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Charles Young, Jamaican Youth Ambassador for the UN General Assembly
Photograph of Miguel Murray and his partner Nadine Campbell, photographed outside their home in Mountain View, St Andrew.
Press release
30 March 2022
UN & Government Launch New Effort to Mitigate COVID-19 Impact
US $1M Investment to Strengthen Social Protection System
Mariko Kagoshima, UNICEF Jamaica Country Representative, Christopher Tufton, Minister of Health and Wellness and Ceceile Minnott, Head of the CCDC and Director of the Consortium for Social Development and Research at the UWI Open Campus pictured at the launch of the U-Matter chatline. They were signing a Memorandum of Understanding providing support for the first two years of operation to the Ministry of Health which will manage the service thereafter.
Press release
22 March 2022
New mental health support chatline launched for young people
U-Matter can be reached by messaging the word SUPPORT to U-Report at 876-838-4897 on WhatsApp and SMS (free for Flow customers); or @ureportjamaica on Facebook Messenger.
MICS Jamaica Jacqueline Ann Marie Montique Small
Press release
21 March 2022
Field workers begin training for major household survey in Jamaica
Feedback from 7,800 household members to help track progress against the Vision 2030 Jamaica – National Development Plan and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Government of Jamaica launches Public Expenditure Review (PER) of the Education Sector in Jamaica
Press release
24 February 2022
Government of Jamaica launches Public Expenditure Review (PER) of the Education Sector in Jamaica
Analysing the adequacy, efficiency and quality of public spending on education in Jamaica
Mariko Kagoshima, UNICEF Jamaica Country Representative; Christopher Tufton, Minister of Health and Wellness; Masaya Fujiwara, Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica; and Leslie Campbell, State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade together at the handover event for an initial donation of cold chain equipment being provided to the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) on Tuesday, December 7, 2021.
Press release
09 December 2021
Government of Japan & UNICEF hand over cold chain equipment to Ministry of Health and Wellness
Helping ensure COVID-19 vaccines can be transported islandwide and stored at the right temperature to maintain vaccine quality.
Minister Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (centre); Alando Terrelonge, State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (centre right); and members of the Jamaica Film & Television Association who produced the “Spotlight Shorts JA" short films, produced under the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative, attending the premiere held at the Palace New Kingston Drive-In on Sunday December 5, 2001.
Press release
08 December 2021
Ministry of Culture welcomes Spotlight Shorts world premiere
Four powerful short films based on real-life experiences of survivors of gender-based violence
Absolute Power: A woman recounts the harrowing tale of how she managed to defeat her narcissistic and abusive lover and co-worker who terrorized her in her late 20s.
Press release
16 November 2021
“Spotlight Shorts JA” films to explore real stories of surviving gender-based violence
Coordinated by JAFTA and UNICEF under the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative
A student on an empty classroom in Panama City, Panama, on 16 Sept 2020
Press release
22 October 2021
UNICEF, private sector organizations and youth advocates call for urgent re-opening of schools
Corporal punishment Jamaica
Press release
21 July 2021
UNICEF renews call for ban on corporal punishment
Hurricane Elsa
Press release
03 July 2021
Hurricane Elsa: UNICEF is ready to provide lifesaving assistance in the Caribbean
Photograph of Keron King, Principal of Little Bay Primary and Infant School (third from left) and his staff preparing lessons to be distributed by motorbike taxi to students in their rural Westmoreland community.
Press release
24 May 2021
UNICEF statement on CSEC and CAPE examinations 2021
Urging action to ensure Caribbean's school students are not further disadvantaged
Cold chain equipment at Epidemiology unit’s storage facility of Health ministry of Sri Lanka. These cold chain equipment were procured by UNICEF with funding from the Government of Japan to strengthen Sri Lanka’s delivery of immunization services, including against COVID-19
Press release
28 April 2021
Japan contributes US$1.22 million to enhance cold chain capacity for COVID-19 vaccination in Jamaica
Enabling UNICEF to increase support for Ministry of Health and Wellness