$3-billion programme to reduce neonatal and maternal deaths
Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson (seated, right); and associate, Harold Morrison and Robert Woodstock Associates, Lisa Seivright (seated, left), sign copies of a contract for the design and equipping of maternal and neonatal high dependency units within the public health sector, during a ceremony at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday. Also pictured in the background (from left) are: British High Commissioner to Jamaica David Fitton; head, Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica Ambassador Paola Amadei; deputy director general of the Planning Institute of Jamaica, Barbara Scott; and Permanent Secretary in the Health Ministry Dr Kevin Harvey. The contract signing falls under the $3 billion (¤22 million) Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC), funded by the European Union, which is aimed at reducing the incidence of neonatal and maternal deaths in Jamaica.
