Disbursements have been made to 80 per cent of St. Elizabeth families who were selected to benefit from the first payment of cash grants provided by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Parish Manager for the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Michelle Senior, made the disclosure while addressing the monthly meeting of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation on...

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) is placing emphasis on obesity as a major risk factor for heart disease throughout Heart Month – February 2022. The month is being observed under the theme ‘The weigh to a healthy heart’. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, on February 11, Director at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Dr....

Nine of 12 healthcare facilities that were upgraded under the Strengthening Health Care Facilities in the Caribbean or ‘Smart’ Project have been officially handed over to the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The handover took place during a recent ceremony at the newly upgraded St. Ann’s Bay Health Centre in St. Ann. The retrofitted facilities, which were completed last year,...

The outpatient clinics at the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester which were moved to the Mandeville Seventh-day Adventist Church hall will be relocated to the hospital. The clinics will be relocated during this week, February 14 to 17 and operations will begin on the hospital compound on Monday, February 21, 2022. The clinics were moved in September 2021 to create...

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton hands out masks to passengers in a taxi, during a distribution exercise in Half-Way-Tree, St. Andrew on Saturday (Feb.12). The distribution of masks is part of continued measures by the Ministry to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and encourage citizens to protect themselves.

Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham, is encouraging residents to get all the necessary age-appropriate cancer screenings to ensure early detection of the disease. These, she said, include a pap smear, breast exam, digital rectal exam or testing of the faeces. “We are seeing younger and younger persons who are [presenting] with cancers, and we are also...