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Logistics Coordinator for the Government’s National Health Emergency Response to the Chikungunya Virus (Chik V), the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) Colonel Daniel Pryce (right), and other members of the JDF observe as their colleague cleans a drain in Washington Mews, Naggo Head, in Portmore, St. Catherine, during Saturday’s (November 8) vector control and clean-up activities in community. Saturday’s activities also involved representatives from the Ministries of Health, and Local Government and Community Development; Portmore Municipal Council; Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM); National Works Agency (NWA); National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA); and Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).
Logistics Coordinator for the Government’s National Health Emergency Response to the Chikungunya Virus (Chik V), the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) Colonel Daniel Pryce (right), and other members of the JDF observe as their colleague cleans a drain in Washington Mews, Naggo Head, in Portmore, St. Catherine, during Saturday’s (November 8) vector control and clean-up activities in community. Saturday’s activities also involved representatives from the Ministries of Health, and Local Government and Community Development; Portmore Municipal Council; Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM); National Works Agency (NWA); National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA); and Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).

Portmore Cleanup Project Hailed as a Success

By: Douglas Mcintosh, November 10, 2014
The two-day clean up exercise conducted in Portmore, St. Catherine, on Saturday and Sunday (November 8 and 9), is being hailed as a major success. Logistics Coordinator for the Government’s...
Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), is greeted by Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) representative to Jamaica, Dr. Noreen Jack, when he arrived that the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus on Thursday, November 6, to attend the opening of the Faculty of Medical Sciences’ annual research conference and workshop.

Health Ministry to Develop Research Agenda

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, November 7, 2014
Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), converses with Head Girl, Ardenne High School, Ashleigh Paige Beersingh, at the institution’s distinguished lecture series 2014, on November 5.

Health Minister Says Sector Has Place For Science Graduates

By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, November 7, 2014

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By: Ministry of Health Public Relations & Communication Unit , November 4, 2014
Coordinator for the Greater Involvement of Persons Living with HIV and AIDS (GIPA) at the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Ainsley Reid, addresses a JIS Think Tank on October 29.
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