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Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey (left), having a light conversation with Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Representative, Noreen Jack (centre) and Senior Director, Sport (representing Minister with Responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley), Florette Blackwood, at the launch of Caribbean Wellness Day 2014 at PAHO’s offices at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, on September 10.
Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey (left), having a light conversation with Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Representative, Noreen Jack (centre) and Senior Director, Sport (representing Minister with Responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley), Florette Blackwood, at the launch of Caribbean Wellness Day 2014 at PAHO’s offices at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, on September 10.

Health Minister Outlines Impact of NCDs

By: Alphea Saunders, September 11, 2014
Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the global and national burden and threat of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) constitute a major public health challenge, which undermines social and economic...
Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre), stands behind representational cheque for $250,000, which was presented to the Lupus Foundation of Jamaica by the Wisynco Group during a ceremony at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), on September 5. Others (from left) are: Chairman of the Wisynco Group, William Mahfood; Vice President, Membership Administration, Lupus Foundation of Jamaica, Sybil McLean; spokesperson for the Foundation, who is living with the disease, Shoyea-Gaye Grant; Chief Executive Officer of KPH, Beulah Stevens; Head of the Foundation, Dr. Desiree Tulloch-Reid; and Senior Medical Officer, KPH, Dr. Natalie Whylie.

Health Minister Commends WISYNCO for Donation

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, September 8, 2014
Director of Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse. (FILE)

Protect Children from Mosquito Bites While at School

By: Ministry of Health Public Relations & Communication Unit , September 5, 2014

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