Dr Christopher Tufton
May 2, 2017
Tufton to make sectoral debate presentation tomorrow
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Minister of Health, Dr Christopher Tufton is to make his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives tomorrow afternoon.
He is expected to highlight the ministry’s plans for the 2017/18 financial year.The ministry yesterday said it intends to introduce a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine this year in a fight against cervical cancer.Tufton said that a study in the United States revealed that within four years of the vaccine’s introduction, HPV decreased by over 50 per cent among females aged 14 to 19.