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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…

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…

Cardiac patients in Western Jamaica and further afield now have access to modern and affordab le diagnostic services at the Cornwall Regional Hospital, which acquired an echocardiogram machine and related equipment in 2009, to become the only institution offering this service in the government health system. (more…)