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...

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.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

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...

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...