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Executive Director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) Dr Zoe Simpson, speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service Think Tank to highlight the work of the WCJF to reduce adolescent pregnancy.
Executive Director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) Dr Zoe Simpson, speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service Think Tank to highlight the work of the WCJF to reduce adolescent pregnancy.

United Nations Population Fund Lauds Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has lauded the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) on its programme offered to adolescent mothers. The Foundation, which was established in 1978 in response to the high occurrence of teenage pregnancies in Jamaica,...
Chief Dental Officer for Jamaica and Interim Dean of the College of Oral Health Sciences, Dr. Irving McKenzie, explains how the new-age injection system is used in the production of dentures, which cuts down on production time and allows for more Jamaicans to benefit from this service. The system is housed at the institution’s state-of-the-art dental prosthetic laboratory, located on Arthur Wint Drive in Kingston. The college is an institution of the University of Technology (UTech).
Chief Dental Officer for Jamaica and Interim Dean of the College of Oral Health Sciences, Dr. Irving McKenzie, explains how the new-age injection system is used in the production of dentures, which cuts down on production time and allows for more Jamaicans to benefit from this service. The system is housed at the institution’s state-of-the-art dental prosthetic laboratory, located on Arthur Wint Drive in Kingston. The college is an institution of the University of Technology (UTech).

UTech Dental College Brightening Smiles of Needy Jamaicans
Chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority, Dr. Andrei Cooke.
Chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority, Dr. Andrei Cooke.

SERHA Monitoring Cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Director of Nutrition in the Ministry of Health, Sharmaine Edwards.
Director of Nutrition in the Ministry of Health, Sharmaine Edwards.

Employers Encouraged to Assist Lactating Mothers
The upgrading of the Rowlandsfield Health Centre was funded through the Sugar Transformation Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries with support from the European Union.
The upgrading of the Rowlandsfield Health Centre was funded through the Sugar Transformation Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries with support from the European Union.

Thousands to Benefit from $13.9 Million Upgrading of Rowlandsfield Health Centre

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Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right), addressing a $76.4 million contract signing ceremony for the renovation of the Accident and Emergency Department at the Linstead Hospital, at the Office of the Prime Minister, today (September 22). Looking on is Member of Parliament for North West St. Catherine and Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill.
Health & Wellness

Accident and Emergency Department at Linstead Hospital To Be Expanded

Renovation and expansion works totalling over $100 million is being undertaken at the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department at the Linstead Hospital, in St. Catherine. Of the sum, $76.4 million will be spent to renovate and expand specific areas, while the remainder of the funds will go toward equipping and installing a heating ventilation and air conditioning system in the...
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Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (2nd left), with (from left): Chairman of the National Health Fund (NHF), Sterling Soares; Head of Pathology at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Consultant Haematologist and Oncologist, Dr. Gillian Wharfe; and Radiation Oncologist at the Radiation Oncology Centre of Jamaica, Venslow Greaves, at the launch of Herceptin Subcutaneous (SC), on September 16, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston. This is an agent commonly used in the treatment of early stage Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (HER) 2 Positive breast cancer.
Health & Wellness

New Cancer Medication Launched

The Government continues work to strengthen the country’s cancer care system through strategic partnerships with international entities. On August 26 of this year, the Government signed a contract with global leader in diagnostic and pharmaceutical products, Roche, to market Herceptin Subcutaneous (SC), an agent commonly used in the treatment of early stage Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (HER) 2 Positive...
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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson, explains the achievements of the Fund at a recent JIS Think Tank.
Health & Wellness

NHF Head Hails Staff for Service Excellence

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson, has lauded members of staff for their unwavering commitment to the entity’s customers. He said it is the outstanding display of service excellence on the part of workers that has resulted in the Fund being shortlisted in three categories in the Public Sector Customer Service (PSCS) Competition of...
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Minister of Health, the Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson. (FILE)
Health & Wellness

Hospital and Health Centre Operations Return to Normal

The operations of hospitals and health centres have returned to normal as nurses attendance levels are now regularised. Since Tuesday (September 15, 2015) there has been a high level of absenteeism by Registered Nurses resulting in the Ministry opening the Emergency Operations Centre and activating its emergency protocol and some hospitals operating in emergency mode. Minister of Health, Dr. Fenton...
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Nurses To Resume Normal Duties, Says Labour Ministry

Nurses in the public sector will resume normal duties following an Emergency Conciliation Meeting held today (Wednesday, September 16, 2015) at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security in Kingston. The meeting was held between representatives from the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), and the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. There is an...
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