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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), interacts with Genovia Blackwood (centre) at the West Kingston Power Partners Health and Wellness Fair and Back-to-School Treat, held at the Tivoli Gardens High School on August 16. At right is Genovia’s mother, Measha Allison.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), interacts with Genovia Blackwood (centre) at the West Kingston Power Partners Health and Wellness Fair and Back-to-School Treat, held at the Tivoli Gardens High School on August 16. At right is Genovia’s mother, Measha Allison.

PHOTOS: Health Fair at Tivoli Gardens

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Warren Clarke (left); Member of Parliament for North Central St. Catherine, Natalie Neita (centre), and Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, participate in the contract signing for the $88 million upgrading of the Bog Walk Police Station and Bog Walk Health Centre, and rehabilitation of the Pineapple Lane road, yesterday (August 15), at the Knollis Community Centre, in St. Catherine.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Warren Clarke (left); Member of Parliament for North Central St. Catherine, Natalie Neita (centre), and Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, participate in the contract signing for the $88 million upgrading of the Bog Walk Police Station and Bog Walk Health Centre, and rehabilitation of the Pineapple Lane road, yesterday (August 15), at the Knollis Community Centre, in St. Catherine.

Bog Walk Police Station And Health Centre to Be Upgraded
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), speaks with Director, Environmental Health in the Ministry, Everton Baker (right). Occasion was a vector control sensitisation activity along King Street, downtown Kingston, on Thursday (Aug. 15), following the official launch of the Enhanced Vector Control Programme at National Heroes Park.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), speaks with Director, Environmental Health in the Ministry, Everton Baker (right). Occasion was a vector control sensitisation activity along King Street, downtown Kingston, on Thursday (Aug. 15), following the official launch of the Enhanced Vector Control Programme at National Heroes Park.

Enhanced Vector Control Programme Launched
Acting Regional Health Promotion/Education Officer for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dwight Hill.
Acting Regional Health Promotion/Education Officer for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dwight Hill.

Mosquito Control March in Lucea August 16
Wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency, the Most Hon. Lady Allen (2nd left) speaks with Promotion Agent at the National Health Fund, Shanakay Dewar (right) at the health fair for the Greenwich Town Community on August 10. Others from left are: Coordinator of the health fair, Dr Teneisha Stephenson Harris and National Coordinator for the Governor General
Wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency, the Most Hon. Lady Allen (2nd left) speaks with Promotion Agent at the National Health Fund, Shanakay Dewar (right) at the health fair for the Greenwich Town Community on August 10. Others from left are: Coordinator of the health fair, Dr Teneisha Stephenson Harris and National Coordinator for the Governor General's Programme for Excellence, Sonja Simms.

PHOTOS: Lady Allen at Greenwich Town Community Health Fair

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Health Ministry Invites More Partners for Adopt-A-Clinic Initiative

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is encouraging more partners to join the Adopt-A-Clinic programme. Under the initiative, the Ministry has earmarked 100 of the 320 health centres across the island for support from local and international individuals, groups and corporate entities,with the aim of strengthening the nation’s primary healthcare system. “The adoption really means partnering with a stakeholder body...
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Communications and Social Marketing Coordinator, Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III, Patrice Nephew (right), engages in light conversation with (from left) retired educator, Patricia Eves-Mckenzie; Acting Chief Technical Director, Ministry of National Security, Shauna Trowers; and Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Michael Tucker. Occasion was the graduation ceremony for participants in the CSJP III substance misuse treatment programme, held at the University of Technology (UTech) campus in Papine, St. Andrew on July 30.
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More Than 100 Persons Complete Substance Misuse Treatment Programme

More than 100 persons from vulnerable communities across the island have successfully completed substance misuse treatment, under the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III. The beneficiaries, who hail from Kingston, St. Andrew, St. Catherine, Clarendon, St. Ann, St. Mary, Westmoreland and St. James, were recognised at a graduation ceremony held on Tuesday (July 30), at the University of Technology’s...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left) and Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (3rd left), look at something being pointed out by Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Her Excellency Malgorzata Wasilewska (2nd left). Occasion was a tour of the construction site for a High Dependency Unit (HDU) at the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine on Wednesday (July 31).
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High Dependency Units to Open By Year-End

Work on the High Dependency Units (HDU) being built at four hospitals to care for high-risk expectant mothers and premature infants are expected to be completed by year-end. “We should get all of them (completed) by the end of October, maybe early November, but certainly during the course of this year,” said Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon....
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), looks at a sheet, which was among 580 pieces of bed linen donated by the Chinese Benevolent Association (CBA) to the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), at the hospital’s downtown Kingston location on Wednesday (July 31). From (2nd left) are: Senior Medical Officer, KPH, Dr. Natalie Whylie; President, CBA, Robert Hew; Chairman, South East Regional Health Authority, Wentworth Charles and Chief Executive Officer, KPH, Colleen Wright.
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KPH Gets Donation of Bed Linen

The Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) had benefited from a donation of bed linen from the Chinese Benevolent Association (CBA). Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton and CBA President, Robert Hew handed over 580 pieces of sheets and pillow cases to executive members of the KPH at the hospital’s downtown Kingston location on Wednesday (July 31). Dr....
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Abigail (left) from Tivoli Gardens, and Deanna from Duhaney Park, celebrate their successful cardiac catheterisation procedures, which were done in the recently commissioned biplane cardiac catheterisation lab at the Paediatric Cardiac facility, Bustamante Hospital for Children, during a recent Chain of Hope Medical Mission.
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Chain of Hope Medical Team Performs Procedures on Children

Ten cardiac catheterisation procedures were performed on Jamaican children last week by a Chain of Hope UK-funded Medical Mission team, at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, in Kingston. The procedures were done in the Biplane Cardiac Catheterisation Lab, which is located at the recently opened Paediatric Cardiac Centre at the hospital. The mission was led by Dr. Shakeel Quereshi from...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks at the commissioning of a new elevator by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the National Health Fund and the South East Regional Health Authority, at the Spanish Town Hospital, in St. Catherine, on Friday (July 26).
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Do Not Leave the Elderly and Shut-Ins At Hospitals – Health Minister

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is asking relatives and employees of nursing homes who carelessly leave elderly and shut-in persons at hospitals as a drop-off zone, to cease and desist. According to the Minister, over the years, persons with the responsibility of caring for the elderly have developed the bad habit of leaving these persons...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), cuts the ribbon to commission into service a new elevator at the Spanish Town Hospital on Friday (July 26). Others (from second left) are: Chief Executive Officer, National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson; Board Chairman, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Wentworth Charles; and Senior Medical Officer, Spanish Town Hospital, Dr. Jacqueline Wright James.
Health & Wellness

Spanish Town Hospital Gets New Elevator

A new elevator was commissioned into service at the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine on Friday (July 26). The lift, installed at a cost of approximately $13.3 million, is in keeping with an initiative being undertaken by the Ministry of Health and Wellness in partnership with the National Health Fund (NHF) to provide such equipment for hospitals across the...
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