Jamaica
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The work begins: Arrival Statement – CARICOM Election Observation Mission to Jamaica
Mission Head, Ms. Josephine Tamai, Chief Elections Officer, Elections and Boundaries Department, Belize. The CARICOM Election Observation Mission mounted for Jamaica’s February 25 General Elections has hit the ground with meetings involving the country’s two major political parties – the ruling Peoples National Movement of Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller and the main opposition Jamaica Labour Party led by Andrew Holness. …
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UNFPA Implements Strategic Framework Targeting Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health
A sexual and reproductive health information programme, to teach parents how to talk to their children about sex, is among several strategies proposed by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in addressing adolescent pregnancy. The strategy is one of five elements outlined in a CARICOM/UNFPA Integrated Strategic Framework, aimed at reducing the number of adolescent pregnancies in each country of…
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UNFPA implements strategic framework targeting adolescent sexual reproductive health
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – A sexual and reproductive health information programme, to teach parents how to talk to their children about sex, is among several strategies proposed by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in addressing adolescent pregnancy. The strategy is one of five elements outlined in a CARICOM/UNFPA Integrated Strategic Framework, aimed at reducing the number of adolescent pregnancies…
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China funding half billion US-dollar university hospital project in Jamaica
The University of the West Indies (UWI) and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), for a J$60 billion (US$511 million) development programme that will include the expansion of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) from a 500-bed to a 1,000-bed facility. As part of the expansion project, College Commons, which houses staff…
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