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A contribution by CHASE also facilitated the establishment of the Public Dialysis Unit at the Mandeville Regional Hospital three years ago. Prior to this, some 83.6% of the patients who attended the institution’s renal clinic died without receiving dialysis. Chronic renal failure is an increasingly significant national health issue, as…

Recognition of the important role that good nutrition plays in the development of cognitive capabilities, such as learning and problem solving among children under five years old, prompted the CHASE Fund to assist the Early Childhood Commission in 2006 as it embarked on a pilot study involving more than 1,000…

Against the background of a steady increase in the incidence of prostate cancer in Jamaica between 1993 and 2002, and in an effort to learn more about the factors that cause this disease, and identify prevention strategies, a medical team from the University Hospital of the West Indies conducted a…