Testing at National Influenza Centre to be Boosted by CHASE Funding of Equipment
The CHASE Fund is providing funding to acquire additional testing equipment and supplies for the National Influenza Centre (NIC) at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). Jamaica’s NIC, located in the Department of Microbiology, UHWI, is Jamaica’s only Virus Laboratory with the capacity to diagnose and isolate highly infectious viruses. The equipment, […]
With the generous support of the CHASE Fund, the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) is now able to provide various types of non-invasive echocardiography testing for cardiac patients at its new Cardiology Unit. The Unit was officially opened on Wednesday, Novemmber 20, 2019. Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, Minister of Health and Wellness, said that the […]
Cardiology Unit Opened at Kingston Public Hospital
A new building for the infant department at the Unity Primary and Infant School, was officially opened on November 14, 2019. The renovation and expansion of the school, located in Bunkers Hill, Trelawny, was undertaken with a $28.4 million grant from the CHASE Fund. The project included the renovation of the existing building into three […]
CHASE Builds New Building for Unity Primary and Infant School, Trelawny
The Cambridge Infant School in St. James has been transformed with the construction of a new classroom block with funding from the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education Fund, (CHASE). The handing over ceremony of the new building, took place on Thursday, June 20, 2019.
CHASE Builds New Classrooms for Cambridge Infant School
CHASE Supports the Establishment of Jamaica’s First Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Jamaica’s first Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) was officially opened on May 30, 2019. The CHASE Fund contributed $40 million to the $300 million project which began in January 2018 with donations from the Ministry of Health & Wellness and the National Health Fund.
CHASE supported the reprinting of Six Great Jamaicans: Biographical Sketches, a compilation of the life stories of Archbishop Enos Nuttall, George William Gordon, Robert Love, Thomas Henry McDermot, Edward Jordon, and Herbert George De Lisser.
Six Great Jamaicans
Culture
libraries, archives, historic sites, documentation facilities, cultural activities, monuments, documentary film footage
Health
equipping and upgrading health facilities, training of personnel, cancer prevention, detection, treatment and care, kidney failure treatment, programmes for prevention of drug abuse, health care for the mentally challenge
Arts
local museums, cultural displays and exhibitions, training
Sports
develop dynamic leadership qualities in youth, sports development as part of national building
Education
building, upgrading and equipping of early childhood resource centres, support research, scholarships for specialists
