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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the National Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Programme’s fifth annual review and capacity building workshop at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge, St. Andrew, on Thursday (March 8).
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the National Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Programme’s fifth annual review and capacity building workshop at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge, St. Andrew, on Thursday (March 8).

Give Children Water Instead of Sugary Drinks – Dr. Tufton

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is calling for parents to get their children to drink more water as part of the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs). He said there is a culture in schools, where if a...
Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the launch of the National Obesity Prevention Public Opinion Survey at the Spanish Court Hotel in St. Andrew on March 7.
Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the launch of the National Obesity Prevention Public Opinion Survey at the Spanish Court Hotel in St. Andrew on March 7.

Jamaicans Will Support Gov’t Action to Combat Obesity
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (JIS File Photo).
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (JIS File Photo).

More Patients to be Relocated from Cornwall Regional Hospital
) Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), greets President of the Association of Friends and Families of Substance Abusers (AFAFOSA), Steve Ashley (centre), while daughter of Clover Thompson, Founder of AFAFOSA, Carolyn Thompson (left), looks on. Occasion was the opening of a Drug Treatment Court, in Morant Bay, St. Thomas, on March 1.
) Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), greets President of the Association of Friends and Families of Substance Abusers (AFAFOSA), Steve Ashley (centre), while daughter of Clover Thompson, Founder of AFAFOSA, Carolyn Thompson (left), looks on. Occasion was the opening of a Drug Treatment Court, in Morant Bay, St. Thomas, on March 1.

Health Minister Emphasises Need for Substance Abuse Reduction in Schools
Medical Oncologist at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Dr. Sheray Chin, addresses a JIS Think Tank, where she presented research findings on breast cancer in Jamaica.
Medical Oncologist at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Dr. Sheray Chin, addresses a JIS Think Tank, where she presented research findings on breast cancer in Jamaica.

Jamaican Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer at Younger Age

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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the launch of the Nursing Now global campaign on February 27 at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in St. Andrew.
Health & Wellness

Nurses Charged to Play Greater Role in Promoting Public Health

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has charged the nation’s nurses to prepare to play a greater role in promoting and protecting public health. He noted that nurses, given the regular and frequent contact they have with people, are in a unique position to promote healthy lifestyles and advise persons against habits that can endanger their health. “The...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), shares in conversation with Project Director, Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), Elsa Marks-Willis (left); and Public Assistance Director at the Ministry, Fancie Adman (centre). Occasion was the recent launch of the Ministry’s ‘School Days Count’ initiative in Port Maria, St. Mary.
EducationHealth & Wellness

Educators Endorse ‘School Days Count’ Initiative

Educators are welcoming the Government’s $5.9-million incentive programme, which is aimed at increasing secondary-school attendance by students benefiting under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH). The programme, dubbed ‘School Days Count’, is a two-year initiative and will roll out between February and April in 34 institutions that have below-70 per cent attendance levels. It was launched on...
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Acting Vice President of Drug Services, at the National Health Fund (NHF), Dr Catherine Dawson Shaw (3rd left) presents the team from the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) with their prizes during an award ceremony held on February 23 at the Jamaica Police Academy, Twickenham Park, St. Catherine.
Health & Wellness

NIB Winners of ‘Force It Out Challenge’

The National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) team has emerged as winners of the National Health Fund’s ‘Force it out Challenge’ competition. The team, as well as other men and women of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) were awarded during a ceremony held on February 23 at the Jamaica Police Academy, Twickenham Park, St. Catherine. The initiative, which was launched on April...
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EducationHealth & Wellness

JC Students Learn about Healthy and Toxic Masculinities

Third form students of Jamaica College (JC), in Kingston learnt about healthy and toxic masculinities and sexual harassment during a sensitisation session held at the institution on February 22. The event, organized by the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, is a part of the Bureau’s annual school education programme....
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Health & Wellness

Positive Response to Adopt-a-clinic Initiative

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says there has been positive stakeholder response to the Government’s invitation for participation in the Adopt-a-Clinic Initiative. A total of 100 of the country’s 320 public health centres have been shortlisted by the Government under the project, which seeks to attract and identify stakeholders who will adopt the facilities and provide the requisite...
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Veterinary Public Health Inspector at the Westmoreland Health Department, Jodi-Ann Harris, addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office on February 20.
Health & Wellness

Domestic Animals Can Transmit Leptospirosis to Humans

Veterinary Public Health Inspector at the Westmoreland Health Department, Jodi-Ann Harris, says that leptospirosis can be transmitted to humans by domestic animals. Ms. Harris, who was speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office on February 20, said that “while the rats do get all the blame” the leptospirosis bacteria can also...
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Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), displays a symbolic cheque in the sum of $1 million presented to the Enfield Health Centre in St. Mary under the Government’s Adopt-a-Clinic initiative. Others (from second left) are: Acting Parish Manager, St. Mary Health Services, Sherrie Ellis-Wallace; Senior Public Health Nurse for St. Mary, Dawn-Marie Betton-Richards; and Member of Parliament for South East St. Mary, where the clinic is located, Dr. Norman Dunn. The Adopt-a-Clinic initiative, launched last year by the Jamaica 55 Charities Group United Kingdom (UK), aims to mobilise Jamaicans at home and in the diaspora to provide support, whether in cash or kind, for the country’s primary-healthcare facilities.
Health & Wellness

Enfield First Health Centre to Benefit from Adopt-a-clinic Initiative

The Enfield Health Centre in St. Mary is the first primary-care facility to benefit under the Government’s Adopt-a-Clinic initiative. Approximately 100 primary-healthcare facilities are being targeted under the programme, launched last year by the Jamaica 55 Charities Group United Kingdom (UK). It aims to mobilise Jamaicans at home and in the diaspora to provide support, whether in cash or kind,...
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