The Heart Foundation of Jamaica is inviting members of the public to join the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) mass training session on Saturday (June 18), at 28 Beechwood Avenue, in Kingston. The training session, scheduled from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., forms part of the Foundation’s CPR Awareness Week from June 12-18. The week is being observed under the theme ‘Don’t Drop...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says Jamaica received 200 health missions last year, which contributed more than $3 billion in pharmaceutical supplies and equipment to the public health sector. Addressing members of the Jamaica Diaspora Northeast United States Regional Conference on June 11, at the Hilton New York JFK Airport hotel in Queens. Dr. Tufton expressed gratitude, saying...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is committed to ensuring there is an efficient waste management and garbage collection service in all communities. He said this is critical to prevent garbage build-up, which leads to breeding of disease-carrying vectors, such as mosquitoes and rodents. Mr. Holness was addressing a gathering at the Olympic Gardens Civic Centre...

The Ministry of Health will require all pregnant women to be tested for the Zika virus (ZIKV). This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, as he addressed the House of Representatives on Tuesday, June 7. “When a woman is tested positive for being pregnant and she has to go through the initial stages of testing, we...

The Ministry of Health, through the National Health Fund, will be providing $1 million to each Member of Parliament to support Zika activities at the constituency level. The funding will be channelled through the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, and will be available as of July 1. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton,...

The launch of a competency-based training programme in dietetics and nutrition has been hailed by Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. Speaking at the ceremony on June 3, in Kingston, Dr. Tufton said the programme is critical, especially at a time when nutrition-related chronic illnesses are ranking at the top of the disease profile in the country. The Supervised...

The Ministry of Health is looking to implement a volunteerism policy for the country’s public hospitals. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said the aim is to facilitate compassionate care for patients who may be recuperating from surgeries, or need to spend long periods at hospital. He said that volunteers, under the supervision of hospital staff, could perform services...