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The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) - the country’s leading medical training institution - caters to students from Jamaica and the English-speaking Caribbean, and also delivers a range of services to patients. The CHASE Fund has provided a total J$192 million in grants to the UHWI in support…

Jamaica was one of the first two countries to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2007. The Convention provides that persons in this social grouping have the right to economic and social security and to a decent standard of living;…

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…