On this week’s Healthline, COVID-19 positives championing vaccination. Click to hear the stories.

Online learning is becoming a pervasive concept across the world due to the ongoing pandemic, even as some countries continue to struggle with lack of equipment and scant internet access. But while that challenge is being addressed, others are cropping up, particularly with the extended use of devices during this period. That’s our discussion on this week’s healthline, stay tuned.

Jamaica calls for PAHO/WHO intervention to ensure global vaccine acceptance and gets elected to PAHO Executive Committee. On this week’s Healthline, we’re sharing highlights from the recent PAHO Directing Council Meeting lead by Jamaica.

Mu variant confirmed in Jamaica but Delta still rampant. We’re looking at both variants on this week’s Healthline.

What are the factors impacting Jamaica’s population size? How are citizens planning for children? These are just some of the questions that will be answered from data now being collected for the 2021 Reproductive Health Survey. It’s a long overdue update as the last survey was conducted in 2008. We discuss the details in this week’s Healthline.

There are now six links to survival in relation to CPR and the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) is on a drive to increase awareness and create cardiac arrest ready communities. That’s our discussion for this week’s healthline as the curtains come down on another CPR week.

Children and teens are now being prioritized for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine following the recent arrival of doses of that brand into the island. We give you some COVID-19 vaccine updates on this week’s Healthline

Dr Sandra Lindsay, the first Jamaican American to get vaccinated against COVID-19 did not hesitate when the opportunity arose to do so. We share her story on this week’s Healthline.