Primary Health Care Services
Operation Friendship, Jamaica

The Primary Health Care services have played a significant role in providing a comprehensive health programme over the years, as some 10,000 persons are treated in the clinics each year. The aim is both preventative and curative.		Preventative care in the Child Welfare department includes immunizations. In the Ante and Post Natal clinics health education and family nutrition are given top priority. Curative services consists of medical and dental clinics. The services of voluntary doctors and dentists from both Jamaica and overseas continue
.Waiting Room, patients awaiting arrival of Doctor. Photo Index and Home		to be highly appreciated. Dentist Office Family Planning Operation Friendship plays a major role in the national family planning programme. We recruit, counsel and provide family planning services for teen acceptors as well as sexually active adolescents and adults. Family Life Education This programme emphasizes human sexuality, human relationships, and human growth and development for males and females between the age of 12-19 years. Both individual and group counseling are offered by a trained family life education counselor.
		Counseling Many persons from the communities in which Operation Friendship operates have been helped to deal with their emotional and social problems in our counseling department.