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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (seated centre), with psychiatric nursing aides, following the closing ceremony of the 5th Annual Conference of the Psychiatric Nursing Aide Association of Jamaica held at the Iberostar hotel on October 26.

Health Ministry to Increase Complement of Psychiatric Nursing Aides

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Ministry will be increasing the complement of psychiatric nursing aides in order to strengthen community mental health services. Speaking at the Psychiatric Nursing Aides Conference at the Iberostar Hotel in...

Executive Director, Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS), Yulit Gordon (second right), converses with (from left) media practitioner and master of ceremonies for the ‘Keeping Abreast’ luncheon, Dahlia Harris; JCS Vice-Chairman, Michael Fraser; and Chief Executive Officer of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Dennis Chung. Occasion was the JCS’s annual luncheon held on October 26 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

JCS Provided Over $5 Million in Grants to Cancer Patients Last Year

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (centre), presents 13-year-old Kristen Bowen (left) and her younger sister, seven-year-old Kassidy Bowen, with laptop computers during the Universal Service Fund (USF) ‘Positively Pink Midday Mingle’ held on October 25 at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) Auditorium, in Kingston. The event, staged in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, sought to celebrate survivors and family members affected by breast cancer as well as raise awareness of the disease.

USF Presents Computers to Children of Persons Affected by Breast Cancer

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. (FILE)

Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes to cost $77 Billion over Next 15 Years

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), listens to Race Director, Reggae Marathon, Mr. Alfred ‘Frano’ Francis (left), at the launch of the Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K events at Alhambra Inn on October 24. At right is Chairman, Reggae Marathon, Mr. Richard Lake.

Ministries Endorse Reggae Marathon

Angela Mullings (left), looks on as her son, DeShaun Bigby, is being fitted with his braces by Orthotists Lance Weersma (second left) and Dawn McArthur Turner, at the Negril Paediatric Orthotic Clinic on October 11. The clinic, which is now based at the Negril Health Centre in Westmoreland, was recently relocated from its original base at the Sunshine Plaza in the resort town.

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Paediatric Orthotic Clinic Now at Negril Health Centre

The Paediatric Orthotic Services Clinic in Negril has a new home on the premises of the Negril Health Centre, located at Nonpareil Road in Westmoreland. Formerly a cottage for visiting clinicians, the new facility was opened on October 11, to host a free clinic, which is a project sponsored by RIU Resorts. The clinic, which was formerly located at Negril’s...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), in discussion with Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Country Representative, Jamaica, Dr. Noreen Jack, during the Subregional Legal Training on Non-Communicable Diseases at the Mona Visitors

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Fight against NCDs Will Continue – Health Minister

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Government will continue to pursue stringent regulations and policies aimed at reducing lifestyle illnesses associated with non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Speaking at the opening session for the Subregional Legal Training on NCDs at the Visitors’ Lodge, University of the West Indies, Mona, on October 24, he said policies and regulatory initiatives,...

Chair of the Organising Committee of the One Health/One Global Environment Academic Conference and Faculty Forum and lecturer at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, Dr. Henroy Scarlett (sixth left), with members of the event’s organising team following the opening ceremony on Monday, October 23 in Montego Bay.

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Health Practitioners Attend Global Conference in Mobay

More than 300 health practitioners from across Jamaica and the world are currently participating in the One Health/One Global Environment Academic Conference and Faculty Forum, which is under way at the Hilton Rose Hall and Spa Resort in Montego Bay, St. James. The five-day conference, which is being held under the theme ‘One Health: One Global Environment’, began on October...

Poison Information Coordinator at the Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN), Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank on the importance of monitoring and accountability in the use of lead in Jamaica.

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CARPIN Proposes Programme to Monitor Lead Poisoning

The Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN) is recommending the implementation of monitoring programmes within health facilities to capture information on accidental poisoning in Jamaica. Poison Information Coordinator at CARPIN, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, said that such data could inform the development of policy and legislation to address lead poisoning. The entity is also calling for segregated waste management that will help with...

Psychological Services Coordinator with the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III, Dr. Melva Spence (left), addresses a group from the Catherine Hall Primary and Infant School during a capacity-building workshop at the Sea Garden Hotel in Montego Bay. The workshop is part of a programme aimed at helping teachers better address the concerns of children with behavioural challenges.

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Collaborative Approach to Deal with Mental Challenges

The Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III, through its Psychological Services Unit, has been utilising a collaborative approach in treating with a range of psychological and other mental challenges, which often display as violent or destructive behaviours. Psychological Services Coordinator, Dr. Melva Spence, says the Unit partners with the Ministry of Health, the hospitals and the mental health clinic...

Her Excellency, the Most Hon. Lady Allen (right), cuts the ribbon to open the newly equipped state-of-the-art Bustamante Hospital for Children’s Learning and Activity room on October 17. Others (from left) are President of Friends of Jamaica Seattle, Kirk Russell and his wife, Lisa Russell; and National Coordinator for the Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence, Major (Ret’d.) Effiom Whyte.

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Learning Room at Children’s Hospital Outfitted with State-Of-The-Art Computers

The Bustamante Hospital for Children’s Learning and Activity room has been outfitted as a state-of-the-art learning centre with the donation of several computers and accessories through the Governor-General’s ‘I Believe’ initiative. The handover ceremony for the equipment was held on October 17 at the hospital’s Arthur Wint Drive address in Kingston. The donation, which was made by the United States-based...

Poison Information Coordinator at the Caribbean Poison Information Network, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, speaking during a Jamaica Information Service Think Tank at the agency’s head office in Kingston on Wednesday, October 18.

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Jamaicans Urged to Avoid Imports Containing Lead

The Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN) is warning that persons may unwittingly be bringing products containing lead into the country. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s head office in Kingston on Wednesday, October 18, CARPIN’s Poison Information Coordinator, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, said while Jamaica does not have a major concern with one of the most...