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<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/Health-Ministry-Christopher-Tufton-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6196" /><figcaption>Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton (right), addresses the media at the Ministry’s Quarterly Press Briefing, held on Tuesday (August 27), at the Ministry’s head office in New Kingston. At left is Permanent Secretary, Dunston Bryan. (Photo: JIS) </figcaption></figure>
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<p>In an effort to
eliminate Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that cause the spread of dengue, the
Ministry of Health and Wellness, through the National Health Fund (NHF), will
be spending $130 million on activities geared towards clearing breeding sites.</p>
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<p>This announcement was made by the Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, at his Quarterly Press Briefing, on Tuesday, at the Ministry's head office in New Kingston.</p>
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<p>He said that for
this initiative, the Ministry will be collaborating with the National Solid
Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) and the parish councils, through the Local
Government Ministry.</p>
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<p>“We have agreed, and
we’ll be mobilising $130 million to these agencies for critical support in the
field,” Tufton said.</p>
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<p>“In the case of parish
councils, they have councillors, they have an organisational structure at the
local level and, of course, the NSWMA is critical, because of the impact of
solid waste as breeding sites for mosquitoes.”</p>
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