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Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (2nd left) and Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (2nd right), examine the new drum cover developed by the Ministry of Health, to prevent mosquito breeding. The drum covers were introduced during a meeting with local government officials recently, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston. Others (from left) are: the Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Levan A. Freeman (left) and Director of the Environmental Health Unit in the Ministry of Health, Everton Baker.

Jamaicans Urged Not To Relax Against the Mosquito

The Ministry of Health is urging members of the public to take precautionary measures to prevent vector borne diseases by adopting several simple practices to reduce the mosquito population. Due to the drought conditions being experienced across the island, the...

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), hands over a drum cover developed by the Ministry to Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott. The drum covers were introduced to local government officials during a meeting on Tuesday (July 28) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. In background is Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse.

Health Ministry Partners With Local Government to Distribute Drum Covers

Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock-Ducasse (right), speaks with Representative from the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Noreen Jack, at today’s (July 28) opening of a workshop for the development of a multi-sectoral action plan for the prevention of childhood and adolescent obesity, at the Mona Visitor’s Lodge, St. Andrew.

Health Ministry Hosting Childhood and Adolescent Obesity Workshop

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre), seems delighted at the handing over of $250,000 by the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation to the Kidney Kids Foundation Scholarship Fund on July 24 at the Ministry, in New Kingston. Making the presentation (at left) is Ambassador of Spain to Jamaica and President of the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation, His Excellency Anibal Jimenez Abascal and accepting is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Kidney Kids Foundation, Dr. Maolynne Miller (second right). Others (from second left) are: General Manager for the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation, Karen Donaldson, and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey. The sum will go towards the training of a Paediatric Nephrologist for the Cornwall Regional Hospital, in Montego Bay.

Health Minister Commends Spanish-Jamaican Foundation

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, is supporting the call from the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), for communities in the region to discontinue the illegal practice of removing water from public health facilities, which is threatening the delivery of health services to them.

Communities Urged Not To Steal Water From Public Health Facilities

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Minister of Health, Hon Dr. Fenton Ferguson, speaking at the launch of the Associate Degree programme in Funeral Services and Mortuary Science, at Montego Bay Community College, on July 22. The Minister revealed that the drafting of regulations to govern the funeral services industry are far advanced.

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Regulations Being Drafted For Funeral Services Industry

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the drafting of regulations to govern the funeral services industry are far advanced and consultations will be held with stakeholders, as soon as they are ready. “There is a need to regulate and fine-tune existing guidelines governing the funeral service and mortuary science industries,” the Minister said. He was addressing the launch...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (second left), is greeted by Acting President of the University of Technology (UTech), Ambassador Hon. Burchell Whiteman (second right) when he arrived at the UTech St. Andrew campus today (July 21), to participate in the launch of the institution’s healthy eating campaign. Also pictured (from left) are: Associate Professor and Dean of the College of Health Sciences, UTech, Dr. Ellen Campbell-Grizzle; and Country Manager, Nestlé Jamaica Limited, Jürg Blaser.

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Health Minister Hails UTech Healthy Eating Campaign

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has hailed the University of Technology’s (UTech) healthy eating campaign as a welcome fillip to the Government’s efforts to encourage healthy lifestyle among Jamaicans in order to reduce the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCD). “It augurs well and it is well aligned with the policies and objectives of my Ministry,” he said at...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey (2nd left), participates in the ceremony for the handing over of ‘Love Condoms’, donated by the United States-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), to the National Family Planning Board (NFBP). The function was held on July 20 at the NFPB’s headquarters in Kingston. Others (from left) are: Board Chairman of the NFPB, Dr. Sandra Knight; Executive Director of the board, Dr. Denise Chevannes; Bureau Chief for the Southern Region of the AHF, Michael Kahane; and Head of the Latin American Office for the AHF, Dr. Patricia Campos.

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Health Ministry Continues to Focus on Reducing Adolescent Pregnancy

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey, says the Ministry continues to promote responsible sexual behaviour in an effort to reduce the rate of unplanned pregnancies among young adolescent girls. “Unwanted pregnancy is still a major challenge for us as a developing country. We still have a significant amount of unplanned pregnancies, which are resulting in terminated...

Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson. (FILE)

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NHF Improves Access to Health Cards

Past winner of the biennial Public Sector Customer Service Competition, the National Health Fund (NHF), is striving to improve its services and to make them more accessible to customers. Since winning the prizes in 2010/2011 for being the Best Implementer of the Customer Service Monitoring and Evaluation System and the Most Active Participant in the National Customer Service Programme, the...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey (2nd left); and United States Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Luis G. Moreno (right), look at documents being pointed out by Country Programme Manager, Health Policy Project (HPP) Jamaica, Sandra McLeish (2nd right). Occasion was a ceremony held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (July 14), to mark the end of the HPP Jamaica. Also looking on is Programme Management Specialist, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Dr. Jennifer Knight-Johnson.

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Jamaica Making Strides in Reducing HIV/AIDS Stigma

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey, says Jamaica has made strides in reducing discrimination in relation to HIV/AIDs. Dr. Harvey, who was speaking at a ceremony to mark the end of the United States (US) Government-funded Health Policy Project (HPP) Jamaica, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday, July 14, said “the level...

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Percy Junor Hospital’s A&E Department to Undergo $450M Renovation

The Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department of the Percy Junor Hospital in Spaldings, Manchester, is slated to undergo major expansion and modernisation, at a cost of approximately $450 million. This engagement will coincide with the institution’s 70th anniversary this year, and aims to transform the facility into one delivering high quality client health care services. Support has already been forthcoming...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), exits one of two new elevators at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), which he commissioned into service on July 10.

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Health Minister Urges Continued Vigilance Against ZIKV

While there are no reported cases of the Zika Virus (ZikV) in the island, the Minster of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, is imploring the public to continue to be vigilant in destroying breeding sites for the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which transmits the disease. He said that this is especially critical during the current period of drought, as mosquito eggs...