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Deputy Chief Public Health Inspector for St. James, Nadia Burgess, speaks at the Disaster Preparedness, Hazard Mitigation and Safety Committee meeting of the St. James Municipal Corporation, on Thursday (July 18).

Vector Control Activities to Be Ramped Up in St. James

The St. James Public Health Department has ramped up vector-control activities in the parish, following a spike in the Aedes aegypti Index since June. Speaking at the Disaster Preparedness, Hazard Mitigation and Safety Committee meeting of the St. James Municipal...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dunstan Bryan, leads the congregation of Sts. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in St. Andrew in the singing of a hymn during Sunday’s (July 21) Healthcare Workers Appreciation Month National Church Service. The Month is being observed throughout July. This is the third year that the Month is being commemorated, following a Proclamation by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, in 2022.

PHOTOS: Healthcare Workers Appreciation Month National Church Service

Chief Public Health Inspector for Westmoreland, Steve Morris.

Westmoreland Health Department Tackling Spike In The Parish’s Mosquito Population

Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Danree Delancy (centre), hands over a fogging machine to Chief Public Health Inspector at the Westmoreland Public Health Department, Steve Morris (second left), at the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation’s offices in the parish on July 18. Sharing the moment (from left) are Acting Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Zainab Maiyaki; Accountant at the Corporation, Carolissa Simpson and Acting Chief Executive Officer at the Municipality, Marcus Bromfield.

Westmoreland Municipal Corporation Donates Fogging Machine To Public Health Dept.

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, provides an update on the Hurricane Beryl Relief and Recovery Efforts in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 16).

$1.3b Allocated to NWA and NSWMA under Post-Hurricane National Clean-Up Campaign

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), displays a mosquito drum cover during a press conference at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on July 18. At left is Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie. The press conference provided an update on the state of dengue and the Government’s Enhanced Vector Control Programme, as well as the post-hurricane plan for the public health system.

2 years ago Health & Wellness

Ministry of Health Ramps up Vector Control Programme

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has enhanced its vector control programme to address the increase in the mosquito population since the passage of Hurricane Beryl, including the Aedes aegypti, which transmits the dengue virus. The measures, which were outlined by Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, today (July 18), include expanding the number of vector-control workers, increasing fogging...

Medical Entomologist and National Programme Manager, Vector Control, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Sherine Huntley Jones.

2 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Ministry Steps Up Fogging to Rid Communities of Mosquitoes

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has intensified fogging activities to rid communities of the mosquito nuisance since the passage of Hurricane Beryl. Medical Entomologist and National Programme Manager for Vector Control in the Ministry, Sherine Huntley Jones, told JIS News that fogging is being done every day, morning and evening, in communities across the island. She is imploring householders...

Acting Medical Officer of Health for St. Elizabeth, Dr. Carol Hamilton, addresses the monthly meeting of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation in Black River, on Thursday, July 11.

2 years ago Health & Wellness

St. Elizabeth Health Dept. Identifies Alternative Locations to Serve Patients

The St. Elizabeth Health Department has begun identifying alternative locations for health services, following the significant damage to several health facilities across the parish by Hurricane Beryl on July 3. Three major health centres in the southern part of the parish – Southfield Health Centre, Newell Health Centre, and Bellevue Health Centre – suffered extensive roof damage. This led to...

Associate Director, Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC), Sue-Ann Wallace-Brown (fourth left) and Project Coordinator (left), Jamaica Aids Support for Life (JASL) Nicola Sybliss McLeod (fourth right), cut the ribbon to officially hand over two mobile health units under the ‘One Life, One Health’ project. Occasion was the launch of the project and the staging of a mobile health clinic in Lodge, St. Ann, on Friday (July 12). Sharing the moment (from left) are St. James Regional Programme Manager, JASL, Desmond Campbell; Board Member, JASL, Gervaise McLeod; Medical Director, JASL, Dr. Jennifer Brown Tomlinson; Project Management Specialist, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Althea Spence; Foreign Service Officer, USAID, Jermey Taglieri; and St. Ann Regional Programme Manager, JASL, Nilfia Hazel Anderson.

2 years ago Health & Wellness

JASL Launches Mobile Healthcare Service

Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL) is taking healthcare services into communities across the island through its ‘One Life, One Health’ project. The initiative, which involves the delivery of free health services via two mobile units, was officially launched in Lodge, St. Ann, on Friday (July 12), with scores of residents benefiting from screenings and consultations. It is being undertaken...

United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Nick Perry, hands over medical supplies donated by the United States Government to Director of Emergency Disaster Management and Special Services, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Nicole Dawkins-Wright. The items, which arrived abroad the USNS Burlington, were handed over on Wednesday (July 10) at Kingston Wharves.

2 years ago Foreign AffairsHealth & Wellness

US Donates Over US$14,000 in Medical Supplies

Jamaica has received a donation of medical equipment and supplies valued at more than US$14,000 from the United States (US) government. The items, which arrived on the USNS Burlington, were handed over on Wednesday (July 10) at Kingston Wharves. They include 12 Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machines, 25 nebulisers, two hospital beds, 500 syringes, 20 urine containers, 20 shoe...

Entomological Assistant, Charles Killingbeck (left), points to an untreated water source on the property of Howard Gayle of Pedro Plains, during a Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) mass public health intervention in St. Elizabeth, on Wednesday, July 10.

2 years ago Health & Wellness

SRHA Responds to Urgent Health Needs of Communities Affected by Hurricane Beryl

The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) has launched a comprehensive response to address the urgent health needs of affected communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, which severely impacted several southern parishes on July 3. The extensive health intervention began in St. Elizabeth on Wednesday, July 10, with a team of 120 health professionals, including public health inspectors, community health...

2 years ago Health & WellnessPress Release

Search and Destroy Mosquito-Breeding Sites

Following the start of the hurricane season and the anticipated increase in rainfall, the Ministry of Health & Wellness is reminding members of the public to expect an increase in the breeding of mosquitoes, especially those that carry disease such as the Aedes aegypti mosquito, carriers of the dengue virus. Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie noted that, “It is...