Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has thanked members of the diplomatic corps and their respective governments for contributing to Jamaica’s coronavirus (COVID-19) relief efforts over the past two years. “You have generously donated field hospitals, mobile units, medical equipment and, very importantly, vaccines. You have responded unequivocally to our urgent appeals for help, and, for this, we are...

The Government delivered direct and indirect support across two fiscal years (2020/21 and 2021/22), as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, costing $40.6 billion and representing two per cent of gross domestic product (GDP). This was announced by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, as he opened the 2022/23 Budget Debate in the House...

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The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) is calling on Jamaicans to choose healthy lifestyles as the country grapples with a high rate of obesity in the population. Findings from the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey 2016-2017 (JHLS III) indicate that 54 per cent of or one in two Jamaicans aged 15 and over are overweight. In an interview with JIS...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (right), observes as Acting Consultant for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH), Dr. Kaye Palmer-Cole (second left), demonstrates the functions of a DC-30 ultrasound machine, valued at US$18,000, which was donated to the institution recently by the Women Without Blemish Ministry of the Liberty...

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The new genome sequencer should improve the tracking of HIV transmission networks on the island. Tracking seeks to establish how the virus moves among different groups within a population and can prove critical for preventing the spread of the virus. Chairman of the Department of Microbiology, University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Professor John Lindo, explains that data from...