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NHF Extends Opening Hours

The National Health Fund (NHF) has extended its opening hours in order to facilitate longer hours of interface with its customers, beneficiaries and providers. As of Monday, November 30, the Customer Care Department at the NHF’s Dominica Drive headquarters will...

Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley (third left); and Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (4th left), participate in the breaking of ground for the renovation and expansion of the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department of the Linstead Hospital in St. Catherine, during a ceremony on Thursday (November 26). Others assisting (from 3rd right) are: Board Chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority, Dr. Andrei Cooke; Project Manager at the National Health Fund, Orette Clarke (partially hidden); and Acting Senior Medical Officer at the Linstead Hospital, Dr. Tanesha Burke Grant (right). Looking on (from left) are: Acting Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Camile Wallen (left); and Deputy Director of Nursing Services, Vivette Lawrence Ramsaroon.

Ground Broken For $100 Million Expansion Of Linstead Hospital

Seated from left: Executive Director, National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Michael Tucker; Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding; and Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley; and Chief Justice, Hon. Zaila McCalla participate in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to guide the operations of the Drug Treatment Court Programme. The signing took place at the Ministry of Justice offices in Kingston on Tuesday, November 24. Standing (from left) are: Director, Organisational Development, Ministry of Justice, Claudia Powell; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Security, Major General Stewart Saunders (ret’d); Senior Medical Officer, Bellevue Hospital, Dr. Myo Kyaw Oo; Principal Executive Officer, Court Management Services, Carol Hughes; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer; and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Marion Bullock-Ducasse.

MOU Signed For Effective Operation of Drug Treatment Programme

Fundraising and Public Relations Officer at the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS) Shullian Brown, Radiation Oncologist at 21st Century Oncology, Dr. Sophia Edwards-Bennett (middle) Substance Abuse Officer at the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Daniel Brown (right), responds to a question at a recent JIS Think Tank.

Focus On Youth for Lung Cancer and Drug Awareness Month

Fundraising and Public Relations Officer at the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS), Shullian Brown, addresses a JIS Think Tank on November 19.

Jamaica Cancer Society Offering Training on How to Quit Smoking

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Jamaica Cancer Society Partners with 21st Century Oncology

The Jamaica Cancer Society is collaborating with 21st Century Oncology, the largest radiation service organisation in the US, to offer cancer treatment to patients in Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean. The company has a complete range of radiation equipment and can offer treatment that is not readily available in the Caribbean, hence the partnership with the Society. Radiation...

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NCDA Warns Persons – More Potent Drugs on the Streets

The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) is reporting changes in the content, composition and varieties of narcotics surfacing on the nation’s streets. Substance Abuse Officer at the NCDA, Daniel Brown, noted for example that the variety of marijuana being consumed is to a great extent “much different from (the type used) years ago.” Mr. Brown said research shows that...

10 years ago Health & Wellness

December 1 is World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day 2015 is being commemorated under the theme, “Take care of the complete you: ask for a HIV test too”. This year, the Ministry of Health will focus on a wellness and preventative drive that will be supported by mass media as well as community mobilization which aims to increase the number of persons with HIV knowing their...

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Gender-Based Violence Makes Women More Vulnerable To HIV

Jamaica AIDS Support for Life says gender-based violence (GBV) or its threat is likely to increase a woman’s vulnerability to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by making it difficult or impossible to set the terms of an equal relationship. According to Research and Communications Coordinator at Jamaica AIDS Support for Life, Nicolette Jones, it is more difficult for women to...

Founder of the Save-A-Youth Foundation, Pastor Omar Oliphant.

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Save-A-Youth Foundation to Assist Kidney Patients, Undertake National Blood Drive

The Save-A-Youth Foundation is looking to raise funds to assist three young kidney patients with dialysis treatment. The support is among two major initiatives that the non-profit organisation intends to undertake in 2016. The other venture is a national blood drive to benefit hospitals. Pastor Omar Oliphant, who spearheads Save-A-Youth, tells JIS News that the support for the kidney patients...

10 years ago Health & Wellness

New Boards for Western Regional Health Authority and UWI Hospital

Cabinet has approved the appointment of new Boards of Management for the University Hospital of the West Indies and the Western Regional Health Authority. The new Board for the Western Regional Health Authority Board will be chaired by Hotelier Mr. Tony Hart. Other members are: Merrick Fray - Businessman Desmond Leakey - Farmer Norman Wayne Vaccianna- Businessman Dr Roy McGregor...

10 years ago Health & Wellness

NHF to Fund Survey on Eating Patterns of Jamaicans

In another two years, key stakeholders in the health sector will be equipped with informed data on eating patterns of Jamaicans aged 16-60, courtesy of a National Health Fund (NHF) $14.6 million survey being undertaken by the University of Technology (UTech). Under the project called JA-LIVITY, spearheaded by the College of Health Sciences at UTech, several entities dealing with health...