James: Mechanism needed to boost universal access to quality healthcare

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James: Mechanism needed to boost universal access to quality healthcare

With a review of healthcare financing in Jamaica under way, at least one local medical practitioner is in support of the continuation of the no-user-fee policy in the country’s public health system. Medical Association of Jamaica President Dr...

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Daniel Hale Williams

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Cowboy Willie "Bill" Pickett dies

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1932

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1960

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7

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1

1946

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