[Reprinted: The Gleaner, 10-2-2020] Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says come November 1, the Government will be launching an end-to-end health insurance, repatriation and logistics programme for all tourists coming to Jamaica. Bartlett said the programme is aimed at guaranteeing the health security and safety of tourists who fly to Jamaica, ensuring a comfortable and seamless … [Read more...]
Rethinking health care delivery in Jamaica in a post-COVID-19 world (Part 5)
[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 9-20-2020] A holistic approach to health care delivery in Jamaica will require a comprehensive re-evaluation and transformation of our health systems, recognising that we are experiencing an epidemiologic transition with significant impacts on human capital and national development. A vision for effective health care delivery in the new dispensation must include … [Read more...]
Rethinking health care in Jamaica in a post-COVID-19 world (Part 3)
[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 9-6-2020] In Part 3, the authors continue their investigation of health care in Jamaica by looking at the structure of private health care system in Jamaica, the economics of health care and the potential for economic growth through targeted investment activities in health care and related services. Professor Hans Rosling, the late Swedish health economist at the … [Read more...]
Jamaican doctors sitting in limbo
[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 9-7-2020] Approximately 50 doctors who studied overseas and have returned to the island to practise have been left in limbo, after learning that the mandatory orientation process set aside for them has been delayed “until further notice”. The medical practitioners, several of whom studied in Russia and China, have been left in the cold as the Ministry of Health … [Read more...]
Restrictions coming as Jamaica enters COVID-19 community transmission phase
[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 9-4-2020] Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, has declared that Jamaica is moving into a new phase of COVID-19 in the country, namely the community transmission phase. This he said followed meetings with the ministry's technical team and the Pan American Health Organization. The minister said this means the transmission of the virus can no … [Read more...]
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