Jamaicans Urged to Take Precautions Against Heat Stress The Ministry of Health and Wellness is reminding the public that excessive heat stress is harmful to health and is potentially fatal. Temperatures continue to soar this summer, exposing populations globally to excessive heat stress. Members of the Jamaican public are, therefore, advised to take precautionary measures to reduce exposure to heat...

Services which were affected at the Bellevue, Southfield and Newell health centres in St. Elizabeth, due to Hurricane Beryl, will be restored. Effective, Monday, August 12, 2024, residents can access services at the new sites at: Kinkead Plaza in Tophill and the Diabetic Association of Jamaica in Pedro Plains. The other site which will be at the Williamsfield/Barbary Hall Community...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is urging Jamaican men to be proactive in managing their health by doing regular screenings. Speaking during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Lead for the Health System Strengthening Programme within the Ministry, Professor Alafia Samuels, noted that simple measures, such as blood pressure and weight checks, can prevent...

Children and their families in Clarendon turned out in their numbers to collect hygiene kits from UNICEF on Tuesday July 30. Hundreds of people from Rocky Point, Portland Cottage and Lionel Town benefitted from the collaborative effort of the teams from UNICEF and Food for the Poor (FFP) who journeyed to support the communities that have been left reeling from...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is reassuring the public that despite the uptick in mosquito numbers in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, there has not been an increase in dengue cases across the country. Following a tour and official opening of a newly refurbished operating theatre at the Falmouth Public General Hospital in Trelawny on...

The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is urging the public to implement vector-control measures in their homes, in response to the increase in the region’s Aedes index. The index, which is the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the number of houses in a well-defined area where actual breeding of the Aedes aegypti mosquito is found, has increased from seven...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, on Friday (July 26), officially opened an operating theatre at the Falmouth Public General Hospital in Trelawny, which was extensively renovated at a cost of $45 million. With the completion of the works, the hospital now has four equipped and functioning theatres, enhancing its capacity to deliver quality healthcare services...

The Government has significantly boosted the mosquito-eradication team for the parish of Clarendon, with the addition of 121 temporary vector-control workers, and the engagement of four private contractors. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said it has been an extraordinary time for the breeding of mosquitoes since the passage of Hurricane Beryl, with increased water and...

The Government is pushing for the upskilling of healthcare workers with an annual scholarship fund of $75 million, according to Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dunstan Bryan. The Permanent Secretary, who represented portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, at the Healthcare Workers Appreciation Month National Church Service on July 21, at the Sts. Peter and...