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ChikV Cleanup Allocations Clarified

By: , October 15, 2014
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller in discussion with Minister of Finance and Planning, the Hon. Peter Phillips at a special meeting at Jamaica House on October 14. Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Fenton Ferguson is seated left. Mrs. Simpson Miller updated Parliamentarians on the country’s Ebola emergency preparedness and response mechanisms.

Ebola Surveillance to be Heightened at Ports of Entry

By: , October 15, 2014
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (3rd right), provides details about Jamaica’s national emergency response and preparedness for Ebola, at a meeting involving Government Ministers, Parliamentarians, and representatives of state agencies, at Jamaica House on Tuesday (October 14). From left are Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey; Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott; Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson; Minister of Finance and Planning, Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips; and Acting Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson.

Government Develops National Ebola Action Plan

By: , October 15, 2014

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