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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

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...

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.

EBOLA Response Plan Activated to Increase Awareness

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the Nurses Association of Jamaica and LASCO awards ceremony, held on July 20 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

PHOTOS: Nurses Association of Jamaica and LASCO Awards Ceremony

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.

Farmers Adhering to Int’l Pesticide Standards

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.

CHASE Fund Commits to Oncology Nurses Training Programme

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 .

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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...

Surgical smoke plume produced by an electrocautery device being used by a surgeon

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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...

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

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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...

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), disembarks the newly installed elevator at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in downtown Kingston, following a ceremony on Friday (July 12) to officially commission it into service. The Minister is accompanied by (from left), Director of Nursing Services, VJH, Elsie Fairweather-Blackwood; and Board Chairman, South East Regional Health Authority, Wentworth Charles. The installation of the elevator was undertaken by the National Health Fund (NHF) at a cost of over $16 million.

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New Elevator to Improve Care at Victoria Jubilee Hospital

Staff, patients and visitors of the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in downtown Kingston, will now have quicker and easier movement between floors following the commissioning into service of a new elevator. The installation was undertaken by the National Health Fund (NHF) at a cost of over $16 million, and is the latest in a series of recent upgrades to hospital...

Regional Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Marcelene Wheatle, addresses staff at 24-7 Intouch, at Freeport, Montego Bay, St. James, during the launch of the company’s corporate wellness programme, on Wednesday, July 3.

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WRHA Wants More Companies to Establish Health and Wellness Programmes

The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is encouraging more corporate entities in St. James to establish health and wellness programmes for employees. Regional Health Promotion and Education Officer at the WRHA, Marcelene Wheatle, says more than 20 corporate entities in the parish have taken steps to develop a health and wellness programme for staff, and the Authority is making an...

Nurse Practitioners participate in the Nurse Practitioners 66th National Seminar, at the Royalton White Sands in Trelawny, on Wednesday, July 10.

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Legislative Framework for NPs to Practise Far Advanced

Acting Deputy Chief Nursing Officer in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Saidie Williams-Allen, says the legislative framework for Nurse Practitioners (NPs) to practise in Jamaica is far advanced. Speaking at the Nurse Practitioners 66th National Seminar at the Royalton White Sands in Trelawny on July 10, she said the Ministry recognises the value and contribution that NPs have been...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (2nd left) affixes his signature to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will see corporate entity, Rainforest Seafoods, supporting the Comprehensive Health Centre on Slipe Pen Road for three years, under the Government’s Adopt-a-Clinic initiative. Looking on (from left) are: Board Chairman, South East Regional Health Authority, Wentworth Charles; Director of Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Rainforest Seafoods, Roger Lyn; and General Manager, Jerome Miles. The signing took place during a ceremony to officially adopt the clinic on the grounds of the facility on Thursday (July 4).

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Rainforest Seafoods Adopts Comprehensive Healthcare Centre

The Comprehensive Health Centre on Slipe Pen Road in Kingston has become the 14th facility to benefit under the Government’s Adopt-a-Clinic initiative. Corporate entity, Rainforest Seafoods, officially adopted the clinic during a ceremony on the grounds of the facility on Thursday (July 4). The company has committed $6 million towards supporting the clinic over the next three years under the...