{"id":29488,"date":"2023-08-17T23:38:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T04:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=29488"},"modified":"2023-08-17T20:38:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T01:38:21","slug":"health-minister-holds-talks-with-oecs-pps-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/health-minister-holds-talks-with-oecs-pps-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Minister Holds Talks With OECS\/PPS Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Births\u00a0 Virgin Islands<\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-ministry-departments field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden\">\n<p>Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley is featured with representatives from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)\/ Pool Procurement Services (PPS). The representatives visited the Virgin Islands from July 4 to 5 to discuss ongoing pooled procurement of Health Commodities (Medical Products and Laboratory Supplies), and the proposed expansion of products for pooled procurement (Dialysis, Dental and Assistive Supplies).<\/p>\n<p>Discussions were also held on the upcoming Policy Board meeting that will be held in the Virgin Islands in October 2023. Honourable Wheatley was also presented with a book titled \u201cAsthma Fun Facts for Parents & Kids 6 Years to 11 Years\u201d by local authors Mrs. Gracia Wheatley-Smith and Miss Kenya Jeffers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bvi.gov.vg\/media-centre\/health-minister-holds-talks-oecspps-officials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Meeting-modern-room-conference<\/em><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Births\u00a0 Virgin Islands Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley is featured with representatives from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)\/ Pool Procurement Services (PPS). The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1091,"featured_media":2774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[250],"tags":[75,139],"class_list":["post-29488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-articles","tag-british-virgin-islands","tag-healthcaremedical"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Meeting-modern-room-conference-Pixabay-pexels.jpeg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-7FC","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31233,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/remarks-by-premier-wheatley-at-oecs-meeting-opening-ceremony\/","url_meta":{"origin":29488,"position":0},"title":"Remarks by Premier Wheatley at OECS Meeting Opening Ceremony","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"November 23, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Caribbean Welcome Remarks by Honourable. 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