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Principal Investigator, University of the West Indies (UWI) Department of Medicine Pulmonary Research Group, Dr. Althea Aquart-Stewart, addresses a JIS Think Tank.

Nothing To Fear From COPD Study Test

Researchers from the University of the West Indies (UWI) Department of Medicine are appealing to persons, who have been selected to participate in the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study, not be fearful of the spirometry testing that is...

Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson (left), presents the winning team from the Jamaica Observer, in the agency’s 2014 Weight Loss Competition, with their trophies, certificates, and other prizes. Some$400,000 has been disbursed to persons who participated in the six month event. Team members are from left: Beverley Clarke-Johnson, Sharifa Henry-Chambers, Kamilah Morrison, Kadisha Pusey (Team Captain), Kingsley Gordon ( Trainer). Absent from Team: Lisa-Marie Brown. The award ceremony was held on Thursday, November 14, at the New Kingston Conference Centre.

NHF Weight Loss Contestants Win Big

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, and Member of Parliament for South East St. Andrew, Hon. Julian Robinson in discussion with representatives of DFL Distributors, Kareem Downer (left) and Megan Meikle during a handing over ceremony at the Excelsior High School premises in Kingston on Friday (Nov. 14). DFL Distributors donated five cases of bleach to the institution.

Students Urged to Keep Their Schools Clean to Protect Against Diseases

Chief Public Health Inspector at the Kingston and St. Andrew Public Health Department, Everton Baker, makes a point at the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) Town Hall meeting on the Chikungunya virus (CHICK-V) and other public health issues affecting the municipality, held at Mandela Park on November 13.

Persons Urged to Help Prevent Chik-V

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Noel Arscott (3rd right); Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba (2nd right); and members of the United Kingdom (UK) Diaspora, show off the forehead thermometers valued at nearly $125,000, which have been donated to assist the country’s Ebola preparedness. From left are: Dorothy Turner, Celia Grandison-Markey and Paulette Lewis from the International Healthcare Group UK; and Laval Bent of the Association of Jamaicans UK Trust. The items were presented to Minister Arscott on Wednesday, November 12, during at a brief ceremony at the Jamaican High Commission in London.

UK Diaspora Donates Thermometers for Ebola Preparedness

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UTECH and American Lab Partner on Medical Marijuana Research

The University of Technology (UTech) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a California-based medical cannabis laboratory to explore mutual opportunities for research and development of medical marijuana. The agreement was inked by Acting President, UTech, Ambassador Burchell Whiteman and Chief Scientist, Steep Hill Labs Incorporated, Dr. Donald Land, at a special ceremony held this morning (Nov.14), at the...

Acting Director, Health Promotion and Protection Branch, Ministry of Health, Dr. Tamu Davidson-Sadler, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s head office.

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Special Focus on Diabetes November 14

Jamaica will join the rest of the world to observe World Diabetes Day on Friday, November 14, under the theme: ‘Healthy Living and Diabetes’. Speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, Acting Director, Health Promotion and Protection Branch at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Tamu Davidson-Sadler, said the Government has been working through its national strategic plan...

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Persons with Diabetes Encouraged to Get Screened for Depression

The Ministry of Health is encouraging persons who have been diagnosed with diabetes, to get screened for depression as well. In an interview with JIS News, Acting Director of the Health Promotion and Protection Branch at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Tamu Davidson-Sadler, explained that studies have shown that depression is high in persons who have diabetes. According to Dr. Davidson-Sadler,...

11 years ago Health & Wellness

Health and Tourism Ministries Partner on Chik-V Sensitization

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Fenton Ferguson, says his Ministry is partnering with the Ministry of Tourism on the ongoing sensitization of residents in resort areas on the Chikungunya Virus (Chik-V). He told JIS News that the sensitization drive, which is well underway, is being supported by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), which has contributed $100 million to the Government’s...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, addresses the launch of the 2014 Hanover Medical Mission on Saturday (Nov. 8), at the Grand Palladium Resort in Lucea, Hanover.

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PM Hails Hanover Medical Mission

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has hailed the 2014 Hanover Medical Mission as an example of the kind of partnership that is important in strengthening Jamaica’s public health system. Speaking at a reception at the Grand Palladium Resort in Hanover on Saturday, November 8, to launch the medical mission, the Prime Minister said it reinforces the importance...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Fenton Ferguson (centre), listens as Head of the Ebola preparation committee at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, Dr. Barbara Grandison, explains the level of preparedness at the hospital, during a tour of temporary quarantine facilities on Friday (November 7). At left is Deputy Chairman of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Calvin G. Brown.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

Ebola Preparations Advanced At Cornwall Regional Hospital

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Fenton Ferguson, says that work is advanced on the permanent Ebola quarantine facility being built at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James. He said that the facility should be completed within another three weeks. “The permanent isolation area that is being developed, I am very pleased with where we are now. My...

Logistics Coordinator for the Government’s National Health Emergency Response to the Chikungunya Virus (Chik V), the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) Colonel Daniel Pryce (right), and other members of the JDF observe as their colleague cleans a drain in Washington Mews, Naggo Head, in Portmore, St. Catherine, during Saturday’s (November 8) vector control and clean-up activities in community. Saturday’s activities also involved representatives from the Ministries of Health, and Local Government and Community Development; Portmore Municipal Council; Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM); National Works Agency (NWA); National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA); and Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).

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Portmore Cleanup Project Hailed as a Success

The two-day clean up exercise conducted in Portmore, St. Catherine, on Saturday and Sunday (November 8 and 9), is being hailed as a major success. Logistics Coordinator for the Government’s National Health Emergency Response Programme, Colonel Daniel Pryce, and Portmore’s Acting Mayor, Councillor Leon Thomas, have praised the inputs of public and private sector stakeholders facilitating implementation of the activities...