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Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Consultant of the Smart Health Care Facilities Project in Jamaica, Keron Crossman-Johnson.
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Consultant of the Smart Health Care Facilities Project in Jamaica, Keron Crossman-Johnson.

Jamaica to Benefit from PAHO Smart Health Care Project

By: Chad Bryan , February 15, 2017
Fifteen priority health facilities across the island are being assessed for inclusion in the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) Smart Health Care Facilities Project, aimed at providing climate-smart, greener and...
In this file photo, former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Elaine Foster Allen (left), has the attention of (from 2nd left): Caribbean Regional Director for the AIDS Health Care Foundation, Dr. Kevin Harvey; Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Winston De La Haye; and Regional Director for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Ken-Garfield Douglas. Occasion was the handover of a new mobile HIV testing unit donated by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to the Western Regional Health Authority. The presentation was made during the Ministry’s 26th Annual Review and Planning Retreat at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in St. James on November 16.

Project to Reduce HIV Prevalence Among At-Risk Groups Gets $492.25 Million

By: Latonya Linton , February 15, 2017
Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), and Acting Coordinator for Medical Technology Services at the National Public Health Laboratory in Kingston, Michelle Maylor-Archat (left), peer through microscopes during a tour of the institution on Friday, February 10. The tour followed the presentation of a newly acquired Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine, valued approximately $6.4 million (US$50,000), to the Laboratory by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). Also pictured is Chief Medical Technologist in the Cytology Department, Cecile Appiah.

National Public Laboratory Gets New Equipment

By: Rochelle Williams, February 12, 2017

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Chairman of the Southeast Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Wayne Chen (second left), looks at the directional sign to the Pathology Lab that will be built in Mandeville soon. It was launched on February 3. The Lions of Club of Mandeville is spearheading the project.
Health & Wellness

SRHA to get Pathology Lab

The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) will soon have its own pathology laboratory. The laboratory, which is the brainchild of the Lions Club of Mandeville, was launched at Caledonia Road...
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By: Barbara Ellington, February 4, 2017
Health & Wellness

JIS Stages Blood Drive February 7

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) is appealing to members of the public to participate in its upcoming blood drive on Tuesday, February 7 at the agency’s headquarters at 58a Half-Way...
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By: Peta-Gay Hodges, February 3, 2017