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Jamaicans Urged to Eat Healthy During Yuletide Season

With the Christmas and New Year’s festivities fast approaching, Jamaicans are being encouraged to eat healthy during the season. Persons, especially those living with non-communicable diseases such as hypertension and diabetes, are being urged to watch what they consume, in...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (2nd right, seated), and National Health Fund (NHF) Chief Executive Officer, Everton Anderson (right, seated) sign the contract formalising May Pen, Clarendon-based Health First Pharmacy’s participation in the Public Sector Pharmacy Partner Pilot Programme. The signing took place at the pharmacy to launch the initiative, on Monday, December 19. Looking on (from left, seated) are NHF Chairman, Christopher Zacca; and Health First Pharmacy Managing Director, Oretha Brown. Standing (from left) are Senior NHF Vice President in charge of Information and Communications Technology, Granville Gayle; newly installed Mayor of May Pen, Councillor Winston Maragh; and NHF Vice President in charge of Operations, Ann Logan.

Health Ministry Launches Pilot to Speed up the Filling of Prescriptions

Black River Hospital Reopens Renovated Paediatric Unit

Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks.

Discrimination Hinders Development of Persons with Disabilities – JCPD

The outgoing United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS for the Caribbean, Dr. Edward Greene.

Jamaica Commended for Programmes to Empower Women

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton addresses the official launch of the Reduction in Waiting Time Project at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in Kingston, on December 15.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Child Patients Benefiting from Pilot Project

Child patients of the Bustamante Hospital for Children are benefiting from an improvement in services through a pilot project that is designed to significantly reduce the waiting time at the accident and emergency room. Among the improvement in services are an increase in the number of customer service personnel from six to 11; an increase in reception windows; introduction of...

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Cabinet Approves Team To Review NHF Projects

Cabinet has approved the establishment and appointment of a National Health Fund (NHF) Institutional Benefits Projects Review Team. The team will serve for one year and include Peter Jarvis (Chairman), Christopher Zacca, Gary Hendrickson, Dr. Ernest Pate, Dr. Lundie Richards, Patrick Lawrence, Dr. Kurdell Espinosa, and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health. According to a Cabinet Ministry Paper tabled...

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Early-Stimulation Training for Teen Mothers

Teen mothers attending Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) facilities across the island are benefiting from training to better help them to stimulate their babies and support their development. The training sessions are being conducted by Early Childhood Commission (ECC) development officers using the ‘Parenting Programme in Health Centres – What You Do With Baby Matters’ training package developed by...

Senior Consultant Neurologist and one of Jamaica’s leading physicians, Dr. Daniel S. Graham, OD.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Neurologist Makes His Mark

A senior consultant neurologist and one of Jamaica’s leading physicians, Dr. Daniel S. Graham, is well known for his groundbreaking research on the cause of the disease then known as ‘Jamaican Neuropathy’ in the mid and late 1980s. Dr. Graham worked alongside the late Professor Pamela Rodgers-Johnson, Professor Owen Morgan and Medicine and Neurophysiology Nobel Prize laureate, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek,...

Lieutenant Colonel Mahatma Williams from the Jamaica Defence Force (right), addresses participants in the Disaster Risk Management and Emergency Operations Centre training course for the health sector, at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management , Haining Road, in Kingston.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Crisis Communication Training for Health Sector

How to handle interviews during a crisis situation was imparted to participants in the Disaster Risk Management and Emergency Operations Centre training course for the health sector, held from December 5 to 9. The training was carried out in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM)....

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), shares a light moment with Head of the Delegation of the European Union, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, during a recognition ceremony for healthcare professionals at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on December 9. A total of 82 participants were awarded for successfully completing specialised training in infant care and management under the training component of the Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC).

9 years ago Health & Wellness

82 Healthcare Workers Receive Specialised Training

Jamaica’s maternal and neonatal health services are expected to be vastly improved with an additional cohort of trained professionals. A total of 82 healthcare personnel have received specialised training in maternal and infant care and management under the training component of the Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC). They were recognised for their achievements under the...

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaicans Encouraged to Host Wards of the State for Christmas

The Child Development Agency (CDA) is appealing to Jamaicans to open their hearts and homes to wards of the State during the festive season. The agency’s ‘Take a Child Home for Christmas’ programme is aimed at providing children in State care with the opportunity to experience the joy that the festive season brings. Speaking with JIS News, Regional Director for...