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Regional Veterinary Public Health Supervisor, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Veron Denton, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.
Regional Veterinary Public Health Supervisor, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Veron Denton, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

Report Unfit Food

Consumers are being advised to make a report to the relevant authorities, when they are sold food that is not fit for consumption. “If you are sold unfit food or food in damaged packaging, you should make a formal complaint...
Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock-DuCasse.
Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock-DuCasse.

Ministry of Health Urges Vigilance as Zika Virus is Confirmed in the Caribbean
The first cohort of dental surgeons to be trained locally, pose for a photograph following their hooding ceremony at the University of Technology (UTech) in St. Andrew on Tuesday (November 10). The students have completed their five-year degree programme in Doctor of Medical Dentistry (DMD) at UTech’s College of Oral Health Sciences. They will officially graduate on Thursday (November 12).
The first cohort of dental surgeons to be trained locally, pose for a photograph following their hooding ceremony at the University of Technology (UTech) in St. Andrew on Tuesday (November 10). The students have completed their five-year degree programme in Doctor of Medical Dentistry (DMD) at UTech’s College of Oral Health Sciences. They will officially graduate on Thursday (November 12).

UTech-Trained Dental Surgeons Highly Qualified and Competent
Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Michael Tucker addressing a JIS Think Tank on the Ganja Youth Awareness Programme.
Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Michael Tucker addressing a JIS Think Tank on the Ganja Youth Awareness Programme.

NCDA Using Social Media in Ganja Youth Awareness Campaign
Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse, Mr. Michael Tucker and Director of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement at the United States Embassy, Mr. Garth Hall address a JIS Think Tank on the partnership between the two entities on the Youth Ganja Awareness Programme.
Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse, Mr. Michael Tucker and Director of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement at the United States Embassy, Mr. Garth Hall address a JIS Think Tank on the partnership between the two entities on the Youth Ganja Awareness Programme.

NCDA Partners With US Embassy to Launch Youth Ganja Awareness Programme

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Minister of Health Meets With Parents of Babies Who Died in UHWI NICU Bacterial Infection Outbreak

Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley met with the eight families of the babies who died during a bacterial infection outbreak at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the University Hospital of the West Indies. The meeting which lasted close to three hours took place at the UHWI Board Room on Thursday, November 12, 2015. Minister Dalley empathised with the mothers...
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Health & Wellness

IDB Provides Grant For Formulation Of 10-Year Plan For Health Sector

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has provided J$29.94 million (US$250,000) in grant funding support for the Government’s formulation of a 10-year health sector development plan for Jamaica. This provision is being facilitated under a technical cooperation agreement and will finance the sector’s strengthening, through strategic planning to improve systems and structures at primary and secondary facilities. The aim is to...
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Newly appointed Minister of Health, the Hon. Horace Dalley
Health & Wellness

Newly Appointed Health Minister Instructed To Correct Shortcomings

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has instructed the newly-appointed Health Minister, Hon. Horace Dalley, to make every effort to correct the shortcomings in the health sector as quickly as possible. She also expressed confidence in Mr. Dalley’s ability to bring critical improvement to the health sector in short order, noting that he is familiar with the system,...
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Former Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, addressing participants at the ground breaking ceremony for a cancer treatment centre at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James on November 6. The Centre will house one of two Linear Accelerator (LINAC) machines for radiation treatment. The other machine will be established at the St. Joseph
Health & Wellness

Ground Broken At Site for LINAC Machine

Former Minister of Health Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson on Friday, November 6, broke ground at the site at which the Linear Accelerator (LINAC) machine for radiation treatment will be placed at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James. The hospital, will house one of the two machines in its Cancer Care Centre of Excellence which is being developed....
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The Ministry of Health, located at 2-4 King Street, Kingston.
Health & Wellness

Regional Health Authorities Audits and Conformance Reports Now Available

Minister of Health, Dr. Fenton Ferguson is advising that the Regional Health Authorities Audits and Conformance Reports are now available for viewing on the Ministry of Health’s website. Kindly visit www.moh.gov.jm. Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has given instructions for the audits and reports to be published to the nation on Friday, November 6, (earlier than originally planned). The...
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Coordinator of the Greater Involvement of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (GIPA) programme at the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Ainsley Reid, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.
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Govt’s Sustained Support For Persons With HIV/AIDS Hailed

The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) is hailing the Government’s commitment to enabling access to treatment for persons living with HIV/AIDS, despite resource constraints. “We are very happy that the Government continues to support access to treatment because, around the world, many other governments are worried about their ability to continue treatment access to their population,” said Coordinator for the...
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Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (seated, right); and Associate, Harold Morrison and Robert Woodstock Associates, Lisa Seivright (seated, left), sign copies of a contract for the design and equipping of maternal and neonatal high dependency units within the public health sector, during a ceremony at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (November 3). Also pictured in the background (from left) are: British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton; Head, Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Ambassador Paola Amadei; Deputy Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Barbara Scott; and Permanent Secretary in the Health Ministry, Dr. Kevin Harvey. The contract signing falls under the $3 billion (€22 million) Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC), funded by the European Union (EU), which is aimed at reducing the incidence of neonatal and maternal deaths in Jamaica.
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Gov’t Committed to Providing Quality Maternal and Neonatal Care

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has reaffirmed the Government’s pledge to provide top quality treatment and care for expectant mothers and newborns in Jamaica. In demonstration of its commitment, the Government on Tuesday, November 3, signed contracts valued at $253 million with several entities for the design and equipping of maternal and neonatal high dependency units (HDUs) in...
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