Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has welcomed the Heart Foundation of Jamaica’s newest campaign, aimed at boosting public support for black octagonal front-of-package warning food labels (FOPLs). The campaign, dubbed “Protect our Children’s Health”, was launched on Wednesday (May 27) and is intended to build on the success of HFJ’s first FOPLs campaign. This phase...

Young people are being encouraged to learn from the mistakes of others who have suffered the deleterious effects of tobacco use in resisting the allure of the product. Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, in making the call, said that while young people are naturally curious and will seek knowledge through experience, they should not be anxious...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert- Flynn, is encouraging private-sector entities to adopt areas within public health facilities, to enhance the services provided. Mrs. Cuthbert-Flynn, who was speaking in an interview with JIS News following work done at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital on Labour Day (May 23), said that when private entities come...

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The Ministry of Health & Wellness invites members of the public to attend a vaccination site on Saturday and Sunday, May 28-29, 2022 to receive their first, second or booster dose of the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Sinopharm or Johnson & Johnson vaccine for persons 18 years and older. Jamaicans 12 years and older will also be offered the first or second...

Eighteen patients at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC) on Labour Day benefitted from well-needed surgeries which had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The surgeries were performed as part of an effort by the hospital to reduce the waiting list for operations. In an interview with JIS News, Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness...