| Mon - Thur 8:30 am - 5:00pm, Friday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Government of Jamaica ja-flag

News

Latest Stories

State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (left), and United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/ Jamaica Country Representative, Jason Fraser (second left) applaud, as Director/Principal Investigator, Health Connect Jamaica Dr Geoffrey Barrow, displays the grant funding certificate the organisation was awarded as one of nine participants in the Private Sector COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Partnership. Under this arrangement, private sector entities have been provided with grants by USAID totalling US$600,000 to partner with the government to administer coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations to Jamaicans. The presentation was made during the partnership launch at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Friday (Feb. 25).
State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (left), and United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/ Jamaica Country Representative, Jason Fraser (second left) applaud, as Director/Principal Investigator, Health Connect Jamaica Dr Geoffrey Barrow, displays the grant funding certificate the organisation was awarded as one of nine participants in the Private Sector COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Partnership. Under this arrangement, private sector entities have been provided with grants by USAID totalling US$600,000 to partner with the government to administer coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations to Jamaicans. The presentation was made during the partnership launch at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Friday (Feb. 25).

US$600,000 For Public/Private Vaccine Partnership

By: Alecia Smith, February 28, 2022
More than 17,000 doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations have been administered to Jamaicans by private sector entities in collaboration with the government, since October 2021. This was disclosed by State...
Stock Image

COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Sunday, February 27, 2022

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, February 28, 2022
Member of Parliament for Southeast Clarendon, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (centre) examines a pack of gloves during the handing over of an assortment of medical items to the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA). The ceremony was held on Friday (February 25) at the National Health Fund (NHF) pharmaceutical warehouse in Kingston. Also pictured are Mayor of May Pen, Councillor, Winston Maragh (left) and Chief Executive Officer, National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson. The items were donated by international, non-profit organisation, Medgive Foundation to the SRHA through the NHF.

More Than US$80,000 in Supplies for Public Health System

By: Rochelle Williams, February 27, 2022

More Stories