The Private Security Regulation Authority (PSRA) will be hosting a seminar on March 4 at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre to educate security guards about the new health-insurance scheme. Executive Director of the PSRA, Rosalyn Campbell, told JIS News that the session, which is scheduled from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. will allow security guards to sign up for the...

The Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS) has used the month of February to promote healthy lifestyle practices, especially among high school aged students across the island. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Executive Director of the JCS, Yulit Gordon said the organization worked in close partnership with the Ministry of Education Youth and Information, along with the Tobacco Control project...

The Ministry of Health has partnered with six private pharmacies in Kingston to facilitate speedier dispensing of medication to persons issued with prescriptions at public hospitals and clinics. This is being done under the Public Sector Pharmacy Partner Pilot Programme, which was launched in Clarendon in December with five participating pharmacies. The aim is to improve the delivery of medication...

A police post is to be constructed in the West Central St. Catherine constituency, says Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, who is also Member of Parliament for the area. Dr. Tufton noted that ground is to be broken before the end of the year for the facility. The announcement was made today (February 28), at a ground-breaking ceremony...

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica hosted a successful training session in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on February 25 at its Beechwood Avenue head office, in Kingston. In an interview with JIS News, Training Coordinator at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Alonzo Mothersill, said the training was for non-medical persons, adding that it would equip such persons with life-saving skills that could...

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) is urging parents and school officials to take responsibility for the screening of student athletes in order to detect risks for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). “It is important to get the children screened and not wait for somebody else to pay for it,” said the HFJ’s Executive Director, Deborah Chen. She pointed out that...

Acting Director of the Caribbean Institute for Health Research at the University of the West Indies Professor Marvin Reid, is reiterating the need for persons to pay close attention to the relationship between nutrition and cancer. Speaking in an interview with JIS News on behalf of the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS), Professor Reid said nutrition plays a role both as...