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Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre); Health Specialist, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Denese McFarlane (left); and Consultant Nutritionist, Dr. Pauline Samuda; display Jamaica’s Food-Based Dietary Guidelines, at the launch today (March 25), at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston.
Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre); Health Specialist, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Denese McFarlane (left); and Consultant Nutritionist, Dr. Pauline Samuda; display Jamaica’s Food-Based Dietary Guidelines, at the launch today (March 25), at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston.

Dietary Guidelines for Jamaica Established

Jamaica has joined six other Caribbean countries in implementing its own dietary guidelines with the aim of improving the nutritional well-being of citizens. The Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for Jamaica, form part of efforts by the Government to provide nutrition and...
Chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Dr. Andrei Cooke, telling JIS News about the toll free line that has been established to receive complaints from the public.
Chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Dr. Andrei Cooke, telling JIS News about the toll free line that has been established to receive complaints from the public.

SERHA Implements Toll Free Line to Take Complaints
Truck transporting soil used to cover sections of the Riverton Disposal Site on March 16, 2015.
Truck transporting soil used to cover sections of the Riverton Disposal Site on March 16, 2015.

Riverton City Disposal Site Air Quality Report

Ministry of Health to Conduct Research on the Effects of Air Pollutants from Fires at Disposal Sites
Executive Director of the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Dr. Denise Chevannes-Vogel.
Executive Director of the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Dr. Denise Chevannes-Vogel.

Jamaica Has Made Strides in Empowering Women

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Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, addressing a signing ceremony, held today (March 19), at the St. John Ambulance Camp Road offices, in Kingston, for a donation of six ambulances to the organization. Others are (from left): National Commander of the group, Dr. John Hall; Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Takase, and Chairman of the Council of St. John Ambulance, Earl Jarrett.
Health & Wellness

More Ambulances for Emergency Response

The medical emergency response system has been bolstered with the addition of six ambulances, donated by the Government of Japan, through its Grass Roots Human Security Project. The emergency vehicles are a gift to St. John Ambulance of Jamaica, with three assigned to its headquarters in Kingston, while the others will be operating out of the parish of St. Mary,...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), touring the $4 billion Faculty of Medical Sciences’ Teaching and Research Complex at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus, in St. Andrew, recently. Others (from left) are: Principal of the UWI, Mona Campus, Professor Archibald McDonald; Vice-Chancellor at UWI, Professor E. Nigel Harris; Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, and Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.
Health & WellnessVision 2030

More Jamaicans to Access Medical Training

More Jamaican students will be able to access medical training at the recently opened $4 billion Faculty of Medical Sciences Teaching and Research Complex, at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus. The 250,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility boasts some of the most advanced teaching and research laboratories, lecture theatres and tutorial rooms, which national leaders and academics...
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Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), speaking with Marketing and Communications Manager, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Limited, Clinton Clark (centre) and Mr. James Wood of National Outdoor Advertising Limited, James Wood, at the showcasing of bus wraps as part of the Ebola communications campaign, at the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre, in Kingston, today (March 17).
Health & Wellness

Health Ministry’s Public Education Campaign in High Gear

The Ministry of Health has spent $22 million as part of an ongoing communication and public education campaign on Ebola preparedness, to increase public awareness on the signs, symptoms and modes of transmission of the Ebola virus. The campaign, which began October 2014, incorporates a variety of public communication methods to disseminate information about diseases, including Ebola. Several Jamaica Urban...
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Acting Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock-Ducasse, providing an update on the status of persons affected by smoke from the Riverton Disposal Site, during Sunday
Health & WellnessRiverton Landfill

Health Ministry Provides Resources to Treat Persons Affected by Riverton Smog

The Ministry of Health has provided additional resources to its main hospitals in Kingston, St. Andrew, and St. Catherine, to treat persons who have been affected by the smog from the Riverton City disposal site. Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Marion Bullock Ducasse, informed a press briefing at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) in Kingston, on...
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Health & WellnessRiverton Landfill

Some Health Centres in SERHA Open Today and Tomorrow to Treat Persons Affected By Emissions from Fire at Riverton City Disposal Site

Some Health Centres in the South East Regional Health Authority are open today from 8:00 a.m. to facilitate persons who have been affected by the smog, smoke and other emissions arising from the fire at the Riverton City Disposal Site. The Health Centres which are open today from 8:00am-4:00pm are the Glen Vincent and Edna Manley in Kingston and St....
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