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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), and Regional Manager, Jamaica Post, Sheldon Gray, discuss how newly installed private letter boxes in the St. John’s Heights community will provide greater convenience for residents, who will use the service. The mailboxes were commissioned into service during a ceremony held in the St. Catherine community on Sunday (April 10). It is an initiative of the St. John’s Heights Citizens’ Association Benevolent Society and carried out in partnership with Jamaica Post.

St. Catherine Community Launches Landscaping Business

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has lauded the St. John’s Heights Citizens’ Association Benevolent Society on its move to clean the community and safeguard the health of residents, through the launch of a landscaping business. “This is...

Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, Minister of Health and Wellness.

Jamaicans Encouraged to Engage in Greater Physical Activity

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), engages Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor Brenda Ramsay (centre), and North West Manchester Member of Parliament, Mikael Phillips, in conversation during Saturday’s (April 9) launch of the Health Ministry’s ‘Operation: Mosquito Search and Destroy’ clean-up campaign at the Mandeville Town Centre in Manchester.

Health Ministry Urges Alertness for New and Re-Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases

Minster of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), along with students of the Union Gardens Infant School enjoy the company of the Colgate Palmolive Mascot at the re-launch of the Colgate Mobile Dental Unit on April 7, at the school in Kingston.

Health Ministry Seeks Partnership in Strengthening Preventive Oral Care

Director of Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries Prevention, Dr. Tamu Davidson-Sadler, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

Ministry of Health Stages Public Forum on Diabetes on April 7

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Health Ministry Targeting Five Percent Reduction In NCDs By 2018

The Ministry of Health is targeting a five percent reduction in the prevalence of diabetes and obesity among Jamaicans, by 2018, under its National Strategic and Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non Communicable Diseases. The increased incidence of non communicable diseases (NCDs) is a worrying concern for Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, who notes that...

Minister of Health, Dr. The Hon. Christopher Tufton (right); and Director of Health Promotion and Protection in the Ministry, Dr. Sonia Copeland, accept a $100,000 cheque from Director of Fontana Pharmacy, Anne Chang. The donation, to assist in the fight against the Zika virus, was handed over at the Ministry’s Grenada Way offices in New Kingston on April 5.

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Fontana Pharmacy Donates $100,000 to Assist Zika Fight

The Ministry of Health has received a $100,000 donation from Fontana Pharmacy to assist in the fight against the Zika virus. Representatives of the entity handed over the cheque during a ceremony held Tuesday (April 5) at the Ministry of Health’s offices on Grenada Way, New Kingston. In his remarks at the short ceremony, Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher...

Samples to be tested at the National Virology Reference Laboratory at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI).

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Jamaica Equipped to Conduct Zika Testing for Other Countries

Jamaica is equipped to conduct Zika virus testing on behalf of other countries if so assigned by the World Health Organization (WHO). Acting Director of the National Virology Reference Laboratory at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Professor Monica Smikle, told JIS News that the facility is a valid WHO testing agency. Members of staff have also benefited...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS), Yulit Gordon, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday (March 30).

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JCS to Focus on Cervical Cancer in April

The Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS) will be placing focus on cervical cancer during Cancer Awareness Month in April. Under the theme: ‘Cervical Cancer is the Most Preventable Cancer…Do Your Pap Smear’, the aim is to raise awareness and encourage more women to do regular screenings for early detection and treatment of abnormal cell changes. Speaking at a Think Tank at...

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Clean-Up Day in Mandeville April 9

The Ministry of Health is advising the public that the next clean-up day for ‘Operation Mosquito Search and Destroy’, will be April 9, in Mandeville, Manchester. It was originally scheduled for Saturday, April 2. Mandeville is the next stop in the series of clean-up days across the island, being undertaken to rid major cities and towns of breeding sites for...

Director of the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP), Mrs. Antonica Gunter-Gayle, interacts with young children enrolled in the programme, at the Stimulation Plus (STIM-PLUS) Child Development Centre, in Kingston.

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ESP Meeting the Needs of Children With Disabilities

Helping to reach disabled children and to help parents understand their children’s disabilities are no ordinary feat, but Director of the Early Childhood Stimulation Programme (ESP), Antonica Gunter-Gayle is certainly up to the task. Through the community-based rehabilitation component of the ESP, Mrs. Gunter-Gayle leads a team, which tries to meet the needs of children across the island suffering from...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton (3rd right), participates in the handing over of a cheque for $55 million to the Bustamante Hospital for Children by the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation. Others (from left) are: Senior Medical Officer at the Bustamante Hospital, Dr. Michelle Ann Richards-Dawson; Chairman of the hospital, Kenneth Benjamin; Director of Nursing Services, Patricia Ingram Martin; Director of Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation, Orville ‘Shaggy’ Burrell; Owner, Solid Agency Limited, Sharon Burke; Administrator, Bustamante Hospital for Children, Kathleen Cooper Brown; Mr. Burrell’s wife Rebecca Packer Burrell; and Head of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Bustamante Hospital, Dr. Lambert Innis. Over $64 million was donated during the ceremony held at the hospital’s Arthur Wint Drive location on March 22.

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$64.7 Million Donated to Bustamante Hospital for Children

The Bustamante Hospital for Children has received $64.7 million in donation to assist its development initiatives. Of the sum, $55 million came from the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation, representing funds from the Shaggy and Friends charity concert in January. The Wisynco Group handed over $8.2 million, while Stewart’s Automotive Group donated $1.5 million. Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon....