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Newly appointed Minister of Health, the Hon. Horace Dalley
Newly appointed Minister of Health, the Hon. Horace Dalley

Newly Appointed Health Minister Instructed To Correct Shortcomings

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has instructed the newly-appointed Health Minister, Hon. Horace Dalley, to make every effort to correct the shortcomings in the health sector as quickly as possible. She also expressed confidence in Mr. Dalley’s...
Former Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, addressing participants at the ground breaking ceremony for a cancer treatment centre at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James on November 6. The Centre will house one of two Linear Accelerator (LINAC) machines for radiation treatment. The other machine will be established at the St. Joseph
Former Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, addressing participants at the ground breaking ceremony for a cancer treatment centre at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James on November 6. The Centre will house one of two Linear Accelerator (LINAC) machines for radiation treatment. The other machine will be established at the St. Joseph's Hospital in Kingston.

Ground Broken At Site for LINAC Machine
The Ministry of Health, located at 2-4 King Street, Kingston.
The Ministry of Health, located at 2-4 King Street, Kingston.

Regional Health Authorities Audits and Conformance Reports Now Available
Coordinator of the Greater Involvement of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (GIPA) programme at the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Ainsley Reid, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.
Coordinator of the Greater Involvement of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (GIPA) programme at the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Ainsley Reid, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

Govt’s Sustained Support For Persons With HIV/AIDS Hailed
Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (seated, right); and Associate, Harold Morrison and Robert Woodstock Associates, Lisa Seivright (seated, left), sign copies of a contract for the design and equipping of maternal and neonatal high dependency units within the public health sector, during a ceremony at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (November 3). Also pictured in the background (from left) are: British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton; Head, Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Ambassador Paola Amadei; Deputy Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Barbara Scott; and Permanent Secretary in the Health Ministry, Dr. Kevin Harvey. The contract signing falls under the $3 billion (€22 million) Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC), funded by the European Union (EU), which is aimed at reducing the incidence of neonatal and maternal deaths in Jamaica.
Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (seated, right); and Associate, Harold Morrison and Robert Woodstock Associates, Lisa Seivright (seated, left), sign copies of a contract for the design and equipping of maternal and neonatal high dependency units within the public health sector, during a ceremony at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (November 3). Also pictured in the background (from left) are: British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton; Head, Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Ambassador Paola Amadei; Deputy Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Barbara Scott; and Permanent Secretary in the Health Ministry, Dr. Kevin Harvey. The contract signing falls under the $3 billion (€22 million) Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC), funded by the European Union (EU), which is aimed at reducing the incidence of neonatal and maternal deaths in Jamaica.

Gov’t Committed to Providing Quality Maternal and Neonatal Care

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Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right); and Executive Director of the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Dr. Denise Chevannes-Vogel, engage in light discussion shortly before signing a Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) to undertake a $39 million (€300,000) programme aimed at improving health seeking behaviour among pregnant women. The signing took place during a ceremony held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on November 3. The ceremony also involved the signing of contracts for the design and equipping of maternal and neonatal high dependency units within the public health sector. The signings fall under the $3 billion (€22 million) Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC), funded by the European Union (EU), which is aimed at reducing the incidence of neonatal and maternal deaths in Jamaica.
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Expectant Women To Benefit From $39 Million Programme

The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) will embark on a $39 million (€300,000) programme for the improvement of health-seeking behaviour among females, particularly expectant mothers. Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson; and Executive Director of the NFPB, Dr. Denise Chevannes-Vogel, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the undertaking during a ceremony at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston...
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Gov’t Committed To Providing Quality Maternal And Neonatal Care

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has reaffirmed the Government’s pledge to provide top quality treatment and care for expectant mothers and newborns in Jamaica. In demonstration of its commitment, the Government on Tuesday (November 3) signed contracts valued at $253 million with several entities for the design and equipping of maternal and neonatal high dependency units (HDUs) in...
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Medical Mission in Hanover and St. James Nov. 9-13

Scores of residents from Hanover and St. James are expected to benefit from a five-day medical mission from the North East Florida Medical Society. The 57-member delegation will visit Jamaica from November 9-13 and will offer primary, gynaecolological, pain management and dental care with pharmacy provision in select health centres. Patron of the event, the Most Honourable Errald Miller, told...
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Audit of Regional Health Authorities To Be Released

An audit of the country’s Regional Health Authorities (RHAs) is expected to be released shortly. Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, who made the announcement today (November 3), said this will done to “prevent further misinformation (going out) to the public and in keeping with openness and transparency.” The Minister was speaking at a signing ceremony at the Knutsford...
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New CEO and Senior Director Appointed at UHWI

Chairman of the Board of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Mr. Sterling Soares has announced that Mr. Kevin Allen, Senior Director of Finance at the Hospital, has been appointed to act as Chief Executive Officer, following the resignation of Dr. Cecil White. Dr. White’s resignation was to have taken effect at the end of January 2016. However...
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Health Professionals Urged To Maintain Standards

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse, is urging health professionals at hospitals and facilities islandwide to ensure that the standards established by the Ministry of Health are implemented and maintained. “I also urge you to recognise the importance of supervision by the senior teams at all of our health facilities. This cannot be overemphasised and must be an integral...
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Jamaicans with Diabetes Not Managing Their Condition

Jamaicans with diabetes are failing to comply with the advice of healthcare professionals relating to the management and control of the non-communicable disease (NCD). “Based on what we are seeing in the field, the compliance is just not happening. The management isn’t happening tight enough, so we are still getting a lot of complications – kidney failure, heart disease and...
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