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Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)
Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)

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...
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health & Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie.
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health & Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie.

Pregnant Women Urged to Seek Early Antenatal Care
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).
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).

Twenty Psychological First Aid Responder Trainees Graduate
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.
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.

Gov’t Strengthens Healthcare Delivery at Three Hospitals
Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham.
Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham.

Gastroenteritis Resurgence in Westmoreland

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Chairman of the Lions Club of Mandeville, Valerie Brown.
Health & Wellness

Thousands of Jamaicans Get Free Medical Services

Thousands of Jamaicans received free medical services and procedures, which were carried out by an 80-member team from the United States (US)-based Organization for International Development (OID) from January 16 to 20. Jamaican-born dentist residing in New York, Dr. Roy Streete, led the team of volunteers, which included primary-care providers, who carried out clinics in Manchester, St. Elizabeth, St. James,...
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Vice President of Public Health Advocacy at US-based Northwell Health, Dr. Sandra Lindsay (centre), hands over a Cardiotocograph (CTG) to the staff at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover, on Friday, January 20. From left are CEO of the Noel Holmes Hospital, Carlington McLennon; Registered Midwife, Arielle England-Reid; Acting Director of Nursing Services, Gracia Davis-Brown; Senior Medical Officer at Noel Holmes Hospital, Patrice Monthrope; Associate Chief of Labour and Delivery at Northwell Health, Dr. Monique De Four Jones; and Parish Manager of Hanover Health Services, Aldwayne Beckford.
Health & Wellness

Noel Holmes Hospital Gets Cardiotocograph from Northwell Health

Service delivery on the maternity ward at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover, has been improved through the donation of a Cardiotocograph by the USA’s non-profit healthcare provider, Northwell Health, on Friday, January 20. The equipment is utilised as part of routine prenatal care to assist in monitoring a baby’s heartbeat and the uterine contractions during pregnancy. The hospital now...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), shares in discussion involving (from left) High Commissioner of Canada to Jamaica, Emina Tudakovic; Acting United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Country Representative, Vicente Teran; and Minister of International Development for Canada, Hon. Harjit Sajjan. Occasion was the launch of Canada’s Global Initiative for Vaccine Equity (CanGIVE) at the International Seabed Authority in Kingston recently.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

UNICEF Receives CAD$70 Million to Boost Vaccine Access and Take-Up

Measures being undertaken by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines have been bolstered through a donation of Can$70 million. The funds, provided through Canada’s Global Initiative for Vaccine Equity (CanGIVE), will be used to support interventions to decrease COVID-19-related mortality and morbidity in 11 countries, including Haiti, Colombia and Jamaica, with a special...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, points to sanitisation and hygiene supplies that have been donated to the Ministry of Health and Wellness by Konnexx Services Limited for distribution to 26 hospitals to aid in the fight against viral and bacterial infections. The items were presented at ceremony at Banquet Hall, Jamaica House, on January 18.
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PM Urges Jamaicans to Take Charge of Their Health

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is imploring Jamaicans to take greater responsibility for their own health and take the necessary measures to protect themselves against infectious diseases. The Prime Minister made the call at the handover of sanitisation and hygiene supplies valued at $10.5 million to the public health system by Konnexx Services Limited, at Banquet Hall, Jamaica...
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Two ambulances and a panel van that were acquired by the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA) for the region, were handed over during a ceremony held at the Ocean Village Shopping Centre, in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on Wednesday (January 18).
Health & Wellness

NERHA Hands Over Ambulances

Two ambulances and a panel van, acquired at a cost of more than $33 million, have been handed over to health facilities by the North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA), which oversees the parishes of St. Ann, St. Mary and Portland. During the handover ceremony, held on Wednesday (January 18), at Ocean Village Shopping Centre in Ocho Rios, St. Ann,...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right) and Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (second left), are attentive as Founder and Managing Director, Konnexx Services Limited, Dean Nevers (right), explains the benefits of the electrostatic sprayer. Occasion was a ceremony for the handover of hygiene and sanitisation supplies, valued at $10.5 million, for use in 26 hospitals islandwide, at the Banquet Hall, Office of the Prime Minister on January 18. Looking on is Operations Manager, Konnexx Services Limited, Kerrie-Anne Gray.
Health & Wellness

Konnexx Services Provides $10.5 Million Worth of Hygiene And Sanitisation Supplies to Health System

The public health system has received a donation of hygiene and sanitisation supplies valued at $10.5 million from technology company Konnexx Services Limited. The items, which include electrostatic sprayers, sanitisers and sanitiser dispensers, sanitiser mats, and hygiene supplies, will be distributed to 26 hospitals to aid in the fight against viral and bacterial infections. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a press conference to provide details about increases in NHFCard Benefits, held on Tuesday (January 17), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
Health & Wellness

NHF Pays $6.41 Billion in Subsidy for 2021/22

The National Health Fund (NHF) approved subsidy payments of $6.41 billion for more than 4.3 million claims made in the 2021/22 fiscal year. The statistics were provided during a press conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (January 17) to provide details of increases to NHFCard Benefits. Five conditions accounted for 78 per cent of the...
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