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President of the Caribbean Urological Association and Senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Dr. William Aiken.

New Technology Revolutionising Prostate Cancer Treatment

New technology is revolutionising the way in which prostate cancer patients are being treated for the disease, to achieve improved outcomes. President of the Caribbean Urological Association (CURA), Dr. William Aiken, told JIS News that new information has been derived...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left) addresses a panel discussion on childhood obesity at a CARICOM Roundtable Forum at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN Headquarters in New York, on September 22. Others (from 2nd left) are: Jamaica’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Courtenay Rattray; and Chairman of the Panel Discussion and former UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS and immediate past University of West Indies Chancellor, Sir George Alleyne.

Government Targeting Significant Reduction of Non-Communicable Diseases

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), presents the keys to a new ambulance to Jamaica Fire Brigade Commissioner, Raymond Spencer. The presentation was made at the Lucea Fire Station in Hanover on Friday, September 22.

Local Government and Health Ministries Partner to Provide Ambulances for Firefighters

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), in dialogue with (from left): Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De La Haye; PAHO/WHO Representative for Jamaica, Bermuda and Cayman Islands, Dr. Noreen Jack; FAO Representative in Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, Dr. Gillian Smith; and UNICEF Representative in Jamaica, Mark Connolly, at the launch of the 2017 National Breastfeeding Week & Conference, held at Jamaica Conference Centre on September 19.

Health Minister Says National Infant Feeding Policy Coming

Minister of Health, Dr the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), converses with (from left) Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO)/WHO) Representative for Jamaica, Bermuda and Cayman Islands, Dr. Noreen Jack; Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative in Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, Dr. Gillian Smith; and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Jamaica, Mark Connolly. Occasion was the National Breastfeeding Week conference and launch at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on September 19.

The Breast is Best

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (3rd left), displays a symbolic cheque for $4 million to help fund the construction of a facility at the St. Catherine Infirmary to house homeless persons from the Spanish Town Hospital and the streets, on September 15, at the infirmary. Others (from left) are Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson; and Mayor of Spanish Town, Councillor Norman Scott.

9 years ago Health & WellnessLocal Government

Facility for Homeless Persons to be Built in Spanish Town

A move to establish a permanent facility for homeless persons in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, has been made by the Ministry of Health with a donation of $4 million. Through a partnership involving the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), with a contribution of $1.1 million, the St. Catherine Municipal Corporation and the National Health Fund (NHF), the home will be constructed...

Registrar of the Pesticides Control Authority, Mr. Michael Ramsay (right), points out some illegal pesticides at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. At left is Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaicans Warned Not to Purchase Illegal Pesticides

The Pesticides Control Authority (PCA) is warning Jamaicans against purchasing and using illegal pesticides. Registrar of the PCA, Michael Ramsay, told JIS News that persons should be vigilant when purchasing pesticides, as the Authority has found that many of the substances being sold are not authentic. “People create their own concoctions and sell them, and the persons who are buying...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (2nd left), along with Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond Mc Kenzie (3rd right) cut the ribbon to officially open the emergency medical service at the Portmore Fire Station on Friday (September 15). Looking on from left are: Health Promotion and Public Relations Manager for the National Health Fund, Shermaine Robotham; Commissioner of the Jamaica fire Brigade, Raymond Spencer; and Acting Director of Emergency Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Dr. Jacqueline Bisasor-McKenzie. In the background (left) is Chief Executive Officer at the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports, Education (CHASE) Fund, Billy Heaven.

9 years ago Health & WellnessLocal Government

Emergency Medical Service Launched at Portmore Fire Station

An Emergency Medical Service (EMS) has been set up at the Portmore Fire Station in St. Catherine. This emergency medical service site will respond to road crashes along some of the major highways that meet in this area. A ceremony to officially launch the programme was held on Friday (September 15) at the Portmore Fire Station in Waterford, St. Catherine....

9 years ago Health & WellnessLocal Government

Emergency Medical Service Technicians Eager to Begin Serving the Public

Emergency Medical Technicians attached to the recently launched Portmore Emergency Medical Service (EMS) say they are eager to begin serving the people of the area. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Corporal Laticka Thomas said now that she has completed her training, she is ready to offer assistance when needed. “It was hard, very hard but I was able...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), interacts with Campion College sixth-form students at the launch of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), ‘Talk Di Truth’ ganja public-education campaign for students on September 12 at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Ministers Back NCDA Ganja Education Campaign

Ministries of Government have given their full support to the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) ‘Talk Di Truth’ public-education campaign aimed at engaging youngsters in discussion and information-sharing surrounding marijuana use. The initiative is targeted at youths aged 13-18, and the objective is to teach them the facts so as to reduce abuse of the substance. Every high school...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), is introduced to retired Professor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Epidemiology Unit, Alan Jackson (5th left), by Lead Investigator of the Jamaica segment of Congregation Taking Action Against Non-Communicable Diseases (CONTACT), Professor Rainford Wilks (2nd left). Occasion was the recent launch of the project, held at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters, in St. Andrew. Others (from third left) are Advisor on Health Systems and Services at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Hedwig Goede, and Director of the UWI Epidemiology Unit, Professor Marshall Tulloch-Reid.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaica to Take Part in Three-Year Project to Reduce NCDs

Three Caribbean countries are to take part in a three-year project titled Congregation Taking Action Against NCDs (CONTACT), to significantly reduce lifestyle illnesses. Being implemented under the Caribbean Institute for Health Research (CAIHR) in Jamaica, Guyana and Dominica, the project will see partnerships being developed with places of worship (PoWs), for the dissemination of crucial health messages to tackle diabetes,...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry (3rd left), affixes his signature to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the growing of medicinal plants on mined-out bauxite lands. The agreement between the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) and Timeless Herbal Care was signed on Tuesday (September 5), at the Transport Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices in Kingston. Others (from left) are Executive Director of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Parris Lyew-Ayee; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange; Director, Public Relations and Corporate Communications, Transport and Mining Ministry, Vando Palmer; Chief Executive of Timeless Herbal Care, Courtney Betty; and Chairman of the JBI, Bindley Sangster.

9 years ago CultureHealth & Wellness

Farmers to Grow Medicinal Plants on Mined-out Lands

The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) has entered into an agreement with Timeless Herbal Care, an international nutraceutical and pharmaceutical company, for the growing of medicinal plants on mined-out bauxite lands. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on Tuesday (September 5), the JBI will provide technical training for farmers in the growing of the crops. The farmers will sell the...