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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.

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,...

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).

High Dependency Units to Open By Year-End

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.

KPH Gets Donation of Bed Linen

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.

Chain of Hope Medical Team Performs Procedures on Children

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).

Do Not Leave the Elderly and Shut-Ins At Hospitals – Health Minister

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.

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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...

(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.

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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 give birth to a child for another person(s) who is or will become the parent(s) of the child. Senator Morrison,...

Manager of the Trafficking in Persons Secretariat, Chenee Russell.

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World to Observe Day Against Trafficking in Persons July 30

On Tuesday, July 30, Jamaica will join other countries across the world to observe World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, under the theme ‘Human Trafficking: Call Your Government to Action’. Trafficking in persons has been identified in Jamaica, with cases of forced labour, sexual exploitation and domestic servitude in men, women and children. Jamaicans have also been victims of human...

Deputy Chief Public Health Inspector for Hanover, Fritz Francis.

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Heightened Vector Control in Hanover

The Hanover Health Department has heightened its enhanced vector control programme aimed at eradicating the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the dengue, Zika and chikungunya viruses. Deputy Chief Public Health Inspector for the parish, Fritz Francis, told JIS News that the intervention started on July 1 and is focused on high-risk communities. He noted that 60 temporary vector control aides...

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.

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Work Progressing on Rehabilitation of Cornwall Regional Hospital

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says rehabilitation of the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) is progressing well, with the first phase slated to be completed in August. This includes roof repairs, gutting of the tenth floor and establishment of the hoist for the removal of debris. Phase two, including the gutting of the entire building, will...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, makes a Statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 23.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Major Drop in Cases of Dengue – Dr. Tufton

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is reporting a major decline in the cases of dengue. “At the peak of the outbreak in January this year, we had 1,943 cases. There has since been a significant fall in cases, with June 2019 having 124 cases to date,” he said. The Health and Wellness Minister was making...

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.

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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...