KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister with responsibility for Sport Natalie Neita Headley met with Word Anti Doping Agency (WADA) Director General David Howman Thursday following the receipt of the report by a WADA team that visited Jamaica in October.

Neita Headley, who is in South Africa attending the 4th World Conference on Doping in Sport, responded to the recommendations made in the report, a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) said.

According to the OPM, WADA says it is “satisfied that the Minister has accepted the practical suggestions made and now looks forward to the full and speedy implementation of the recommendations”.

These recommendations include:

The invitation to a National Anti-Doping Organisation to work with the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) at an operational level;

Undertaking of a review of Jamaica’s anti-doping legislation; and the evaluation of JADCO’s governance and management structure.

OPM said Neita Headley has assured WADA that additional budgetary resources will be made available to JADCO, and reconfirmed that the process was advanced for the filling of vacant posts at the Commission.

Neita Headley also assured WADA that the Government of Jamaica was fully committed to addressing any deficiencies that exist and to improving the efficiency and efficacy of the anti-doping programme in Jamaica, the OPM said.