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Jamaica Gleaner Profiles in Medicine
published: Wednesday | April 30, 2003

National Health Fund Crackdown on chronic diseases
The National Health Fund (NHF) will have far-reaching impact - Dr. Winston Davidson, past president, Medical Association of Jamaica.

Case study: Diabetes + GCT
WEDNESDAY: MINISTRY Paper No. 21/03 listing General Consumption Tax (GCT) Act ­ zero-rated and exempt items tabled in Parliament.


Herbal teas edge out medicines
WHETHER URBAN or rural residents, generally Jamaicans consider herbal remedies to be more effective and less expensive than medicines prescribed by their doctors.


Travel advice lifted
THE TRAVEL advice for Toronto is expected to be lifted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) today. The announcement was made last evening by WHO Director-General Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland.







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