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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, (left), highlights the need to clear communities of bulky waste such as old cars, which can become breeding sites for the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which transmits the dengue virus. He was participating in activities under the national dengue clean-up exercise in the Grants Pen community in St. Andrew on Saturday (Jan. 25). Listening to the Prime Minister (from 2nd left) are: Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton; Chief Executive Officer of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, Robert Hill; and Medical Entomologist and Head of the National Vector Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Sherine Huntley Jones.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, (left), highlights the need to clear communities of bulky waste such as old cars, which can become breeding sites for the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which transmits the dengue virus. He was participating in activities under the national dengue clean-up exercise in the Grants Pen community in St. Andrew on Saturday (Jan. 25). Listening to the Prime Minister (from 2nd left) are: Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton; Chief Executive Officer of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, Robert Hill; and Medical Entomologist and Head of the National Vector Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Sherine Huntley Jones.

PM Leads Dengue Clean-up in Grants Pen

By: Alecia Smith, January 25, 2020
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Saturday (Jan. 25), joined residents of Grants Pen in St. Andrew in searching for and destroying mosquito breeding sites in their community,...
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left) plants an East Indian mango tree with the help of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Kingston Girl of the year, Deja-Nai Grant (foreground, 2nd left) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative to Jamaica, The Bahamas, and Belize, Dr. Crispim Moreira (foreground, right). Occasion was the launch of the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) at Hope Gardens, St. Andrew on Wednesday (January 22). Looking on (in background from left) are: Chief Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspector in the Ministry, Sanniel Wilson-Graham; Deputy Programme Manager, CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Richard Blair; Chairman of the Caribbean Plant Health Directors (CPHD) Forum, Brian Crichlow; Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) Representative in Jamaica, Dionne Clarke-Harris; and Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) representative in Jamaica, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson.​

Jamaica a Regional Leader in Protecting Plant Health

By: Tanesha undle, January 25, 2020
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, applies net to water drum in Grants Pen, St Andrew.

Grange: Fight Against Mosquitoes Will Continue After 3-Day Clean Up

By: Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, January 25, 2020

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