Press Release from the Ministry of Health And Wellness Monday, September 28, 2026
Jamaica today welcomed the first cohort of Ghanaian healthcare workers as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen the country’s healthcare workforce and support the delivery of quality healthcare services.
The 43 specialist nurses, who arrived at Norman Manley
International Airport in Kingston this morning, comes to Jamaica following the
signing of a Bilateral Health Cooperation between both countries earlier this
year, which targets 400 healthcare workers joining the healthcare system in
Jamaica.
Speaking on the arrival of the nurses, Minister of Health &
Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, CD, MP has said that “the arrival
of this first cohort marks an important step in strengthening Jamaica’s
healthcare workforce. We warmly welcome the Ghanaian nurses and look forward to
the valuable contribution they will make to our health system and the people we
serve. This is not only in keeping with our Vision for Health 2030 plan but is
fully aligned with the Ministry of Health & Wellness Jamaica’s Human
Resource for Health (HRH) Stabilization Strategy.”
The specialist nurses will be assigned to several public hospitals
across the island with majority being assigned to the Western Regional Health
Authority (WRHA), which manages health facilities in St. James, Westmoreland,
Trelawny and Hanover and the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA),
which oversees Kingston & St. Andrew, St. Thomas and St. Catherine. The
nurses, who are specialist in various areas, including, Critical Care,
Paediatrics, Operating Theatre, Nurse/Midwife, Emergency, Oncology and Mental
Health/Psychiatric, will also serve in the other two health regions and at the
University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI).
The four-year agreement between Jamaica and Ghana which
was signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon.
Kamina Johnson Smith and Minister of Health & Wellness, Dr. the Hon.
Christopher Tufton, CD, MP and their Ghanaian counterparts during a visit to
Ghana in May, has established a structured framework for the voluntary
recruitment and temporary deployment of Ghanaian health professionals,
particularly nurses and doctors, to support Jamaica’s healthcare system while
promoting bilateral cooperation and ethical international recruitment
practices.
Jamaica and Ghana will further strengthen their partnership in health, through additional technical cooperation in areas such as primary care reform, national health insurance, management of non-communicable diseases among others. This partnership will allow both countries to share knowledge, expertise and resources to advance our mutual health outcomes.
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Who provide housing for these health care professionals. I am thinking that it would have been much easier to increase our health care professionals salaries who would have already had their housing accommodations.
ReplyDeleteIncrease in salaries means increase in taxes and Thats will not stop people from moving on. We need to train more health personnel and more young people need to join the profession. Many are wasting their time in school.
DeleteIncrease in salaries could mean other sectors could also demand more and this will mean more taxes for you and I. I like to have our brothers and sisters from Ghana in the sector. They would come with a different culture snd attitude. We definitely need some new blood in the sector. While our nurses are migrating our friends from Ghana might want to remain in Jamaica.
DeleteIndeed! Welcome to our Continental family! One love.
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