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General Manager, Project Management, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Loy Malcolm (left); Managing Director of JSIF, Omar Sweeney (centre), and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Deirdre English Gosse sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on January 23 in Kingston. Under the MOU, 4,200 residents from 18 Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) communities are to receive birth certificates. Standing is Programme Officer for JSIF, Dawn Allison.
General Manager, Project Management, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Loy Malcolm (left); Managing Director of JSIF, Omar Sweeney (centre), and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Deirdre English Gosse sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on January 23 in Kingston. Under the MOU, 4,200 residents from 18 Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) communities are to receive birth certificates. Standing is Programme Officer for JSIF, Dawn Allison.

Hundreds of Inner-City Residents Receive Birth Certificates Through JSIF Initiative

More than 1,300 persons from several inner-city communities have received birth certificates under a joint initiative between the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) and the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) through its Operation Certification programme. Launched in January of this year,...
President of the Caribbean Urological Association and Senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Dr. William Aiken.
President of the Caribbean Urological Association and Senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Dr. William Aiken.

New Technology Revolutionising Prostate Cancer Treatment
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left) addresses a panel discussion on childhood obesity at a CARICOM Roundtable Forum at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN Headquarters in New York, on September 22. Others (from 2nd left) are: Jamaica’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Courtenay Rattray; and Chairman of the Panel Discussion and former UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS and immediate past University of West Indies Chancellor, Sir George Alleyne.
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left) addresses a panel discussion on childhood obesity at a CARICOM Roundtable Forum at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN Headquarters in New York, on September 22. Others (from 2nd left) are: Jamaica’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Courtenay Rattray; and Chairman of the Panel Discussion and former UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS and immediate past University of West Indies Chancellor, Sir George Alleyne.

Government Targeting Significant Reduction of Non-Communicable Diseases
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), presents the keys to a new ambulance to Jamaica Fire Brigade Commissioner, Raymond Spencer. The presentation was made at the Lucea Fire Station in Hanover on Friday, September 22.
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), presents the keys to a new ambulance to Jamaica Fire Brigade Commissioner, Raymond Spencer. The presentation was made at the Lucea Fire Station in Hanover on Friday, September 22.

Local Government and Health Ministries Partner to Provide Ambulances for Firefighters
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), in dialogue with (from left): Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De La Haye; PAHO/WHO Representative for Jamaica, Bermuda and Cayman Islands, Dr. Noreen Jack; FAO Representative in Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, Dr. Gillian Smith; and UNICEF Representative in Jamaica, Mark Connolly, at the launch of the 2017 National Breastfeeding Week & Conference, held at Jamaica Conference Centre on September 19.
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), in dialogue with (from left): Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De La Haye; PAHO/WHO Representative for Jamaica, Bermuda and Cayman Islands, Dr. Noreen Jack; FAO Representative in Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, Dr. Gillian Smith; and UNICEF Representative in Jamaica, Mark Connolly, at the launch of the 2017 National Breastfeeding Week & Conference, held at Jamaica Conference Centre on September 19.

Health Minister Says National Infant Feeding Policy Coming

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Minister of Health, Dr the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), converses with (from left) Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO)/WHO) Representative for Jamaica, Bermuda and Cayman Islands, Dr. Noreen Jack; Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative in Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, Dr. Gillian Smith; and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Jamaica, Mark Connolly. Occasion was the National Breastfeeding Week conference and launch at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on September 19.
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The Breast is Best

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton has reiterated calls for mothers to consider exclusive breastfeeding of their babies for the first six months of life in order to reduce infant mortality and morbidity rates. He noted that appropriate breastfeeding practices have the potential to lower infant mortality in children five years old and younger by 14 percent, while...
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Registrar of the Pesticides Control Authority, Mr. Michael Ramsay (right), points out some illegal pesticides at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. At left is Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.
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Jamaicans Warned Not to Purchase Illegal Pesticides

The Pesticides Control Authority (PCA) is warning Jamaicans against purchasing and using illegal pesticides. Registrar of the PCA, Michael Ramsay, told JIS News that persons should be vigilant when purchasing pesticides, as the Authority has found that many of the substances being sold are not authentic. “People create their own concoctions and sell them, and the persons who are buying...
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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), interacts with Campion College sixth-form students at the launch of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), ‘Talk Di Truth’ ganja public-education campaign for students on September 12 at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston.
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Ministers Back NCDA Ganja Education Campaign

Ministries of Government have given their full support to the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) ‘Talk Di Truth’ public-education campaign aimed at engaging youngsters in discussion and information-sharing surrounding marijuana use. The initiative is targeted at youths aged 13-18, and the objective is to teach them the facts so as to reduce abuse of the substance. Every high school...
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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), is introduced to retired Professor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Epidemiology Unit, Alan Jackson (5th left), by Lead Investigator of the Jamaica segment of Congregation Taking Action Against Non-Communicable Diseases (CONTACT), Professor Rainford Wilks (2nd left). Occasion was the recent launch of the project, held at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters, in St. Andrew. Others (from third left) are Advisor on Health Systems and Services at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Hedwig Goede, and Director of the UWI Epidemiology Unit, Professor Marshall Tulloch-Reid.
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Jamaica to Take Part in Three-Year Project to Reduce NCDs

Three Caribbean countries are to take part in a three-year project titled Congregation Taking Action Against NCDs (CONTACT), to significantly reduce lifestyle illnesses.  Being implemented under the Caribbean Institute for Health Research (CAIHR) in Jamaica, Guyana and Dominica, the project will see partnerships being developed with places of worship (PoWs), for the dissemination of crucial health messages to tackle diabetes,...
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