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Deputy Chief Public Health Inspector for St. James, Sherika Lewis, listening to the proceedings during the monthly meeting of the St. James Municipal Corporation on Thursday (March 14).

Strides Made in Reducing Mosquito Breeding Sites in St. James

The St. James Public Health Department has made strides in eliminating mosquito breeding sites across the parish, in order to reduce transmission of the dengue virus. Deputy Chief Public Health Inspector, Sherika Lewis, said that approximately 55 workers have been...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing the 'We Thrive at Work' workshop and seminar at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on March 14. The conference was organised by the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce and Essential Medical Services.

Health Minister Encourages Workplaces to Develop Wellness Programmes

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), engages with President General for Women’s Fellowship, United Church in Jamaica and Cayman Islands (UCJCI), Pauline Bryan (left) and President General, Men’s Fellowship, UCJCI, Carlton Rodney Sr, during the launch of the church’s Passport to Health Fair on Tuesday (March 12) at 7 Paddington Terrace in St. Andrew.

Dr. Tufton Endorses Passport to Health Fair

Poison Information Coordinator at the Caribbean Poison Information Network, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank

Don’t Store Household Chemicals in Drink Bottles – CARPIN

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), greets Director of the Surveillance Disease Prevention and Control Division at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr. Virginia Asin-Oostburg, at the opening of a two-day meeting on Post Market Surveillance and the Caribbean Pharmaceutical Policy, at the Medicines Quality Control and Surveillance Department of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), at Hope Gardens in St. Andrew, on March 12.

Health Ministry Reviews Registration Process for Pharmaceutical Drugs

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Health & Wellness

Lupus Foundation Welcomes Subsidy for Medication

The Lupus Foundation of Jamaica has welcomed the Government’s decision to subsidise medication for persons living with the disease, at a cost of $340 million annually. During his contribution to the 2019/2020 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 19, Prime Minster, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, disclosed that starting April 30, Lupus will be added to the...

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Spanish Town Residents to Benefit from Health Fair at St. Catherine High

More than 3,000 residents in the St. John’s Road area of Spanish Town are expected to benefit from the St. Catherine High School annual health fair, to be held on Friday, March 15. The all-day event will commence at 9:00 a.m., with persons being screened and counselled for major ailments. This is part of the school’s effort to partner with...

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020EducationHealth & Wellness

Social Security Ministry Proposes Increase in PATH Cash Grants

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has proposed an average increase of 16.4 per cent to the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) cash grants, with effect from June 2019. This will benefit an estimated 284,000 persons who fall within the vulnerable groups of children, the elderly, pregnant/lactating women, persons with disabilities, and poor adults. This was...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), prepares to cut the ribbon to open the new mammography unit at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) on Thursday (March 7). Looking on (from left) are UHWI Board Chairman, James Moss-Solomon; and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

UHWI Opens $78 Million Mammography Unit

The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), on Thursday (March 7), opened a new mammography unit at its Women’s Imaging Centre, boasting advanced technology for the detection of breast cancer. Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, welcomed the launch of the $78 million unit, noting that it will help in increasing the diagnosis of breast cancer at...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, tables the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on February 14.

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020EducationHealth & Wellness

Government Allocates $143 Million for Three Diagnostic Centres

The Government is expected to spend approximately $143 million during the 2019/20 fiscal year for the completion of a project that is geared towards establishing three Diagnostic Centres. Details of the project are outlined in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The Diagnostic Centres will be established at Church Teachers’ College in Manchester; Sam Sharpe...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), in conversation with (from left): former Chairman of the National Health Fund (NHF), Ryland Campbell, former Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Fund (NHF), Rae Barrett; Chief Executive Officer of the NHF, Everton Anderson; and Deputy Chairman, NHF, Dr. Dana Morris Dixon. Occasion was the NHF 15th Anniversary Banquet, held yesterday (February 28) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Green Paper on National Health Insurance Scheme to be Tabled

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says in a few months a Green Paper will be tabled in Parliament for the National Health Insurance Scheme. Addressing the National Health Fund (NHF) 15th Anniversary Banquet on February 28 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, Dr. Tufton said this initiative should help to reduce the long wait at public...

7 years ago Health & Wellness

RGD Calling on Persons to Collect Documents

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) is appealing to persons who have applied and paid for documents, to collect them now. Marketing and Planning Manager at the RGD, Nicole Whyte, told JIS News that there are thousands of uncollected birth, marriage and death certificates in storage at the agency’s offices islandwide. “Over the years, persons have applied for their marriage, birth...