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Residents of Parade Gardens clear garbage and mosquito breeding sites from the community earlier this year. (File Photo)
Residents of Parade Gardens clear garbage and mosquito breeding sites from the community earlier this year. (File Photo)

Residents of Parade Gardens and Surrounding Areas Unite for Zika Clean-Up

Residents of Parade Gardens and surrounding communities in the south central section of downtown Kingston recently came together to clean and beautify their neighbourhoods and unite for the development of the area. The exercise, undertaken in response to the threat...
Chief Medical Officer of Health for St. Catherine, Dr. Francia Prosper-Chen (left), is presented with a plaque by President of the Rotary Club of Spanish Town, Desmond Hutchinson. Occasion was a special joint meeting of the Rotary Clubs of Spanish Town, Portmore, North St. Catherine and St. Andrew North on February 23, at the Police Officers’ Club on Hope Road in Kingston.
Chief Medical Officer of Health for St. Catherine, Dr. Francia Prosper-Chen (left), is presented with a plaque by President of the Rotary Club of Spanish Town, Desmond Hutchinson. Occasion was a special joint meeting of the Rotary Clubs of Spanish Town, Portmore, North St. Catherine and St. Andrew North on February 23, at the Police Officers’ Club on Hope Road in Kingston.

Communities Urged to Get Rid of Mosquito Breeding Sites
Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley (left), examines emergency equipment in one of the 10 ambulances acquired for the four Regional Health Authorities and the Jamaica Fire Brigade’s Emergency Management Service, while Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kevin Harvey, looks on. The ambulances and 10 pickup trucks, which are valued at $129.166 million, were handed over today (Feb. 22), during a function at the National Public Health Laboratory on Slipe Pen Road, Kingston.
Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley (left), examines emergency equipment in one of the 10 ambulances acquired for the four Regional Health Authorities and the Jamaica Fire Brigade’s Emergency Management Service, while Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kevin Harvey, looks on. The ambulances and 10 pickup trucks, which are valued at $129.166 million, were handed over today (Feb. 22), during a function at the National Public Health Laboratory on Slipe Pen Road, Kingston.

Health Minister Hands Over Ambulances and Vector Control Vehicles
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De la Haye.
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De la Haye.

Jamaicans Taking Zika Seriously – De La Haye
Minister of Education, Hon Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), looks on as Dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Health Professions, Dr. Harold P. Jones (left), presents a signed memorandum of understanding to President and Chief Executive Officer of Bioprist Holdings Incorporation, Dr . Guna Muppuri, for the establishment of a UAB campus at the Bioprist Knowledge Park (BKP) campus in Lucea, Hanover. The signing took place on Friday (February 19), at the BKP.
Minister of Education, Hon Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), looks on as Dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Health Professions, Dr. Harold P. Jones (left), presents a signed memorandum of understanding to President and Chief Executive Officer of Bioprist Holdings Incorporation, Dr . Guna Muppuri, for the establishment of a UAB campus at the Bioprist Knowledge Park (BKP) campus in Lucea, Hanover. The signing took place on Friday (February 19), at the BKP.

Health Training Institution To Be Established In Lucea

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Ministry of Health Heightens Alert for Dengue

Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Winston De La Haye is alerting the public to a higher than usual number of cases of dengue being detected by the Ministry of Health at this time. As at the week ending February 20, 2016, there were 23 cases of dengue diagnosed resulting from our increased active surveillance for the zika virus (ZIKV). Dengue...
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey (second left) discusses how a mosquito fogging machine is operated with (from third right) Acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De La Haye, and Executive Director, Food for the Poor (FFP) Jamaica, David Mair. Looking on is Director, Environmental Health in the Ministry, Everton Baker. Occasion was a presentation ceremony for medication and mosquito fogging machines valued at $5.7 million at the FFP offices in St. Catherine. The FFP donated 6,000 bottles of paracetamol tablets and 19 portable mosquito foggers to the Ministry.
Health & Wellness

Health Ministry Gets Fogging Machines From Food For The Poor

The Ministry of Health has received a donation of medication and mosquito fogging machines, valued at $5.7 million, from Food for the Poor (FFP) Jamaica. The 6,000 bottles of paracetamol tablets and 19 portable foggers will assist the Government in its continued fight against the spread of mosquito-borne illnesses, such as the Zika Virus (ZikV). The items were handed over...
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Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, feeds baby Jahiem Bailey, who underwent emergency life-saving heart surgery at the Harley Street Clinic in London.
Foreign AffairsHealth & Wellness

Jamaican Baby Receives Life-Saving Heart Surgery in London

The joy which first-time father, Hoshane Bailey, experienced following the birth of his son, Jaheim, on November 1, 2015, was short-lived after learning that the child had a heart problem requiring immediate surgery for him to live. Jaheim was diagnosed with Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA), a condition characterized by abnormal blood circulation. “We were (initially) told that he...
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Health & Wellness

Persons Urged to Take Precaution Against Influenza Infection

The Ministry of Health is reporting that Influenza viruses including cases of Influenza A (H1N1) have been detected through its surveillance system and continue to circulate among the population. Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Winston De La Haye is therefore urging persons to take steps to protect themselves and their families from being infected with these viruses. “We are now in...
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EnvironmentHealth & Wellness

Ministry of Health will Launch National Cleanup Day under Operation: Mosquito Search & Destroy Initiative

The Ministry of Health in partnership with several stakeholders will embark on a National cleanup day dubbed “Operation Mosquito Search and Destroy” this Saturday, February 20, 2016. In a recent meeting of the Ministry’s National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) along with the Ministry of Local Government, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), the National Solid Waste Management Authority...
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