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Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the 12th annual Make Your Mark Middle Managers’ Leadership Conference on Wednesday, April 27 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the 12th annual Make Your Mark Middle Managers’ Leadership Conference on Wednesday, April 27 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

“Pull Opportunities From COVID-19 Experience” – Dr. Tufton

Managers and professionals within the public health system are being urged to take advantage of opportunities created by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to innovate and transform. Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the call as he...
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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Medical Officer of Health for St. James, Dr. Francine Phillips-Kelly
Medical Officer of Health for St. James, Dr. Francine Phillips-Kelly

St. James Public Health Services To Commence Pilot Screening For NCDs
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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (right), looks on, while Renae Reid (centre), a commuter at the Half-Way Tree Bus Park in St. Andrew makes a point to Programme Development Officer in the Ministry’s Non-Communicable Disease and Injuries Prevention Unit, Dr. Cathi-Ann Williams (left), during a meet and greet of women, to encourage screening for cervical cancer, held at the facility on Monday (April 25).
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (right), looks on, while Renae Reid (centre), a commuter at the Half-Way Tree Bus Park in St. Andrew makes a point to Programme Development Officer in the Ministry’s Non-Communicable Disease and Injuries Prevention Unit, Dr. Cathi-Ann Williams (left), during a meet and greet of women, to encourage screening for cervical cancer, held at the facility on Monday (April 25).

An Appeal To Women To Get Checked For Cervical Cancer

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Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.
COVID-19 VaccinationHealth & Wellness

PAHO Continues To Partner With Member States To Boost Take-Up Of Vaccines

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) continues to partner with member countries having low COVID-19 immunisation coverage, to boost the take-up of vaccines. PAHO Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, who notes that there are adequate doses available “to meet demand everywhere in our region”, says the organisation has been collaborating with stakeholders in planning and implementing national vaccine delivery strategies. “We...
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Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland , Dr. Marcia Graham.
Health & Wellness

#getallyourshots for Vaccination Week April 23-30

Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland Dr. Marcia Graham, says that the parish’s health department will be promoting various vaccines during Vaccination Week, which is being observed April 23-30. Dr. Graham was speaking to journalists in an interview at the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation offices recently. She also reminded that April is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month “so in Vaccination Week we...
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President of the Heart and Soul Cancer Foundation of Jamaica Limited, Sonia Morris (standing centre) is flanked by (from left) Resource Mobilisation Officer at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) Rochelle Sukharan; JN Bank Representative Marshalee Walcott-Lawrence; Friends of Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) member Monica Caine; Business Relationship and Sales Manager at JN Bank in Falmouth, Trelawny Nina Peters; Consultant Haematologist and Oncologist at the Cornwall Regional Hospital Dr. Harvey Crawford; Radiation Oncologist Consultant CRH Dr. Raveen Sharma; Vice President, Heart and Soul Cancer Foundation of Jamaica Limited Errol Richards; Manager, Department of Nursing at CRH Noela Hutchinson Livingston; Senior Medical Officer at CRH Dr. Derek Harvey; Director of Nursing Services at CRH Gillian Ledgister and Chief Executive Officer at CRH Charmaine Williams-Beckford, following a ceremony to hand over three chemotherapy infusion chairs to the hospital on Wednesday (April 20).
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Cancer Care Centre at CRH GETS $500K Gift

The Heart and Soul Cancer Foundation of Jamaica Limited in Trelawny, has donated three chemotherapy infusion chairs to Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St. James. The chairs which were handed over on Wednesday (April 20) will allow patients to rest in comfort as they receive treatment at the hospital’s Cancer Care Centre. The chairs, which cost approximately $500,000, were obtained...
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