GENEVA, Switzerland, (AFP) – The World Health Organization declared that mpox no longer constitutes a global health emergency on Thursday, almost exactly a year after the disease formerly known as monkeypox started spreading across the world.
Read more: WHO declares mpox no longer a global health emergency
The Supreme Ventures Foundation (SVF) continues to uphold its pledge to support Jamaica's healthcare system through their latest endeavor.
Read more: Supreme Ventures Foundation shows Victoria Jubilee nurses some love
THE Government is hiring 1,112 additional doctors in permanent posts over the next three to five years to provide better health care services for Jamaicans, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton told the country on Wednesday, adding that the new positions will increase to more than 2,000 the number of physicians in the public health system.
High Dependency Units at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital will this year be recommissioned, as the Ministry moves to bolster the island’s maternal health outcomes.
Read more: Improved access to maternal, neonatal care, states Tufton
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton announced earlier today that Jamaicans are shortly to benefit from expanded eye care services.