KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC -Well being & Wellness Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton is within the Philippines, pursuing a partnership to spice up Jamaica’s human sources for well being.
His go to follows Dr. Teodoro Herbosa, Secretary of Well being for the Philippines, who traveled to Kingston in January to signal a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the well being workforce in each international locations.
“Since arriving within the Philippines, we’ve had a sequence of bilateral discussions involving my crew and his crew to work out the main points of a coaching program for specialist nurses between the 2 international locations,” Tufton stated.
“The concept is to have Jamaican specialist nurses skilled remotely after which to have our trainees approaching rotation to hospitals right here (within the Philippines).
“We’re additionally working by potentialities for healthcare employees from the Philippines coming to work in Jamaica in addition to to have school members from the Philippines do coaching in Jamaica,” he added.
Jamaica and the Philippines signed the MoU on well being cooperation through the first-ever Well being & Wellness Profession Expo and Employment Truthful, which was hosted by the Ministry of Well being & Wellness in collaboration with the Ministry of Schooling, Abilities, Youth, and Data.
“By pooling our experience and sources, we will provide higher coaching and guarantee an equitable distribution of healthcare professionals,” Dr. Tufton stated then.
The MoU supplies for school or coach exchanges, in addition to coaching and certification of well being professionals. It additionally permits for capacity-building and information sharing in biotechnology, medical tools, epidemiology, and healthcare administration, and change visits for specialist nurses and different professionals.
The efforts to companion on the well being workforce within the two international locations come as Jamaica and different small island growing states face challenges with their human sources for well being. The ministry stated these challenges embody competitors to retain well being employees, together with nurses, who’re routinely recruited from the developed world by abroad employers.
