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Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right), makes a point at a press briefing held at the Ministry of Health downtown Kingston offices on August 7, to give an update on the Chikungunya disease. Seated beside the Minister are Director of Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services, Ministry of Health, Dr Marion Bullock DuCasse (centre), and Representative, Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), Dr. Tara lee Malcolm.

Four Additional Locally Transmitted Cases of Chikungunya Confirmed

The Ministry of Health has confirmed another four locally transmitted cases of Chikungunya. Director, Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse said the positive results were received today from samples sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right), makes a point at a press briefing held at the Ministry of Health downtown Kingston offices on August 7, to give an update on the Chikungunya disease. Seated beside the Minister are Director of Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services, Ministry of Health, Dr Marion Bullock DuCasse (centre), and Representative, Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), Dr. Tara lee Malcolm.

Two New Cases of Chikungunya

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, addressing journalists at a press briefing, held at the Ministry of Health, downtown Kingston, on August 7. The Ministry gave an update on the Chikungunya situation in Jamaica and the Ministry’s Ebola Preparedness and Response Strategy.

Jamaica Not in High Risk Category for Ebola

Director of Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse. (FILE)

Ministry of Health Strengthens Ebola Preparedness Plan

Senior Medical Officer at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Michelle-Anne Dawson (right), converses with (from left): Chief Executive Officer, Anthony Wood; Pharmacist Nickesha Lewars-O’Conner; and Acting Director of Nursing Services at the hospital, Audrey Willocks in the waiting area of the hospital’s pharmacy, which was recently refurbished as part of a $37 million improvement project being undertaken by the National Health Fund (NHF).

Improvement in Service Since NHF Takeover of Public Pharmacies

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