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Jamaicans Urged to Reduce Heat Exposure

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is reminding the public that excessive heat stress is harmful to health and is potentially fatal. Jamaica, as other countries in the Caribbean, has a heat season that is typically between May and October...

Director of Emergency Cardiac Care at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) and Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Kingston Public Hospital, Dr. Hugh Wong, highlights the importance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training, during a recent JIS Think Tank.

Heart Foundation Continues CPR Push

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), does warm-up exercises before participating in the Farm Up Jamaica Run/Walk on Thursday, June 20 at Emancipation Park, in Kingston.

PHOTOS: Farm Up Jamaica 2K And 5K Run

Director, Diaspora Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Lincoln Downer, addressing Wednesday’s (June 19) closing session at the 2019 Jamaica Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.

Diaspora Providing Support in Health, Education and Public Safety

(FILE) Neil Curtis of Farm Up Jamaica Limited addresses a JIS ThinkTank. in August 2016.

3K/5K Run/Walk to Support Health and Food Security Initiative

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right), interacting with Dr. Richard Manning (right) and patients of the Seaview Gardens Health Centre in Kingston during a ceremony on April 30, when the clinic was formally adopted by Massy Distribution (Jamaica) Limited under the Ministry of Health’s Adopt-a-Clinic programme.

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USA Diaspora Supports Adopt-A- Clinic Programme

The Jamaica Diaspora Health Task Force in the United States of America (USA) is working closely with the Ministry of Health and Wellness to advance the Adopt-a-Clinic programme. Under the initiative, launched in November 2017, the Ministry has earmarked 100 health centres across the island for support from local and international individuals, groups and corporate entities. The United Kingdom (UK)...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses participants at the third plenary session for the eighth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on Tuesday (June 18).

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Members of Diaspora Encouraged to Adopt More Health Centres

More members of the Jamaican Diaspora are being encouraged to support the Government’s Adopt-a-Clinic initiative, which seeks the help of volunteers in building the capacity of health centres. The call comes from Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, who reminded the diaspora that the Ministry now has “about 20-plus clinics lined up for adoption”. “This Adopt-a-Clinic...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), greets Transport Co-ordinator for the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Robert Robinson, who conceptualised the idea to retrofit ambulances for the region. The vehicles were officially handed over on Thursday (June 13), at the Percy Junor Hospital in Manchester.

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SRHA Saves Over $10 Million by Retrofitting Ambulances

The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), has converted three new buses into ambulances, realising savings of over $10 million. The new units bring to 14, the number of ambulances serving the health region. Each vehicle is equipped with heart monitor, stainless steel hand-wash sink with soap dispenser, suction machines, ECG machine, stainless steel dustbin, fog lamps, emergency lights, double nurses’...

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Jamaica, Dr. Bernadette Theodore-Gandi, addresses the launch ceremony for World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) on Friday (June 14) at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) on Slipe Pen Road in Kingston.

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Blood Bank Commended for 70 Years of Service

Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Jamaica, Dr. Bernadette Theodore-Gandi, has commended the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) for 70 years of ensuring “safe blood for all”. She said the agency is providing an essential service while meeting the challenges of an increasingly demanding and changing environment. Dr. Theodore-Gandi noted that over its seven decades of existence,...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), and Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Fund (NHF) Everton Anderson (left), with Tanya Bourne, who emerged as the top female from the regional teams that entered the NHF’s Work-it-Out Challenge. Ms. Bourne was presented with her trophy, a cash prize of $55,000 and a Fitbit activity tracker device, during the awards ceremony for the competition at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (June 13).

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Health Minister Encourages Corporate Jamaica to Develop Wellness Programmes

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton is encouraging corporate Jamaica to invest in the welfare of employees, by promoting health and wellness in the workplace, which will result in enhanced productivity. “I am issuing a challenge to corporate Jamaica to see their employees as the most valuable asset and the state of mind of those employees as...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right), congratulates champion blood donor, Sonia Binns Lawrence (second left) on reaching the milestone of donating 100 units of blood to the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS). Occasion was a ceremony to observe World Blood Donor Day (June 14), which was held at the NBTS on Slipe Pen Road. Sharing the moment are NBTS Director, Dr. Michelle Hamilton (left) and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dunstan Bryan.

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Young Persons Encouraged to Become Voluntary Blood Donors

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has called on young persons to become voluntary blood donors. Speaking at a ceremony to observe World Blood Donor Day, at the offices of the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) on Slipe Pen Road in Kingston on June 14, the Minister said it is important for persons between 18 and...

Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Staff member, Andrae Palmer, donates blood at a drive organised by the JIS.

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Members of the Public Encouraged to Donate Blood

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) is inviting members of the public to come out today (Friday, June 14), to donate blood at collection centres across the island. The islandwide blood drive is being held in recognition of World Blood Donor Day (WBDD), which is being observed under the theme ‘Safe Blood for All’. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr....