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Medical doctor, Dr. Mario Evon Guthrie, speaks during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ about the National Family Planning Board (NFPB) Champions for Change Campaign.

NFPB Ambassadors Championing Change in Treatment of Persons with HIV

A 2019 National Family Planning Board (NFPB) study has found that 53 per cent of persons living with HIV report that their status makes them feel uncomfortable, consequent on stigma and discrimination that is meted out to this cohort. Speaking...

Minister of Health and Wellness, and Member of Parliament (MP) for St Catherine West Central, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), with some of the 39 students from primary and high schools, as well as tertiary institutions, who received educational support from the MP, at a recent back-to-school event, held at the Watermount Open Bible Church in St. Catherine. Nestlé Jamaica Limited also awarded each Primary Exit Profile (PEP) student with $10,000.

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

School Administrators Urged to Get Rid of Mosquito Breeding Sites

Regional Coordinator for the Western Division of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Roland Haye, addresses an Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) workshop at the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation in Black River on Monday, August 28.

First Responders Urged to Support Persons Grappling with Psychological Disorders

Consultant Anaesthesist and Intensivist, Andrews Memorial Hospital, Dr. Lambert Innis, addresses a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’.

HEART Foundation Emphasises Importance of CPR Training in the Workplace

(FILE) The three newly retrofitted ambulances that were officially handed over to the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) on June 13.

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Jamaica to Receive 38 New Vehicles from Japan

An arrangement has been finalised for Jamaica to receive five new ambulances and 33 pickups from Japan. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, made the announcement during the ‘Good Morning, Minister’ programme on Love 101-FM on Wednesday (August 23). Senator Johnson Smith said some of the pickups “will go into the praedial larceny...

Chief Executive Officer for the Black River Hospital, Diana Brown-Miller (left) accepts a donation of medical supplies and equipment from Parottee Enrichment Project (PEP) Executive Board Member, Marilyn Bennett, during a handover ceremony on August 17. The organisation donated approximately US$6,000 worth of equipment and supplies to the facility.

3 years ago Health & Wellness

PEP Donates Medical Equipment and Supplies Valued US$6,000 to Black River Hospital

The Black River Hospital in St. Elizabeth has received a donation of medical equipment and supplies valued approximately US$6,000 from the Parottee Enrichment Project (PEP) Inc. Among the items are walkers, crutches, wheelchairs, walking canes, a commode, surgical masks, isolation gowns and disposable hospital bed sheets. PEP, a United States-based non-profit organisation that was registered in 2020, focuses on enhancing...

Director, Enabling Environment and Human Rights Unit at the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Karlene Temple Anderson, addresses a JIS Think Tank on the NFPB’s Champions for Change Campaign, on August 22.

3 years ago Health & Wellness

NFPB Embarks on Campaign to Reduce Discrimination Against Persons Living with HIV

The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) has embarked on a public education campaign titled, ‘Champions for Change’, aimed at building awareness and promoting the reduction of stigma and discrimination against persons living with HIV. The campaign was conceptualised against the background that despite stigma and discrimination-reduction efforts, these issues remain deeply rooted in the Jamaican social construct and continue to...

Chief Executive Officer of the Black River Hospital in St. Elizabeth, Diana Brown-Miller, gives remarks during a handover ceremony held at the hospital on August 17. The hospital received a donation of equipment from the Hummingbirds Association.

3 years ago Health & Wellness

Equipment Donated to Black River Hospital

The Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth has received a donation of medical equipment valued at $1 million, from the Hummingbirds Association. Among the donated items are digital baby scales, adult scales, blood pressure machines, a nebulizer, and an examination lamp. In her remarks at the handover ceremony held on August 17, Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital, Diana Brown-Miller...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St. Andrew.

3 years ago Health & Wellness

Ministries Collaborating to Resolve Social Cases at Public Hospitals

The Ministries of Health and Wellness and Local Government and Community Development have been collaborating to expand infirmaries as part of efforts to resolve the issue of social cases at public hospitals. Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, recently renewed an appeal for persons to fetch their loved ones once they are discharged from public hospitals. He said, so...

Members of the Jamaica Nurses Association of Florida pose in front of the truckload of medical supplies donated to Percy Junor Hospital on Tuesday, August 16. They are (from left) Shirley White-Dawkins, Oswald Dixon, Joan Howard; Acting CEO, Percy Junor Hospital, Sharon Hibbert Hemmings; Dr. Ann Marie Allen of Baptist Health Hospital; Vice President, Jamaica Nurses Association of Florida, Dr. Beverlyn Allen; Walcott Allen and Karl Bailey.

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Percy Junor Hospital Gets Medical Supplies and Equipment

Medical supplies and equipment worth US$80,000.00 were handed over to the Percy Junor Hospital, in Clarendon, on August 16. This was done by Dr. Beverlyn Allen, Vice President of the Jamaica Nurses Association of Florida and a team comprising members of the Kiwanis Club of Kendall, South Dade, Rachel Dixon Memorial Fund, in collaboration with Dinthill Past Students’ Association. “Every...

Senior Manager, Health Services, Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Monique Willis, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the Agency’s Head Office in Kingston, on Wednesday (August 16).

3 years ago Health & Wellness

Heart Foundation Celebrates CPR Week from August 21-25

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) celebrates Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Week 2023 from August 21 to 25, under the theme ‘When Seconds Count, Count on CPR’. Persons are being invited to participate in several activities to be hosted by the HFJ, which aim to heighten public awareness about the life-saving technique. Speaking during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’...