Representatives of the Ministries of Health, and Education, are scheduled to meet on August 19 to explore and develop strategies to prevent any possible threat of a spread which the Chikungunya virus could pose for schools, currently preparing for September’s start of the 2014/15 academic year. In noting that the Education Ministry deems the virus a “major threat” to schools,...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, is appealing to persons, who experience poor treatment at public health institutions, to make a report to the Ministry so that proper investigations can be carried out and where necessary, sanctions applied. The Minister made the appeal against the background of recent reports of ill-treatment of patients at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in...

The public health system has received a boost to its stock of Intravenous Fluids (IV), with a donation valued at $1.75 million from local charity Food For the Poor (FFP). The items were handed over to Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson on August 13, at FFP’s offices in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. The donation came weeks after reports...

The Ministry of Health will continue its daily monitoring of the Ebola situation in West Africa through the World Health Organization’s Event Information website. This along with other measures to increase the country’s vigilance and preparedness was discussed during a meeting on Thursday (July 31, 2014) involving Minister of Health, Dr. Fenton Ferguson and International Health Regulations (IHR) Focal Point...

The public pharmacy system is being transformed with reduced waiting time for the filling of prescriptions, expansion and upgrading of facilities, hiring of more pharmacists, and provision of modern equipment. The improvement is a result of a $37 million project by the National Health Fund (NHF) to take over the operations of pharmacies in public health facilities.  Since May, the...

The Government of Jamaica has launched a $3.3 billion project aimed at improving maternal and child health care in the country. The Programme to Reduce Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC), which is being funded by the European Union (EU), will see significant improvement in the quality of care for expectant mothers and babies. This will boost the country’s ability to...

Residents of Manchester and surrounding parishes to benefit from a Health Fair and Men’s Health Symposium, which will be held on Thursday, July 31, at the Mandeville Seventh Day Adventist Church. The event, being organized by the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) will commence at 9:30 a.m. and will focus on heart disease. Programme Organiser for Health at the...