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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.

Foreign Ministry’s Update On Welfare Of The Jamaican Community In China

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is today providing an update on the welfare of the Jamaican Community in China in light of concerns raised regarding the spread of the Coronavirus across that country. The Minister of Foreign...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, at a recent JIS Think Tank.

Jamaica On Alert For Coronavirus

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

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).

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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 with performances of songs and poems, including a dub poem composed by teacher Kerry-Ann Reid Brown titled: ‘Fight the fight...

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.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

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

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, kicked off the National Dengue Clean-up exercise this morning (January 24) at St. Catherine High and Friendship Primary schools in St. Catherine. He was joined by vector-control workers in inspecting the grounds of the institutions to identify possible mosquito breeding sites. They poured larvicide in manholes and drains at Friendship...

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...