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Pest control operator fogging to eliminate mosquitos.

Dengue Outbreak Mitigation Plan Activated

By: Latonya Linton, October 4, 2023

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has initiated its Dengue Outbreak Mitigation Plan, which involves search-and-destroy operations, clinical management, workforce management, surveillance, and public education. “The aim of the plan...

Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham (right), engages with Daniel Montaque during a dengue-prevention public education campaign in Little London in the parish on Friday (September 29)

Dengue Public Education Campaign Under Way in Westmoreland

By: Nickieta Sterling, October 3, 2023

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Chris Tufton, addresses the 60th Directing Council of Pan American Health Organization PAHO, held recently at the organisation’s headquarters in Washington DC.

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Director of Health Services Planning and Integration, Dr. Nadine Williams, speaks at a post-Cabinet press briefing, on September 27, at Jamaica House.

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Flu Vaccines Now Available

Eighteen thousand doses of flu vaccines are now available in the public health system as the nation braces for the upcoming flu season in October. Director of Health Services Planning...

By: Mickella Anderson-Gordon, September 28, 2023

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Selected Health Centres’ Opening Hours Being Extended as Part of Gov’t’s Dengue Outbreak Response

Starting Monday, October 2, Jamaicans will be able to take advantage of extended opening hours for all Type Three to Five health centres islandwide as the country faces a dengue...

By: Mickella Anderson-Gordon, September 27, 2023

Minister of Health and Wellness and Outgoing President of the Pan American Health Organization Directing Council, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right) addresses the opening event of the 75th Session of the Regional Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the Americas and 60th Directing Council Meeting of PAHO in Washington DC on September 25. Listening is PAHO Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa DaSilva.

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Dr. Tufton Calls for Special Treatment of Small Island States

Special consideration must be given to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and their circumstances, including high debt burdens and small size, which compromise their capacity to respond effectively, without support,...

By: Peta-Gay Hodges, September 27, 2023

Medical Entomologist and National Programme Manager, Vector Control, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Sherine Huntley Jones.

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Vector-Control Teams Dispatched to High-Risk Areas

As part of efforts to rid communities of mosquito breeding sites, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has dispatched its vector-control teams to several high-risk areas across the island. Medical...

By: Garfield L. Angus, September 26, 2023

Medical Entomologist, Sherine Huntley-Jones, displays drum cover introduced by the South East Regional Health Authority public health team to minimize mosquito breeding. Mrs. Huntley Jones was speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on June 10.

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Action in Schools to Prevent Dengue

The Government has intensified efforts to make schools safe from the dengue virus with supplies of drum covers, weekend fogging, and removal of bulky waste. Medical Entomologist and National Programme...

By: Garfield L. Angus, September 26, 2023

Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon (second right), hands over one of five fogging machines to Parish Manager at the St. James Public Health Department, Lennox Wallace (left) during a ceremony held at the St. James Municipal Corporation offices in Montego Bay on Monday (September 25). The corporation donated the machines to the department to bolster the fight against dengue fever in the parish. Sharing in the moment are Regional Operations Manager at WPM Waste Management Ltd., Edward Muir (second left) and Chief Executive Officer of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Naudia Crosskill.

2 years ago Health & Wellness

St. James Public Health Department Gets Fogging Machines

The St. James Municipal Corporation has donated five fogging machines to the St. James Public Health Department, which will be used in mosquito eradication activities in communities across the parish....

By: Serena Grant, September 26, 2023

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaks during a recent quarterly press conference at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston.

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Reduction in Complaints at Public Health Facilities

There was a 6.7 per cent decrease in the number of complaints received at public health facilities in the first quarter of the current financial year as noted by the...

By: Mickella Anderson-Gordon, September 26, 2023

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Vulnerable Groups Encouraged to Take Flu Vaccine

Vulnerable groups, such as the elderly and children, as well as front-line healthcare workers are being encouraged to get the influenza vaccine. The influenza season normally starts in October. The...

By: Latonya Linton, September 25, 2023

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Flu Vaccines Now Available

Selected Health Centres’ Opening Hours Being Extended as Part of Gov’t’s Dengue Outbreak Response

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Vector-Control Teams Dispatched to High-Risk Areas

Action in Schools to Prevent Dengue

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