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(FILE Photo) Government Senator Kerensia Morrison (standing) highlights a point while opening the State of the Nation debate in the Senate on Friday (October 26). Other Government Senators pictured (seated from left, second row) are: Matthew Samuda; and Dr. Saphire Longmore. In the front row is Senator Ransford Braham.
(FILE Photo) Government Senator Kerensia Morrison (standing) highlights a point while opening the State of the Nation debate in the Senate on Friday (October 26). Other Government Senators pictured (seated from left, second row) are: Matthew Samuda; and Dr. Saphire Longmore. In the front row is Senator Ransford Braham.

Gov’t Senator Calls for Consultations on Surrogacy

Government Senator, Kerensia Morrison, has called for consultations with relevant stakeholders aimed at crafting an appropriate policy and legislation concerning surrogacy. Surrogacy is an arrangement, often supported by a legal agreement, whereby a woman (the surrogate) agrees to become pregnant and...
Manager of the Trafficking in Persons Secretariat, Chenee Russell.
Manager of the Trafficking in Persons Secretariat, Chenee Russell.

World to Observe Day Against Trafficking in Persons July 30
Deputy Chief Public Health Inspector for Hanover, Fritz Francis.
Deputy Chief Public Health Inspector for Hanover, Fritz Francis.

Heightened Vector Control in Hanover
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, provides an update on the rehabilitation of the Cornwall Regional Hospital in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 23.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, provides an update on the rehabilitation of the Cornwall Regional Hospital in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 23.

Work Progressing on Rehabilitation of Cornwall Regional Hospital
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, makes a Statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 23.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, makes a Statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 23.

Major Drop in Cases of Dengue – Dr. Tufton

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, emphasises a point while delivering a Statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 23. At left is State Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer.
Health & Wellness

EBOLA Response Plan Activated to Increase Awareness

The Ebola Virus Disease Response Plan, implemented in 2015, is being activated to increase awareness and educate stakeholders. This was disclosed by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, during a Statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 23. As at July 17, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared as a Public Health Emergency...
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Principal Director for Technical Services, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Marina Young, displays a chart on pesticide use, during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on July 19.
AgricultureHealth & WellnessJIS Think Tank

Farmers Adhering to Int’l Pesticide Standards

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is assuring consumers that local foods are safe for consumption and are produced in keeping with international pesticide standards. Principal Director for Technical Services at RADA, Marina Young, saidthe training programmes and surveys conducted by the agency,and its ongoing collaboration with various stakeholders,have ensured the continued proper use of pesticides by persons in the...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 16.
Health & WellnessSectoral Debate 2019/2020

CHASE Fund Commits to Oncology Nurses Training Programme

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, says the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund has committed financing towards the Ministry of Health and Wellness oncology nurses training programme for the next five years; Making his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 16, the Minister...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses stakeholders during the official ceremony for the adoption of the George’s Plain Health Centre in Westmoreland, on Thursday (July 18). The health centre was ‘adopted’ by the Tyre Warehouse .
Health & Wellness

Transparency is Embedded in Adopt-A-Clinic Programme – Health Minister

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Government will ensure that the process of accountability and transparency is embedded in the Ministry’s Adopt-A-Clinic programme. Addressing the official ceremony for the adoption of the George’s Plain Health Centre in Westmoreland, on Thursday (July 18), the Minister said that “one of the things we will never want...
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Surgical smoke plume produced by an electrocautery device being used by a surgeon
Health & Wellness

Team at UHWI Finds Affordable Solution for Surgical Smoke

Consultant plastic surgeon at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Dr. Rajiv Vengopaul and a team from the Department of Surgery have come up with an affordable solution to tackle surgical smoke in operating theatres. The solution is expected to be a helpful tool in ensuring the health and wellness of theatre personnel, as the team, having established...
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Former Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme vector control worker, Sharon Butler, drops a substance into a container of water to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito, at a home in Westmoreland, recently. Ms. Butler was among the first cohort of HOPE programme vector control workers in Westmoreland
Health & Wellness

6,000 Premises Inspected in Westmoreland for Mosquito Breeding Sites

Vector Control Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Ryan Morris, says more than 6,000 premises were inspected for Aedes aegypti mosquito breeding sites in the first week of July. Mr. Morris told JIS News that this was carried out by the new cohort of Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) programme workers. He outlined that the programme, which started on...
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