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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.

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...

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

NHF Improves Access to Health Cards

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.

Jamaica Making Strides in Reducing HIV/AIDS Stigma

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.

Health Minister Urges Continued Vigilance Against ZIKV

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (second left), shares a light moment with (from left): Mission Director, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Denise Herbol; Fund Portfolio Manager, Global Funds for Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Giulia Perrone; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey. Occasion was a press briefing held on July 13 at the Terra Nova Hotel to announce grant funding for the National HIV/STI Programme.

National HIV/STI Programme Gets Us$15 Million from Global Fund

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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...

Director of Probation Services at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), Janet Davey, says National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) prison survey will influence national rehabilitation strategy.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

NCDA Prison Survey to Inform National Rehabilitation Strategy

The findings of the regional prison survey conducted by the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) will influence the National Rehabilitation Strategy being drafted by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). The 2014 survey was conducted in Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda and St. Kitts and Nevis. It explored the...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), cuts the ribbon to commission into service one of two new elevators at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) on July 10. Others (from 2nd left) are: Director of Nursing Services at the KPH, Joan Walker-Nicholson; Chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Dr. Andrei Cooke; Senior Medical Officer at KPH, Dr. Natalie Whylie; and Regional Director at SERHA, Maureen Golding.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

2 New Elevators Commissioned Into Service at KPH

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson on Friday (July 10), commissioned into service two new elevators at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), which will significantly impact the quality of care the hospital is able to provide for its patients. Malfunctioning of elevators at the facility, which is the largest public hospital in the English-speaking Caribbean, has severely hampered surgeries...

Chief Executive Officer of the Footprints Foundation, Lorna Owens, chief facilitator for the Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC), addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

11 years ago Health & WellnessJIS Think Tank

Training to Reduce Infant Mortality

The Ministry of Health has embarked on a training programme to strengthen the capacity of health workers to help in reducing Jamaica’s infant and maternal mortality rate. This is being done in partnership with the United States based Footprints Foundation, under component three of the Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC). This component deals specifically with...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), addresses the launch of a public education programme to discourage the use of marijuana among specific groups in society. The launch was held at the Ministry of Health, New Kingston, on July 9. Looking on is Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

NCDA to Target Specific Groups in Anti-Ganja Use Campaign

The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) will be spending some $333 million over a three-year period on a public education programme, to discourage the use of marijuana among specific groups in society. This programme will target several stakeholders, with a major focus on youth, in response to the amendments to the Dangerous Drugs Act, which was passed into law...

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (2nd left), receives the keys for two new buses from Public Relations and Administrative Manager for the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, Hilary Coulton (2nd right), at the Nannyville Health Centre, in Kingston, today (July 8). The buses have been donated by the CHASE Fund to strengthen the Psychiatric Emergency Response and Home Visitation programmes of the Ministry of Health. Others (from left) are: Director for the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Maureen Golding and Project Manager for the CHASE Fund, Paulette Mitchell.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

Ministry Gets Two Buses to Strengthen Mental Health Care

To strengthen mental health care, two buses valued at more than $11 million have been donated to the Ministry of Health, to support the Psychiatric Emergency Response and Home Visitation programmes. The vehicles, which were handed over on Wednesday, July 8, at the Nannyville Health Centre, in Kingston, have been donated by the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE)...

11 years ago Health & Wellness

Persons Urged to Treat Water Before Consuming in Light of the Current Drought

Director, Health Promotion and Protection, Dr. Sonia Copeland says in light of the present drought conditions and the increase in the storage of water, persons are being urged to treat their water before consuming. “Usually at this time we see an increase in persons collecting water from various untreated sources including rivers and streams. This water may not be safe...