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Staff of Southern Parks and Market (SPM) Waste Management Limited remove garbage from a section of the Bull Savannah community in St. Elizabeth as part of dengue clean-up activities on Saturday (January 25).

St. Elizabeth Communities Cleared of Bulky Waste

Several communities in St. Elizabeth were cleared of bulky waste and other garbage on Saturday (Jan. 25). The initiative was part of the national dengue clean-up campaign aimed at controlling the spread of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which transmits the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, (left), highlights the need to clear communities of bulky waste such as old cars, which can become breeding sites for the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which transmits the dengue virus. He was participating in activities under the national dengue clean-up exercise in the Grants Pen community in St. Andrew on Saturday (Jan. 25). Listening to the Prime Minister (from 2nd left) are: Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton; Chief Executive Officer of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, Robert Hill; and Medical Entomologist and Head of the National Vector Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Sherine Huntley Jones.

PM Leads Dengue Clean-up in Grants Pen

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, applies net to water drum in Grants Pen, St Andrew.

Grange: Fight Against Mosquitoes Will Continue After 3-Day Clean Up

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

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

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Minister Grange All Set for Dengue Clean Up

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that she’s satisfied with the preparatory works for the three-day national dengue clean up which begins on Friday. Minister Grange — who is leading the coordination of the dengue clean up through the National Labour Day Secretariat — said: “The preparations have gone well and I...

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

6 years ago Health & WellnessJIS Think Tank

Schools Moblised For Dengue Clean-Up

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has mobilised educational institutions across the island to participate in the National Dengue Clean-up. The three-day exercise is being held from Friday (January 24) to Sunday (January 26). Schools are among the entities that will be the focus of the first day of activities on Friday. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on...

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).

6 years ago Health & WellnessJIS Think Tank

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 other diseases, over the long-term. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the Agency’s Head Office in...

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.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

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.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

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.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

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....