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Health Minister attends Mt Hope Postgraduate Lecture Series

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TRINIDAD:  April 15, 2016: The Honourable Terrence Deyalsingh, Minister of Health attended the culmination of the Mt. Hope Postgraduate Lecture Series on April 12, 2016 at the Mt Hope Women’s Hospital. The series comprised presentations from different post graduate students on topics that included H1N1- its impact on pregnancy and protocols for dealing with suspected cases, Breastfeeding, Vaccination, Zika and Microcephaly.

 Dr Bernadette Theodore , Terrance Deyalsingh – Gandi, Rodolfo Gomez Pance de Leon
Hon. Terrance Deyalsingh (right) speaks with representatives of PAHO/WHO: Dr Bernadette Theodore – Gandi and the Hon Dr. Rodolfo Gomez Pance de Leon (Photo courtesy the Ministry of Health)

In addressing those assembled, Minister Deyalsingh indicated that there was a need to institute policy measures to effectively treat with these public health issues. Speaking specifically to maternal mortality rates, the Minister expressed that if Trinidad and Tobago is to effectively impact this problem, then clinical and non clinical measures need to be examined. In this vein, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has been invited to partner with the Ministry in developing strategies.
 
Minister Deyalsingh has also committed to re-establishing a Quality Department within the Ministry of Health and holding the Regional Health Authorities responsible for submitting a weekly Quality Issue Report and a monthly Adverse Effects Report.
 
The Ministry of Health supports initiatives such as these that yield inputs, ideas and innovations that will lead to the improvement of service delivery in the public healthcare system.

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