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Message by Minister for Health & Social Development Hon Carvin Malone on World Alzheimer’s Month
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands Alzheimer’s Association is a non-profit organisation which aims to create awareness, encourage prevention of the disease and be the support system for families coping with loved ones suffering from the disease.
Hon Malone touts partnerships to improve healthcare delivery
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister for Health and Social Development, Honourable Carvin Malone(AL), has committed to mobilize all available resources, internal and external to the Ministry and within the legal parameters of the office, to secure the well being of everyone residing in the Territory, in addition to increased partnerships in order to improve the healthcare delivery services in the Territory.
Hons Skelton & Archibald Out! Hons Penn & O’Neal in as Ministers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Honourable Marlon A. Penn (R8), has been appointed, Minister for Health and Social Development, for the remaining period in Office for the National Democratic Party (NDP) administration, following the recent firing of Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton (AL), as then Minister.
Hon Turnbull appointed Minister for a day
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Second District Representative, Honourable, Melvin M. Turnbull, has been appointed Minister for Health and Social Development in the Virgin Islands (VI) government, for a day, on Thursday, August 23, 2018.
Garbage collection affected by faulty equipment- DWM 2012 Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Malfunctioning equipment by garbage collection contractors were some of the factors that affected the garbage collection system in certain parts of the Territory in 2012, according to the Department of Waste Management’s Annual Report of 2012 laid in the House of Assembly (HOA) by Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon. Ronnie W. Skelton on July 25, 2013.
UPDATE: Thoughts of suicide among VI youth alarming-Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The thought of committing suicide and actually attempting to do it among young people in the Virgin Islands are issues that ought to be of serious concern, according to the Youth Healthy and Sexuality report laid in the House of Assembly on July 25, 2013 by Minister for Health and Social Development Hon. Ronnie W. Skelton.
UPDATE: Get rid of ‘Governor in Council’– R.T. O’Neal
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Looking through the ordinance, Leader of the Opposition, Honourable Ralph T. O’Neal OBE has stressed it is time the term ‘Governor in Council’ be removed from the Ordinance of the Virgin Islands.
Hospital project soldiers on!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon. Ronnie W. Skelton informed the House of Assembly that 14 years have elapsed and over $100m was spent on the Hospital project from various sources of funding. Yet there was no deadline date given for completion of the project.
Hon. Skelton: "Healthier choices the easier choice"
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Chronic diseases such as heart attacks, strokes, cancers, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases have become a very disturbing trend in the Virgin Islands (VI), and realising its rapid increase, Hon. Ronnie Skelton, Minister for Health and Social Development will be introducing a National Health and Wellness Council to focus on the population’s health issues.
Health Minister assesses services provided on sister islands
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In an effort to assess and improve the healthcare and social services provided to the communities on the sister islands, Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon. Ronnie W. Skelton and a team of health officials visited Anegada and Jost Van Dyke as part of a ministerial tour of the sister islands health facilities.
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