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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), engages with medical technicians at the National Influenza Centre (NIC) based at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), during a tour of the facility on Monday (February 17).

Jamaica Can Now Test For Coronavirus

Jamaica is now able to test for the coronavirus. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure during a tour of the National Influenza Centre (NIC), based at the University Hospital of the West Indies...

Students of the University of Technology (UTech) Caribbean School of Nursing attend the striping ceremony held at the St. John’s Methodist Church Action Centre in St. James on Friday (February 14).

Dr. Tufton Urges Nurses To Serve With Compassion

Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Councillor Michael Belnavis, converses with Dr. Tamika Henry of the North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA) at the launch of a Dengue Response Programme for the parish at Ocean Village Shopping Centre in Ocho Rios on February 14.

St. Ann Municipal Corporation Launches $10-Million Dengue Response Programme

Regional Vector Control Officer at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Ryan Morris.

Understanding Dengue And Terms Associated With The Disease

(FILE) Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie (left), speaks at a press briefing at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Thursday (November 28). Listening are Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre); and Director of Health Promotion and Protection in the Ministry, Dr. Simone Spence.

Patient Tests Negative for Novel Coronavirus – Third Jamaican Isolated

6 years ago Budget 2020/2021Health & Wellness

NCDS Prevention, Management Project Gets $453 Million

The Prevention and Care Management of the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Programme in the Ministry of Health and Wellness has been allocated $453 million to undertake necessary works in the new fiscal year. The objective of the project is to improve the health of the Jamaican population by strengthening comprehensive policies for the prevention of NCDs and their risk factors, and...

6 years ago Budget 2020/2021Health & Wellness

High-Dependency Units To Be Built At Hospitals

The Government will be constructing high-dependency units (HDUs) at four hospitals to reduce neonatal deaths, from an allocation of $620 million in the 2020/2021 Budget, now before the House of Representatives. Under the Programme for Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC), procurement for the HDUs will be completed, and training of doctors and nurses and other health professionals will...

6 years ago Budget 2020/2021Health & Wellness

Programme To Reduce AIDS-Related Deaths Gets $784 Million

The National HIV/AIDS Response in Jamaica initiative has been allocated $784 million in the 2020/2021 Budget, now before the House of Representatives. The objective of the project is to reduce AIDS-related deaths by reaching at-risk individuals with support interventions, for the decrease of new HIV infections among targeted groups, through structured programmes. Targets to achieve over the next twelve months...

6 years ago Budget 2020/2021Health & Wellness

$250 Million To Complete 60% Of Work On Western Children’s Adolescent Hospital

The Government has earmarked $250 million to complete 60 per cent of construction work on the Western Children’s Adolescent Hospital. Details for the 220-bed facility are outlined in the 2020/2021 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Completion work has been done on site clearance and access road, utility relocation and reconnection, and security services. Under the Government...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), addresses a town hall meeting on February 11 in Vineyard Town.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Health Minister Assures Residents Of Vineyard Town

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is assuring residents of Vineyard Town that they are at no health risk if the St. Joseph’s Hospital is used as a quarantine centre. Speaking at a town hall meeting on February 11, in the community, the Minister said the hospital will only house persons who display “elevated temperature” for...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), covers a 45-gallon water drum at a home in Grants Pen, St Andrew, during the national dengue cleanup exercise on January 25. Looking on (from left) are Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton; Minister of Culture, Gender Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, and Medical Entomologist and Programme Manager for the Vector Control Programme in the Ministry of Health, Sherine Huntley Jones.

6 years ago Health & Wellness

Householders Urged To Search For And Destroy Mosquito Breeding Sites

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is encouraging householders to continue to search for and destroy mosquito breeding sites in and around the home in order to minimise the threat of dengue and other vector-borne diseases. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Medical Entomologist and Programme Manager for the National Vector Control Programme, Sherine Huntley-Jones said that the sustained...

Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis, speaks at the Ministry of Health & Wellness St. James Town Hall Meeting, held at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in Sam Sharpe Square on February 6.

6 years ago CoronavirusLocal Government

Mayor Of Mobay Announces $4.5-Million Initiative To Fight Dengue

Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Homer Davis, has announced a $4.5-million initiative to control the spread of dengue in the parish. Mr. Davis, who is also the Mayor of Montego Bay, said the project will be executed with support from the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, with each of the 17 divisions across the parish...