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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Acting Country Representative, Vicente Teran (second right), observe as Chief Education Officer (Acting), Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe (centre), interacts with students from Maverley Primary and Infant School, at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica’s launch of a media campaign to support Phase 1 of the School Nutrition Policy, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston on Thursday (February 9). The students (from left) are Prince McLeish, Kishanna Williams, Dejaun Russell and Jovier Stennette. In the background (from left) are: President, Paediatric Association of Jamaica, Dr. Natalie McNeil Beecher; State Minister, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn and Executive Director, Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Deborah Chen.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Acting Country Representative, Vicente Teran (second right), observe as Chief Education Officer (Acting), Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe (centre), interacts with students from Maverley Primary and Infant School, at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica’s launch of a media campaign to support Phase 1 of the School Nutrition Policy, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston on Thursday (February 9). The students (from left) are Prince McLeish, Kishanna Williams, Dejaun Russell and Jovier Stennette. In the background (from left) are: President, Paediatric Association of Jamaica, Dr. Natalie McNeil Beecher; State Minister, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn and Executive Director, Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Deborah Chen.

Heart Foundation Launches Media Campaign to Support School Nutrition Policy

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica has launched its ‘Out of Our Schools’ Mass Media Campaign, in support of Phase 1 of the School Nutrition Policy. The Policy is spearheaded by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, in collaboration with the...
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), in discussion with Consultant Nephrologist at the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine, Dr. Roger Smith (centre), while visiting the facility’s dialysis unit on Wednesday (February 8) to examine 10 new dialysis machines and furniture, which the institution received recently under a $30-million investment. Looking on is the hospital’s Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Jacqueline Wright-James.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), in discussion with Consultant Nephrologist at the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine, Dr. Roger Smith (centre), while visiting the facility’s dialysis unit on Wednesday (February 8) to examine 10 new dialysis machines and furniture, which the institution received recently under a $30-million investment. Looking on is the hospital’s Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Jacqueline Wright-James.

Jamaicans Urged to Adopt Healthy Lifestyles to Prevent Renal Failure
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), presents a signed contract to Assistant Manager at Fleet Diagnostic Laboratory, Neesha Graham (second right), during the launch of the National Health Fund (NHF) Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Test facility on February 4, at the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS), on Lady Musgrave Road in St. Andrew. Looking on are (from left) Chairman of the JCS, Earl Jarrett; Acting Chairman of the NHF, Shane Dalling and Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Everton Anderson.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), presents a signed contract to Assistant Manager at Fleet Diagnostic Laboratory, Neesha Graham (second right), during the launch of the National Health Fund (NHF) Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Test facility on February 4, at the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS), on Lady Musgrave Road in St. Andrew. Looking on are (from left) Chairman of the JCS, Earl Jarrett; Acting Chairman of the NHF, Shane Dalling and Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Everton Anderson.

NHF Launches Prostate Cancer Screening Benefit
Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham.
Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham.

Westmoreland Residents Urged to Get Flu Vaccine
Executive Director of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Deborah Chen (right) speaks about activities for Heart Month 2023, during a JIS Think Tank on February 2. Also participating in the forum is Medical Epidemiologist in the Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries Prevention Unit in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Julia Rowe-Porter. Heart Month is being observed in February under the theme: ‘Do Your Part, Check Your Heart’.
Executive Director of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Deborah Chen (right) speaks about activities for Heart Month 2023, during a JIS Think Tank on February 2. Also participating in the forum is Medical Epidemiologist in the Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries Prevention Unit in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Julia Rowe-Porter. Heart Month is being observed in February under the theme: ‘Do Your Part, Check Your Heart’.

HFJ Ramps Up Screenings for Heart Month

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Immediate Past President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Jamaica, Dr. Ernestine Watson.
Health & Wellness

Jamaicans Urged Not to Buy Prescription Drugs from Non-Registered Sources

The Pharmaceutical Society of Jamaica (PSJ) is appealing to Jamaicans not to source prescription drugs from questionable, non-registered sources. In an interview with JIS News, PSJ Immediate Past President, Dr. Ernestine Watson, explained that the PSJ is concerned about the sale of counterfeit drugs, which is a major issue in Jamaica, and that the organisation takes the matter very seriously....
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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), looks on while Head of a gynaecological team on a medical mission that came to the island, Dr. Monique Jones (left), speaks at a reception for the group, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, recently. Also pictured is Jamaican-born United States (US) based critical care nurse, Dr. Sandra Lindsay.
Health & Wellness

Increase In Overseas Health Missions Expected

Jamaica should see an increase of overseas health missions on the island, through the efforts of the revamped Health for Life and Wellness Foundation in the Ministry of Health and Wellness. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says an appeal he made last year while in New York, United States (US), for health professionals to return and provide needed...
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Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Simone Spence (centre), is in conversation with Executive Director of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Deborah Chen, and President of the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ), Dr. Brian James, at the launch of Heart Month on Tuesday (January 31), at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston.
Health & Wellness

Know Your Numbers for Heart Health

Jamaicans are being urged to get regular heart checks and to know their health numbers to avoid the risk factors for stroke and heart disease. Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Simone Spence, made the call as she addressed the launch of Heart Month on Tuesday (January 31), at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston. “Every adult should know his/her health...
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Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)
Health & Wellness

New Director of PAHO Sworn In

Director-designate of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr., was sworn into office on Tuesday (January 31), during a ceremony in the United States (US) capital, Washington DC. He succeeds Dr. Carissa Etienne, under whose tenure he served as Assistant Director, and will commence his five-year term on Wednesday (February 1). Dr. Etienne, a native...
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Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health & Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie.
Health & Wellness

Pregnant Women Urged to Seek Early Antenatal Care

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, is appealing to pregnant women to get early and regular antenatal care to ensure a safe and healthy delivery. She said that too many women are presenting to clinic late, which delays detection and treatment of conditions that could pose a risk to mother and baby, such as poor nutrition and health issues....
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second right, seated), and Head of Cooperation, Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Aniceto Rodriguez Ruiz (second left, seated), along with Executive Director, Citizen Security Secretariat, Dianne McIntosh (left, seated), and Chair, Violence Prevention Alliance, Professor Elizabeth Ward (right, seated), are joined by the initial participants in the psychological first aid responders training programme, during their graduation ceremony at the S Hotel in Montego Bay on Friday (January 27).
Health & Wellness

Twenty Psychological First Aid Responder Trainees Graduate

The parish of St. James and, by extension, Jamaica now have improved capabilities to offer psychological support at the community level following the graduation of the initial cohort of psychological first aid responder trainees, at the S Hotel in Montego Bay on Friday (January 27). The 20 men and women are tasked with providing first response in the areas of...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), converses with Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, during a forum on Tuesday (January 24), at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.
Health & Wellness

Gov’t Strengthens Healthcare Delivery at Three Hospitals

The Government has taken steps to strengthen healthcare delivery at three hospitals that provide care for newborns, including measures to ensure greater compliance with the recommended standards for staffing and infection prevention and control. The measures were highlighted by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, at a forum on Tuesday (January 24), to share the main...
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