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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, makes a statement to the House of Representatives on July 4.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, makes a statement to the House of Representatives on July 4.

MPs to Get $189 Million for Health Screenings, Improvement to Clinics

Members of Parliament (MPs) are to benefit from a $189-million allocation to undertake health screenings and to carry out improvements at a health centre in their constituencies. Of the sum, they will receive $1 million each to host at least...
Acting Chief Executive Officer for the Kingston Public and Victoria Jubilee Hospitals, Dr. Natalie Whylie, delivers a message on behalf of Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, during a church service to kick off a month of activities in the South-East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) marking Healthcare Workers Appreciation Month. The service was held at Boulevard Baptist Church in Kingston on Sunday (July 2).
Acting Chief Executive Officer for the Kingston Public and Victoria Jubilee Hospitals, Dr. Natalie Whylie, delivers a message on behalf of Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, during a church service to kick off a month of activities in the South-East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) marking Healthcare Workers Appreciation Month. The service was held at Boulevard Baptist Church in Kingston on Sunday (July 2).

Minister Tufton Hails Public Healthcare Workers
Substance Abuse Officer at the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), St. Ann, Nordia Henry, delivers remarks during the launch of an NCDA Anti-Vaping Campaign in schools at the St. Ann Parish Library, St Ann’s Bay, on June 27.
Substance Abuse Officer at the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), St. Ann, Nordia Henry, delivers remarks during the launch of an NCDA Anti-Vaping Campaign in schools at the St. Ann Parish Library, St Ann’s Bay, on June 27.

NCDA Launches Anti-Vaping Campaign
Several health practitioners were awarded for outstanding work in their respective fields at the Non-Communicable Disease & Injury Prevention Annual Review & Conference, held at the Ocean Eden Bay Resort, Trelawny, on June 27.
Several health practitioners were awarded for outstanding work in their respective fields at the Non-Communicable Disease & Injury Prevention Annual Review & Conference, held at the Ocean Eden Bay Resort, Trelawny, on June 27.

Government Remains Committed to Tackling NCDs
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks at the Annotto Bay Health Centre in St. Mary on June 23, where a Know Your Numbers event was held and the centre officially adopted by Surgix Jamaica Limited.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks at the Annotto Bay Health Centre in St. Mary on June 23, where a Know Your Numbers event was held and the centre officially adopted by Surgix Jamaica Limited.

Ministry Wants Jamaicans to Improve Health Behaviours

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Senior Medical Officer for the Mandeville Regional Hospital, Dr. Everton McIntosh (left), receives a pulse oximeter from Dr. Nitin Shah, Mission Leader for the Mind Body and Soul Health Ministry, at the hospital on June 20.
Health & Wellness

Residents In SRHA Receive Free Cataract Surgeries

Some 577 residents within the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), received free cataract surgeries between June 17 and 20 at the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester. The surgeries were facilitated by Dr. Hilary Morgan, a Florida-based Jamaican who heads the entity – Mind Body and Soul (MBS) Health Ministry – which has organised the surgeries for the last seven years....
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Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse, Michael Tucker, addresses a World No Tobacco Day Youth Forum at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on World No Tobacco Day, Wednesday, May 31.
Health & Wellness

NCDA Head Highlights Impact of Tobacco Use

Seventy-one per cent of the deaths of Jamaicans from cancer of the trachea, bronchus or lungs are attributable to smoking. This was disclosed by Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Michael Tucker, as he addressed a recent World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Youth Forum on the dangers of tobacco use. WNTD was observed on Wednesday, May...
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Government Senator, Dr. Saphire Longmore, addressing the sitting of the Senate on June 16.
Health & Wellness

Senator Calls for Mobile Units to Address Mental Health Needs

Government Senator, Dr. Saphire Longmore is calling for adequately resourced mobile units to be put in place, to respond to the needs of individuals who have been impacted by traumatic circumstances. “Mental health care is on everybody’s mind and what this has brought to the fore is the need… for a mobile response unit in these circumstances. The demand is...
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Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie (third left), cuts the ribbon for the official commissioning of a mobile collection unit at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) on Slipe Road in Kingston on June 14. Others pictured (from left) are Blood Donor Organiser at the NBTS, Igol Allen; Attorney-at-Law, and voluntary blood donor, Khadine “Miss Kitty” Hylton; Acting Director at the NBTS, Dr. Marlene Tapper, and driver of the mobile unit, Patrick Foster.
Health & Wellness

NBTS Expands Collection Programme

In a bid to boost the supply of blood, the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) is strengthening its collection sites and expanding the programme to educational institutions. Delivering the keynote address at the commissioning of a mobile collection unit at the NBTS head office on Slipe Road in Kingston on June 14, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, said...
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Health & Wellness

Citizens Urged to Eliminate Mosquito Breeding Sites

The St. Elizabeth Public Health Department is calling on citizens to assume a greater responsibility in eliminating mosquito breeding sites within their homes and surroundings. Chief Public Health Inspector, Nelesha Brown-Wint, has emphasised the need for proactive action to safeguard public health, noting that since the start of the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season on June 1, there has been an...
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