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National Health Fund (NHF) Chairman, Christopher Zacca, addresses a JIS Think Tank held recently at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

NHF to Develop National Health Insurance Scheme

The National Health Fund (NHF) has been tasked with the responsibility of developing a National Health Insurance Scheme to fund the public healthcare system. NHF Chairman, Christopher Zacca, made the disclosure at a recent JIS Think Tank at the agency’s...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (right) and President of the Association of Government Medical Consultants (AGMC), Dr. Konrad Lawson (right), sign the Heads of Agreement for the contract period 2015/2017, at the Ministry in Kingston, on September 2. Overseeing the signing is Senior Industrial Relations Officer in the Ministry, Charmaine Hayman.

Public-Sector Medical Consultants Sign Wage Agreement

Chairman of the National Health Fund (NHF), Christopher Zacca, provides details about the increase in subsidy on drugs for children during a JIS Think Tank on August 31.

NHF Increases Drug Subsidy for Children

Principal Medical Officer for Epidemiology in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Karen Webster-Kerr.

Ministry Appeals for Cooperation on Health and Lifestyle Survey

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (seated) undergoing blood pressure testing by Ms. Susan Moore (Front left), Director of Recipient Services Food for The Poor, while Mr. David Nair (Left Standing) Executive Director, Food for The Poor; and Mr. Nakhle Hado (Right Standing), Director of Distribution Services, Food for the Poor look on during the handover of stethoscopes valued at $400,000 to the Ministry of Health. The official handover took place on August 24, 2016, at the offices of the Food For The Poor at Ellerslie Pen, Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

PHOTOS: Food For The Poor Hands over Stethoscopes Valued at $400,000 to Health Ministry

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Minister of State with responsibility for the Public Service, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (second left), signs the Heads of Agreement for Public Sector Nurse Practitioners for the contract period 2015/2017, at the Finance and the Public Service Ministry in Kingston, on August 24. Participating in the signing (from left) are National Workers Union (NWU) Vice President, Arthur Grant; Heather Henry-McGrath and Ellotha Beckford Muschamp.

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Public-Sector Nurse Practitioners Sign Wage Agreement

Public-sector nurse practitioners are the latest group of healthcare professionals to sign the Heads of Agreement with the Government for the 2015/2017 contract period. At a ceremony held at the Finance and the Public Service Ministry in Kingston on August 24, the nurse practitioners signed the two-year wage agreement under which they will receive a four per cent salary increase...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), presents educational items to children at a health fair and back-to-school event, organised by the National Heath Fund (NHF), at the Brown’s Hall Primary School, in St. Catherine, on August 20.

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Health Screening for Residents of Brown’s Hall

Scores of residents in the Brown’s Hall area of St. Catherine and surrounding communities received health screening on August 20, through a National Health Fund (NHF) health fair. The event, which also targeted children who will be going back to school in September, was held at the Brown’s Hall Primary School. Persons were screened for high blood pressure, diabetes, high...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), participates in an exercise during the launch of Caribbean Wellness Day on August 17 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Others (from left) are: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative, Dr. Noreen Jack; and Director of Health Promotion and Protection, Dr. Sonia Copeland.

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Health Ministry Begins Hype School Tour in October

The Ministry of Health, in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, will begin its Health, Youth, Positive Energy (HYPE) school tour in October, to promote healthy lifestyle choices among the nation’s young people. In his address at the launch of Caribbean Wellness Day on August 17 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston, Minister of Health,...

Director of Nursing Services, Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), Matron Gillian Ledgister (right); and Chief Executive Officer of CRH, Anthony Smikle (2nd right), examine one of the 10 vital signs monitors, handed over by President of the Friends of the hospital, Monica Caine, during a ceremony held at the hospital on August 17. Chairman of the board of directors of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Tony Hart (left), looks on at left.

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Cornwall Regional Receives Donation of Medical Equipment

The Friends of the Cornwall Regional Hospital have donated 10 vital signs monitors valued at $1.7 million to the St. James-based health facility. Chief Executive Officer of CRH, Anthony Smikle expressed “deep appreciation” for the monitors, noting that they will be put into service immediately. He was speaking at the presentation ceremony held at the hospital on Wednesday (August 17)....

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Initiative Launched to Promote Stable Homes

Leader of the 'Good Health Begins at Home’ initiative, Dr. Michael Coombs, says enough partnerships have been forged with public- and private-sector entities to bring about more stable homes in Jamaica. Dr. Coombs, who is the Regional Technical Director at the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), the lead agency on the programme, notes that research has shown that children do...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), participates in an exercise, at the launch of Caribbean Wellness Day, on August 17, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. Under the theme ‘Love your body; Treat your body right’, Caribbean Wellness Day will be observed on September 10. Also taking part (from left) are Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative, Dr. Noreen Jack; and Director, Health Promotion and Protection, Dr. Sonia Copeland.

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Make Exercise a Daily Habit – Dr. Tufton

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is again imploring Jamaicans to make exercise a daily habit, in order to avoid non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancers, hypertension and diabetes. Citing statistics from the ‘Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey’, he noted that nearly half of Jamaicans are classified as engaging in very limited physical activity. “Many NCDs are directly related...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), is greeted by Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative, Dr. Noreen Jack, at the launch of Caribbean Wellness Day, on August 17, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. Under the theme ‘Love your body; Treat your body right’, Caribbean Wellness Day will be observed on September 10.

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Focus on Healthy Diets and Exercise Sept. 10

The country will join the rest of the region to observe Caribbean Wellness Day on September 10, 2016. The Day, which was launched on August 17, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston, will be used to highlight the importance of healthy diets and exercise among the population. This year, the event will be staged in Half-Way Tree Square from...