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Improving Infirmaries and Community Health Centres

The CHASE Fund has made a significant contribution to initiatives by Local Government authorities to change the concept of infirmaries for the indigent poor. Many of the facilities, which are operated in parishes across the island, are housed in dilapidated structures that no longer meet the needs of the people…

Ground-breaking Study on Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disease

The World Bank estimates that 63% of “Years of Lost Life” in Jamaica is due to non-communicable diseases. And, more than half of these deaths are caused by cardiovascular disesase (CVD), which results in hypertension, strokes, heart attacks, coronary and kidney disease. This poses a serious threat to the country’s…

Early Childhood Curriculum Support

Dudley Grant Memorial Trust: Driving Curriculum Development Revision of the Early Childhood curriculum is a critical element in the transformation of the sector and the assistance provided by the CHASE Fund for the project, which was undertaken over several years, reaffirms its commitment to development at this level of the…