Government Senator, Dr. Sapphire Longmore, is suggesting the roll out of a multi-media education campaign on holistic health care targeting expectant mothers as well as fathers. This campaign, she said, would help to reduce the incidences of adverse childhood experiences which contribute to health problems, including mental health issues, in later years. Dr. Longmore was opening the State of the...

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) is observing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Week from June 18 to 24 under the theme ‘Prepare, Respond, Revive’. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (June 13), Senior Manager for Health Administration at HFJ, Nola Phillpotts-Brown, said the week will focus on the importance of CPR training. Activities will get under way with the...

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) is stressing the need for Jamaicans to be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), as having such knowledge could result in them saving a life. Director of Emergency Cardiac Care at the HFJ, Dr. Hugh Wong, said that everyone should have CPR skills, which, he noted, are easily learnt. “The person whose life you save...

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) will observe World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) on Wednesday (June 14) with a blood-collection campaign in Mandeville, Manchester. The blood drive will be held at Golf View Hotel, 5 ½ Caledonia Road, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Director of the NBTS, Dr. Veronica Taylor, told JIS News that the choice of location was...

The Government is moving ahead with plans to rehabilitate the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine. Speaking to JIS News during a tour of the hospital on Friday (June 9), Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, said the technical work for the project will be undertaken this year. He informed that the objective is to upgrade the institution from...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, says that over 17, 000 prescriptions have been filled to date under the Public Sector Pharmacy Partner Pilot Programme. The initiative, launched last December, involves partnership with private pharmacies for the dispensing of drugs to public patients. Dr. Tufton said the programme has significantly reduced waiting time for patients. “The response has been...

The Ministry of Health is partnering with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the development of a message guide for Zika communication. Medical Entomologist in the Ministry, Sherine Huntley-Jones, told JIS News that the objective is to influence behavior change within the population and propel persons to take action to combat the disease. She pointed out that...