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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), speaks at the Meadowrest Memorial Gardens’ Annual Appreciation and Celebration of Funeral Directors event, held on Tuesday (April 9), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Seated at the head table (from left) are Chief Executive Officer, Meadowrest Memorial Gardens, Ingrid Chambers; General Secretary, Meadowrest Memorial Gardens, Robert Stephens; Chairman, United Church Mission Enterprise Funeral Services, Stefan Wright and Councillor, St. Catherine Municipal Corporation, Claude Hamilton.
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), speaks at the Meadowrest Memorial Gardens’ Annual Appreciation and Celebration of Funeral Directors event, held on Tuesday (April 9), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Seated at the head table (from left) are Chief Executive Officer, Meadowrest Memorial Gardens, Ingrid Chambers; General Secretary, Meadowrest Memorial Gardens, Robert Stephens; Chairman, United Church Mission Enterprise Funeral Services, Stefan Wright and Councillor, St. Catherine Municipal Corporation, Claude Hamilton.

New Regulations Coming for Funeral Homes

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has reiterated that new regulations will soon be enacted to officially establish rules under which funeral homes in Jamaica should operate. Dr. Tufton was delivering the main address at the Meadowrest Memorial...
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 Wesmoreland recently.
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 Wesmoreland recently.

Reduction in Mosquito Breeding Sites in Westmoreland
Students engaged in National Schools’ Move Day activities at the Green Island Primary School in Hanover on April 5.
Students engaged in National Schools’ Move Day activities at the Green Island Primary School in Hanover on April 5.

Green Island Primary Launches Jamaica Moves Club
State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), and students demonstrate their fitness during the official launch of National School Moves Day at Eltham High School in St. Catherine on April 5.
State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), and students demonstrate their fitness during the official launch of National School Moves Day at Eltham High School in St. Catherine on April 5.

Nation’s Children Encouraged to Safeguard their Health
Health Minister, Dr. Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right, standing), observes as Consultant, Ophthalmology Department, Kingston Public Hospital, Dr. Michelle Leighton (standing left) removes a protective gauze from the eye of Anthony Cooke’s (left seated), who benefitted from the services of the ‘Bright Journey’ Eye Care Medical Mission of the People’s Republic of China. Occasion was a ceremony at the KPH on April 5 to mark the Mission’s visit to Jamaica at this year. Others from (second left. standing)  are: representative of the Mission, Zhaoyang Meng; Senior Advisor, National Health Commission of China, Madam Cui Li; and Mission beneficiary, Ethel Mills.
Health Minister, Dr. Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right, standing), observes as Consultant, Ophthalmology Department, Kingston Public Hospital, Dr. Michelle Leighton (standing left) removes a protective gauze from the eye of Anthony Cooke’s (left seated), who benefitted from the services of the ‘Bright Journey’ Eye Care Medical Mission of the People’s Republic of China. Occasion was a ceremony at the KPH on April 5 to mark the Mission’s visit to Jamaica at this year. Others from (second left. standing)  are: representative of the Mission, Zhaoyang Meng; Senior Advisor, National Health Commission of China, Madam Cui Li; and Mission beneficiary, Ethel Mills.

Work Under Way to Develop National Eye Health Plan

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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.
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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, as well as 16 students and four teachers from Hanover, were trained at a two-day workshop in Savanna-la-Mar, recently. “We...
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Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Victoria Jubilee and Kingston Public hospitals, Colleen Wright.
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Security Strengthened at KPH and Victoria Jubilee

Security measures have been strengthened at the Victoria Jubilee and Kingston Public hospitals, downtown Kingston. Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the hospitals, Colleen Wright, told JIS News that 13 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras have been installed at the facilities. The cameras, valued at $1.3 million, were procured through funding provided by the Ministry of Health. Ms. Wright said that...
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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.
Health & WellnessYouth

Inaugural National School Moves Day to be Staged Friday

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, will stage the inaugural ‘National School Moves Day’ on Friday (April 5) at Eltham High School, St. Catherine. Speaking with JIS News in a recent interview, Parish Health Promotion Officer for St. Catherine, Marcia Stephenson, said that the one-day event seeks to promote the important role...
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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.
Health & WellnessYouth

Lady Allen Lauds Schools Providing Meals for Students

Wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency, the Most Hon. Lady Allen, has lauded schools that have established feeding programmes for students, and business entities supporting them. Speaking at the opening of the Jamaica Island Nutrition Network (JINN) technical conference, at The Mico University College in Kingston on April 2, Lady Allen said the increase in the number of schools introducing...
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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).
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Jamaica Secures US$100 Million from IDB to Fight NCDs

The Ministry of Health has secured US$100 million in loans from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for execution of a programme aimed at boosting the country’s fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Dubbed the ‘Health Systems Strengthening for the Prevention and Care Management of NCDs Programme’, the initiative aims to improve the health of Jamaica’s population by bolstering policies for the...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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