{"id":248565,"date":"2025-09-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=248565"},"modified":"2025-09-03T16:02:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:02:31","slug":"permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Permanent Secretary Colin O&#8217;Keiffe and Principal Assistant Secretary Marsha Joseph Visit the Sickle Cell Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-635826268\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-2202150923\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" aria-label=\"ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Permanent Secretary Colin O&#8217;Keiffe, accompanied by Principal Assistant Secretary Marsha Joseph, visited the facility currently utilized by the Sickle Cell Association of Antigua and Barbuda. Dr. Edda Hadeed faciliated the visit which forms part of Mr. O&#8217;Keiffe\u2019s commitment to tour all departments under his portfolio, ensuring continued engagement and strengthening collaboration across the health sector.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3898116110\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_Red-&#038;-Reddy_Web_1000x250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>During the visit, the delegation observed the various arts and crafts activities patients have been involved in, which support both creativity and well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. O&#8217;Keiffe noted that these visits are essential for understanding the needs of each department and reinforcing the Ministry\u2019s dedication to improving services.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1988871887\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-3154323972\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_Red-&#038;-Reddy_Web_1000x250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"antig-1012757771\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Permanent Secretary Colin O&#8217;Keiffe, accompanied by Principal Assistant Secretary Marsha Joseph, visited the facility currently utilized by the Sickle Cell Association of Antigua and Barbuda. Dr. Edda Hadeed faciliated the visit which forms part of Mr. O&#8217;Keiffe\u2019s commitment to tour all departments under his portfolio, ensuring continued engagement and strengthening collaboration across the health sector. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":248566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Permanent Secretary Colin O&#039;Keiffe and Principal Assistant Secretary Marsha Joseph Visit the Sickle Cell Center - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Permanent Secretary Colin O&#039;Keiffe and Principal Assistant Secretary Marsha Joseph Visit the Sickle Cell Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Permanent Secretary Colin O&#8217;Keiffe, accompanied by Principal Assistant Secretary Marsha Joseph, visited the facility currently utilized by the Sickle Cell Association of Antigua and Barbuda. Dr. Edda Hadeed faciliated the visit which forms part of Mr. O&#8217;Keiffe\u2019s commitment to tour all departments under his portfolio, ensuring continued engagement and strengthening collaboration across the health sector. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-04T10:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-03T20:02:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/536273063_1542921786985453_7823287269160586212_n.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1528\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1528\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"anr_staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"anr_staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"anr_staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f66ae26f5698168092c3ef9bccb12038\"},\"headline\":\"Permanent Secretary Colin O&#8217;Keiffe and Principal Assistant Secretary Marsha Joseph Visit the Sickle Cell Center\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-04T10:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-03T20:02:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/\"},\"wordCount\":122,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/536273063_1542921786985453_7823287269160586212_n.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/\",\"name\":\"Permanent Secretary Colin O'Keiffe and Principal Assistant Secretary Marsha Joseph Visit the Sickle Cell Center - Antigua News Room\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/536273063_1542921786985453_7823287269160586212_n.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-04T10:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-03T20:02:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/536273063_1542921786985453_7823287269160586212_n.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/536273063_1542921786985453_7823287269160586212_n.jpg\",\"width\":1528,\"height\":1528,\"caption\":\"photo credit- Ministry of Health & The Environment, Antigua and Barbuda\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Permanent Secretary Colin O&#8217;Keiffe and Principal Assistant Secretary Marsha Joseph Visit the Sickle Cell Center\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua News Room\",\"description\":\"News As It Happens\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Antigua Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"width\":1260,\"height\":1260,\"caption\":\"Antigua Newsroom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f66ae26f5698168092c3ef9bccb12038\",\"name\":\"anr_staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"caption\":\"anr_staff\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/anr_staff\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Permanent Secretary Colin O'Keiffe and Principal Assistant Secretary Marsha Joseph Visit the Sickle Cell Center - Antigua News Room","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Permanent Secretary Colin O'Keiffe and Principal Assistant Secretary Marsha Joseph Visit the Sickle Cell Center","og_description":"Permanent Secretary Colin O&#8217;Keiffe, accompanied by Principal Assistant Secretary Marsha Joseph, visited the facility currently utilized by the Sickle Cell Association of Antigua and Barbuda. Dr. Edda Hadeed faciliated the visit which forms part of Mr. O&#8217;Keiffe\u2019s commitment to tour all departments under his portfolio, ensuring continued engagement and strengthening collaboration across the health sector. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/","og_site_name":"Antigua News Room","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","article_published_time":"2025-09-04T10:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-03T20:02:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1528,"height":1528,"url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/536273063_1542921786985453_7823287269160586212_n.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"anr_staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_site":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"anr_staff","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/"},"author":{"name":"anr_staff","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f66ae26f5698168092c3ef9bccb12038"},"headline":"Permanent Secretary Colin O&#8217;Keiffe and Principal Assistant Secretary Marsha Joseph Visit the Sickle Cell Center","datePublished":"2025-09-04T10:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-03T20:02:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/"},"wordCount":122,"commentCount":3,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/536273063_1542921786985453_7823287269160586212_n.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/","name":"Permanent Secretary Colin O'Keiffe and Principal Assistant Secretary Marsha Joseph Visit the Sickle Cell Center - Antigua News Room","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/536273063_1542921786985453_7823287269160586212_n.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-04T10:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-03T20:02:31+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/536273063_1542921786985453_7823287269160586212_n.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/536273063_1542921786985453_7823287269160586212_n.jpg","width":1528,"height":1528,"caption":"photo credit- Ministry of Health & The Environment, Antigua and Barbuda"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/permanent-secretary-colin-okeiffe-and-principal-assistant-secretary-marsha-joseph-visit-the-sickle-cell-center\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Permanent Secretary Colin O&#8217;Keiffe and Principal Assistant Secretary Marsha Joseph Visit the Sickle Cell Center"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","name":"Antigua News Room","description":"News As It Happens","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization","name":"Antigua Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","width":1260,"height":1260,"caption":"Antigua Newsroom"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f66ae26f5698168092c3ef9bccb12038","name":"anr_staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","caption":"anr_staff"},"url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/anr_staff\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248567,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248565\/revisions\/248567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/248566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}