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Chief Executive Officer, Spanish Town Hospital, Dwayne Francis (foreground), and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, exit the hospital’s new elevator that was officially handed over by the National Health Fund, recently.

Five Wards Being Renovated At Spanish Town Hospital

Twenty million dollars is currently being spent to renovate five wards at the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine. The money for the project is being provided by the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA). Ward 3 was reopened last...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), addresses journalists at the Ministry’s Quarterly Press Briefing, held on Tuesday (August 27), at the Ministry’s head office in New Kingston. With the Minister is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunston Bryan.

552 Schools Inspected and Fogged

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), addresses journalists at the Ministry’s Quarterly Press Briefing on Tuesday (August 27), at the Ministry’s head office, in New Kingston. With the Minister are (from left): Permanent Secretary, Dunston Bryan; Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie and Medical Epidemiologist for Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Iyanna Wellington.

Health Ministry Allocates $130 Million to Clear Mosquito Breeding Sites

Parish Manager for St. James Public Health Services, Lennox Wallace.

St. James Health Department Bolstering Mosquito Control Programme

Director of Communications at the Consumer Affairs Commission, Latoya Halstead, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’.

CAC Encourages Parents to Give Priority to Safety and Health of Children

Staff members of the Hanover Health Department march through the town of Lucea on August 16 to raise awareness of dengue.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Vector Control Officer Says Citizens Need to Adjust Their Behaviour

Vector Control Officer at the Hanover Health Department, Edward Cunningham, says citizens need to adjust their behaviour to prevent diseases spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Speaking to JIS News after the department’s dengue awareness marches on Friday (August 16) in Lucea, Mr. Cunningham said the marches were aimed at fostering behavioural change among the citizenry of Hanover, as it...

A student having her weight checked by Community Health Aides, Latoya Murray (left) and Ardett Vernon, during the St. James Public Health Services staging of the second annual ‘Food Safety and Back-to-School Fair’, held at Pier One in Montego Bay on Friday, August 16.

7 years ago CommunityHealth & WellnessYouth

Children From Montego Bay Benefit From Free Medical Checks

Scores of children from Montego Bay and wider St. James benefited from free medical checks during the second annual ‘Food Safety and Back-to-School Fair’, held at Pier One in the city, on Friday, August 16. The event was organised by the St. James Public Health Services, as an extension of the agency’s mandate to provide preventative and curative healthcare. A...

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.

7 years ago Health & WellnessLocal Government

PHOTOS: Health Fair at Tivoli Gardens

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.

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.

7 years ago DevelopmentHealth & WellnessNational Security and Peace

Bog Walk Police Station And Health Centre to Be Upgraded

Residents of surrounding communities in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, are to benefit from the upgrading of their health and security facilities, as well as the rehabilitation of a road, at a cost of $88 million. Over the next six months, the Bog Walk Health Centre will be expanded, and a dental unit constructed, at a cost of $31.7 million; the...

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.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Enhanced Vector Control Programme Launched

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has officially launched its Enhanced Vector Control Programme as it continues the fight against mosquito-borne illnesses. The programme will engage 1,000 temporary workers, who will join more than 200 permanent staff in undertaking vector control and public education activities in communities across the island. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, in his remarks...

Acting Regional Health Promotion/Education Officer for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dwight Hill.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Mosquito Control March in Lucea August 16

The Hanover Health Department will be staging two marches in Lucea on Friday (August 16), as the parish intensifies its mosquito control activities and public education campaign. The initiative has been called ‘National Call to Action Day’, a venture by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, as part of its Enhanced Vector Control Programme. Similar public education activities will be...