Jamaica, on Monday (May 17), will join the rest of the word in observing World Hypertension Day, under the theme ‘Know Your Numbers-It Figures! Control It and Live Longer’. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Medical Epidemiologist with the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Julia Rowe Porter said information will be disseminated throughout the day, on the ways...

Head of Neonatal Unit, Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH), Dr. Yanique Brown (left), makes a point to Vice President, Employee Benefits Administration, Guardian Life Limited, Oneil Clarke (2nd right), at the handover of medical equipment valued at over $2.5 million to the VJH on May 12. The donation will boost neonatal services offered at the institution. The equipment was donated by...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan says the Ministry is seeking to include the voice of the youth in the decision making process. “A big part of the conversation taking place … is the importance of the youth voice in our society,” Mr. Morgan said. He was speaking at a press conference...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, says that the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is seeking to engage a senior psychiatrist to ensure that inmates with mental illness receive proper care. Minister Samuda was speaking in the Senate on Friday (May 14), where he provided an update on measures being put in...

The St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation and the St. Elizabeth Police Division have agreed to coordinate activities aimed at bringing further public order in the various townships across the parish. Particular focus will be given to the town of Santa Cruz, where there is a high level of disorder among the public, especially on the weekends. Speaking at the monthly meeting of...

Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham, is encouraging persons who have been vaccinated to continue practising the coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols as stipulated by the Government. “We are encouraging persons to maintain their COVID-19 compliance just as everyone else, in terms of your mask wearing, consistently and correctly covering the nose and the mouth, practising hand hygiene, cough...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says eight per cent of the targeted population has been inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine. Speaking at a virtual COVID Conversations press briefing on May 13, the Minister said that of the 1.924 million persons in the targeted population, only 146,147 Jamaicans have received their first dose of the vaccine....