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Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)
Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)

Vaccines To Be Donated By G7 Nations Should Ease Supply Challenges

By: Douglas McIntosh, June 17, 2021
The pledge to donate one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to countries in need by leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations has sparked renewed confidence and hope at the...
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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Tuesday, June 15, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, June 16, 2021
National Coordinator for the Sickle Cell Programme at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Carol Lord.

Sickle Cell Coordinators To Monitor Paediatric Patients

By: Garfield L. Angus, June 16, 2021

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Director, National Laboratory Services, Dr. Michelle Hamilton (left) and Jamaica’s Top Blood Donor, Sonya Binns Lawrence, point to Mrs. Binns Lawrence’s name on the Blood Donors Honour List. Occasion was the World Blood Donor Day Donor Awards held at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) in Kingston on Monday (June 14).
Health & Wellness

Young People Urged To Give Blood

Director of the National Laboratory Services, Dr. Michelle Hamilton, is calling on young people to voluntarily give blood and to also encourage their peers to donate. “It has been well...
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By: Ainsworth Morris, June 15, 2021
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), displays the Vaccination CommCare Software on a tablet, at the official launch of the system on Monday (June 14), during a virtual ceremony. He is joined by Country Representative, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Mariko Kagoshima (centre), and Chairman of the Private Sector Vaccination Initiative (PSVI), Peter Melhado.
Coronavirus

COVID-19 Vaccination Software Launched

Public health officials now have faster and easier access to accurate data on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Jamaica through the full rollout of the COVID-19 Vaccination CommCare Software. The...
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By: Garfield L. Angus, June 15, 2021