Ministry of Health and Wellness

With its vision a ‘Healthy People, Healthy Environment’, the Ministry has as its focus a health system that is client-centred and which guarantees access to quality health care for every person in the Jamaican population, at reasonable costs, and which takes into account the needs of the vulnerable among us.

It is one which seeks to provide information and to educate the populace, to facilitate individuals taking responsibility for their own health, making informed decisions and adopting healthy lifestyle habits. All this, within a clean, healthy environment where families and communities actively participate and are integrated into the system of health.

Inter-American Development Bank

With a history dating back to 1959, the Inter-American development Bank is the leading source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean where it works to improve lives. Through financial and technical support for countries working to reduce poverty and inequality, the institution helps to improve health and education and advance infrastructure.

Its aim is to achieve development in a sustainable, climate friendly way. As part of its modus operandi, it provides loans, grants and technical assistance, as well as conducts research while maintaining a strong commitment to achieving measureable results and the highest standards of integrity, transparency and accountability.

Three development challenges, notably, social inclusion and equality, productivity and I and economic integration; as well as three cross-cutting issues, including gender equality and diversity, climate change and environmental stability and institutional capacity and the rule of law. READ MORE HERE:  https://www.iadb.org/en