The National Health Fund (NHF) is encouraging healthcare students to apply for financial support under their EduCare Grant programme, before the end of July. Since 2020, on an annual basis, the agency budgets $15 million for the provision of assistance to students who are enrolled in degree programmes related to the delivery of healthcare. “The primary requirement is you have...

Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller, is urging partygoers in the parish to adhere to established coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols when attending entertainment events. In an interview with JIS News, he said that since the entertainment sector reopened on July 1, there have been reports that patrons continue to flout COVID-19 protocols. “We have to...

  NEW CASES  24 HRS  OVERALL    NOTES  Confirmed Cases  62  51,282    SEX CLASSIFICATION        Females  36  28,706    Males  26  22,573    Under Investigation  0  3    AGE RANGE  2 years to 95 years  1 day to 108 years              PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES        Clarendon  1  2,750 ...

Two million face masks, valued at approximately $130 million, have been handed over to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Health and Wellness, and Education, Youth, and Information. The donation is a gift from The Jarrett Foundation, with support from the Ketan Makwana Foundation and Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Seth George Ramocan,...

With the expected increase in the supply of vaccines, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is encouraging the population to protect their wellbeing by getting vaccinated. Speaking at a social housing function in Farm Pen, St. Mary, on Friday (July 16), the Prime Minister said a “good supply” of the medicine is set to arrive in August, and communities...

Inaccurate or misleading food-labelling information that hinders consumers’ ability to make proper nutritional choices is an issue the Government is seeking to address, by informing and educating key stakeholders in the food industry. This is against the background of the results of the ‘Assessment of Fats in the Jamaica Food System’ study, which reveals that the labels on some packaged...

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) is expressing concern about the high number of persons suffering from high blood pressure.. It has been revealed that 25 per cent or $1.4 billion of the $5.63 billion spent by the National Health Fund (NHF) in 2020 on medication subsidies for various categories of illness was spent on high blood pressure medication. The...