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Health Minister, Hon. Dr Fenton Ferguson (right), discusses the day’s programme with Head of the Conference of Parties Convention Secretariat, World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tibor Szilagyi (left), and PAHO/WHO Representative in Jamaica, Margareta Sköld, at a meeting which the Ministry hosted with the visiting team from the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), to gather information from stakeholders on the implementation of the Convention in their programmes, strategies, and plans. The forum was held at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston, on August 19.
Health Minister, Hon. Dr Fenton Ferguson (right), discusses the day’s programme with Head of the Conference of Parties Convention Secretariat, World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tibor Szilagyi (left), and PAHO/WHO Representative in Jamaica, Margareta Sköld, at a meeting which the Ministry hosted with the visiting team from the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), to gather information from stakeholders on the implementation of the Convention in their programmes, strategies, and plans. The forum was held at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston, on August 19.

Health Ministry Hosts Meeting With WHO on Tobacco Control

By: Alphea Saunders, August 19, 2014
The Ministry of Health, today (August 19), hosted a meeting with a team from the Secretariat of the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), to gather...
Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (at podium), addressing the recent official launch of the Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC), held at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), in Kingston. Others (from left) are: Deputy Director General of the PIOJ, Barbara Scott; Deputy Dean at the UWI Faculty of Medical Sciences, Professor Minerva Thame; Head of the European Union (EU) in Jamaica, Ambassador Paola Amadei, and Director General of the PIOJ, Colin Bullock.

New Project to Improve Care for Expectant Mothers and Newborns

By: Garfield L. Angus, August 18, 2014
The Ministry of Health has confirmed two additional locally transmitted cases of Chikungunya. This brings the total number of confirmed cases for Jamaica to ten.

Ten Locally Transmitted Cases of Chikungunya Confirmed

By: Ministry of Health Public Relations & Communication Unit , August 18, 2014

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Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right), makes a point at a press briefing held at the Ministry of Health downtown Kingston offices on August 7, to give an update on the Chikungunya disease. Seated beside the Minister are Director of Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services, Ministry of Health, Dr Marion Bullock DuCasse (centre), and Representative, Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), Dr. Tara lee Malcolm.
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Two New Cases of Chikungunya

The Ministry of Health, on Thursday, August 7, confirmed two additional cases of the Chikungunya virus in Jamaica. This was revealed by Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, during...
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By: Latonya Linton, August 8, 2014