| Mon - Thur 8:30 am - 5:00pm, Friday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Government of Jamaica ja-flag

Latest

Chief Public Health Inspector at the Kingston and St. Andrew Public Health Department, Everton Baker, makes a point at the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) Town Hall meeting on the Chikungunya virus (CHICK-V) and other public health issues affecting the municipality, held at Mandela Park on November 13.
Chief Public Health Inspector at the Kingston and St. Andrew Public Health Department, Everton Baker, makes a point at the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) Town Hall meeting on the Chikungunya virus (CHICK-V) and other public health issues affecting the municipality, held at Mandela Park on November 13.

Persons Urged to Help Prevent Chik-V

Chief  Inspector at the Kingston and St. Andrew  Public Health Department, Everton Baker, is urging the public to take care of the environment, as the country continues to deal with the effects of the Chikungunya virus (CHIK-V). “You should ensure...
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Noel Arscott (3rd right); Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba (2nd right); and members of the United Kingdom (UK) Diaspora, show off the forehead thermometers valued at nearly $125,000, which have been donated to assist the country’s Ebola preparedness. From left are: Dorothy Turner, Celia Grandison-Markey and Paulette Lewis from the International Healthcare Group UK; and Laval Bent of the Association of Jamaicans UK Trust. The items were presented to Minister Arscott on Wednesday, November 12, during at a brief ceremony at the Jamaican High Commission in London.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Noel Arscott (3rd right); Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba (2nd right); and members of the United Kingdom (UK) Diaspora, show off the forehead thermometers valued at nearly $125,000, which have been donated to assist the country’s Ebola preparedness. From left are: Dorothy Turner, Celia Grandison-Markey and Paulette Lewis from the International Healthcare Group UK; and Laval Bent of the Association of Jamaicans UK Trust. The items were presented to Minister Arscott on Wednesday, November 12, during at a brief ceremony at the Jamaican High Commission in London.

UK Diaspora Donates Thermometers for Ebola Preparedness
Acting Director, Health Promotion and Protection Branch, Ministry of Health, Dr. Tamu Davidson-Sadler, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s head office.
Acting Director, Health Promotion and Protection Branch, Ministry of Health, Dr. Tamu Davidson-Sadler, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s head office.

Special Focus on Diabetes November 14
Acting Director, Health Promotion and Protection Branch, Ministry of Health, Dr. Tamu Davidson-Sadler, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s head office.
Acting Director, Health Promotion and Protection Branch, Ministry of Health, Dr. Tamu Davidson-Sadler, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s head office.

Persons with Diabetes Encouraged to Get Screened for Depression
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, addresses the launch of the 2014 Hanover Medical Mission on Saturday (Nov. 8), at the Grand Palladium Resort in Lucea, Hanover.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, addresses the launch of the 2014 Hanover Medical Mission on Saturday (Nov. 8), at the Grand Palladium Resort in Lucea, Hanover.

PM Hails Hanover Medical Mission

More

Health & Wellness

Health and Tourism Ministries Partner on Chik-V Sensitization

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Fenton Ferguson, says his Ministry is partnering with the Ministry of Tourism on the ongoing sensitization of residents in resort areas on the Chikungunya Virus (Chik-V). He told JIS News that the sensitization drive, which is well underway, is being supported by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), which has contributed $100 million to the Government’s...
Read more
Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Fenton Ferguson (centre), listens as Head of the Ebola preparation committee at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, Dr. Barbara Grandison, explains the level of preparedness at the hospital, during a tour of temporary quarantine facilities on Friday (November 7). At left is Deputy Chairman of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Calvin G. Brown.
Health & Wellness

Ebola Preparations Advanced At Cornwall Regional Hospital

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Fenton Ferguson, says that work is advanced on the permanent Ebola quarantine facility being built at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James. He said that the facility should be completed within another three weeks. “The permanent isolation area that is being developed, I am very pleased with where we are now. My...
Read more
Logistics Coordinator for the Government’s National Health Emergency Response to the Chikungunya Virus (Chik V), the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) Colonel Daniel Pryce (right), and other members of the JDF observe as their colleague cleans a drain in Washington Mews, Naggo Head, in Portmore, St. Catherine, during Saturday’s (November 8) vector control and clean-up activities in community. Saturday’s activities also involved representatives from the Ministries of Health, and Local Government and Community Development; Portmore Municipal Council; Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM); National Works Agency (NWA); National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA); and Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).
CommunityHealth & Wellness

Portmore Cleanup Project Hailed as a Success

The two-day clean up exercise conducted in Portmore, St. Catherine, on Saturday and Sunday (November 8 and 9), is being hailed as a major success. Logistics Coordinator for the Government’s National Health Emergency Response Programme, Colonel Daniel Pryce, and Portmore’s Acting Mayor, Councillor Leon Thomas, have praised the inputs of public and private sector stakeholders facilitating implementation of the activities...
Read more
Health & Wellness

Mild Exercise Recommended for Prolonged Pain from CHIKV

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey is recommending mild exercise for persons who are recovering from the Chikungunya (CHIKV) virus to assist with easing joint pain. He said there are some persons who may also need physiotherapy depending on the severity of the joint pains. “In a majority of the patients, symptoms resolve in 1 to...
Read more
Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), is greeted by Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) representative to Jamaica, Dr. Noreen Jack, when he arrived that the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus on Thursday, November 6, to attend the opening of the Faculty of Medical Sciences’ annual research conference and workshop.
Health & Wellness

Health Ministry to Develop Research Agenda

The Ministry of Health is to develop a research agenda aimed at effectively enhancing its policies and programmes. Establishment of a strong health research system has been identified as one of the priority areas of the Ministry to be achieved by 2015/16. Speaking at the opening of the Faculty of Medical Sciences’ annual research conference and workshop at the University...
Read more
Health & Wellness

Medical Mission to Perform Surgeries in Three Western Hospitals

A medical mission team from Florida, USA, will be in the island from November 8 to 14 to provide voluntary medical services to residents in the western end of the island, primarily Hanover. The team, comprising 30 medical practitioners, will facilitate surgical and gynaecological care at Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover; Cornwall Regional in Montego Bay, St. James and...
Read more