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Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller, speaks at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’ in Montego Bay.

Teachers and Students Trained as Jamaica Moves Ambassadors

Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller, says the Ministry of Health’s Jamaica Moves Initiative has trained primary-school students and teachers from Westmoreland and Hanover as ‘ambassadors’. Forty primary-school students and 10 teachers from Westmoreland,...

Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Victoria Jubilee and Kingston Public hospitals, Colleen Wright.

Security Strengthened at KPH and Victoria Jubilee

Students and teachers from schools in St. Catherine and St. Thomas, who have been trained as ‘Jamaica Moves’ ambassadors, share a photo opportunity at the Jamaica Moves in Schools camp for primary schools, held recently at the G.C. Foster College in St. Catherine.

Inaugural National School Moves Day to be Staged Friday

Her Excellency, the Most Hon. Lady Allen (second left), makes a point to Chairman of the Jamaica Island Nutrition Network (JINN), Erwin Burton (right), while at the opening session of JINN’s Technical Conference, held today (April 2) at The Mico University College in St. Andrew. Others pictured (from left) are President of the university, Dr. Ashburn Pinnock, President of the National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), Dr. Lennon Richards, and Executive Director of JINN, Patricia Thompson.

Lady Allen Lauds Schools Providing Meals for Students

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (foreground), displays the signed US$100-million loan agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), for execution of a programme aimed at boosting the country’s fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Looking on (from left) are Chief of Operations, IDB, Jamaica, Adriana La Valley; Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunston Bryan; and Senior Health Specialist, IDB, Dr. Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas. The signing took place during the launch workshop for the ‘Health Systems Strengthening for the Prevention and Care Management of NCDs Programme’ at the IDB Country Office in St. Andrew on Tuesday (April 2).

Jamaica Secures US$100 Million from IDB to Fight NCDs

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Chapelton Hospital Being Upgraded

Work is expected to begin this week on Phase One of the $120-million project at the Chapelton Community Hospital in Clarendon. The work will involve renovating and upgrading the facility and the building of a new ward. Construction is expected to last for 10 months. Funds for the construction have been donated by the United States-based Push Start Foundation, through...

Regional Director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Errol Greene (right) , discusses the Western Children Adolescent Hospital project with Ambassador of China to Jamaica , His Excellency Tian Qi (left), during a visit to the project site at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James, on Monday (April 1). Clinical Coordinator at the hospital, Dr. Delroy Fray, was also on the tour.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Western Children’s Hospital to be Operational in May 2021

Regional Director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Errol Greene, says that the Western Children Adolescent Hospital is expected to be fully operational by May 2021. Work on the 220-bed facility, which will be built on the compound of the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St. James, is scheduled to commence by May 2019. Mr. Greene said that the drawings...

Winner of the Best Student Presentation Award at the National Health Research Conference (NHRC) 2018 and Resident Physician at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Dr. Charisse Best, addresses recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, on a study undertaken in partial fulfilment of her Doctor of Medicine (DM) programme.

7 years ago Health & WellnessJIS Think Tank

Breast Cancer Patients Must be Aware of Increased Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

Student Researcher, Dr. Charisse Best, is calling on breast cancer patients and their medical practitioners to be aware of the increased risk for cardiovascular disease and has made some recommendations. Dr. Best, who was winner of the best student entry at the Ninth Annual National Health Research Conference 2018, shared the findings of her award winning study at a recent...

Orthopaedic Surgeon at the St. Ann’s Bay Hospital, Dr. Cary Fletcher, addresses recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, on a study conducted at the hospital on motorbike injuries.

7 years ago Health & WellnessJIS Think Tank

Orthopaedic Surgeon Supports Formal Training of Motorcyclists

Orthopaedic Surgeon at the St. Ann’s Bay Hospital, Dr. Cary Fletcher, supports the provision in the new Road Traffic Act for formal training of motorcyclists in Jamaica. Dr. Fletcher was speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, against the background of a study conducted by the hospital’s orthopaedic team entitled, Motorcycle Injuries Seen at the St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital....

Deputy Chief Public Health Inspector for Hanover, Fritz Francis.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Reduction in Suspected Dengue Cases in Hanover

Deputy Chief Public Health Inspector for Hanover, Fritz Francis, says the Hanover Health Department has made significant strides in its fight against the spread of dengue fever in the parish. He told JIS News that there has been a sharp reduction in the number of suspected cases of the mosquito-borne disease, and the Aedes index has fallen to 10 per...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), speaks to Country Representative, USAID Jamaica, Jason Fraser, at the national consultation, titled, ‘Strengthening Health Services in the Context of Zika in Jamaica’, on Tuesday (March 26), at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Partnerships Must be Maintained to Prevent Major Outbreak of Zika – Health Minister

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says international partnerships are needed and must be maintained to prevent a major outbreak of the Zika virus in Jamaica. Speaking at a national consultation, titled, ‘Strengthening Health Services in the Context of Zika in Jamaica’, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on March 26, Dr. Tufton said it...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the launch of the Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention (PHDP) Framework and Annual Implementation Plan at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge and Conference Centre in St. Andrew on March 25.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

National Family Planning Board Launches Health Initiative

The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) has launched the Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention (PHDP) Framework and Annual Implementation Plan to assist persons living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The globally recognised model puts infected persons at the centre of managing their health and well-being by linking HIV treatment, prevention, support and care issues within a human rights framework....