Funds are being set aside in the 2014/15 budget to rehabilitate the Cambridge Health Centre in South St. James, under a major Ministry of Health and National Health Fund (NHF) joint project. Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Primary Health Care Infrastructure, Hon. Luther Buchanan says discussions are well advanced with the NHF...

Youngsters in public and private child care facilities across the island were given an opportunity to showcase their artistic talent while demonstrating their knowledge of drug abuse and HIV/AIDS through a poster competition. The competition, launched by the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), saw entries from the St. Augustine Place of Safety in Clarendon, Garland Hall Home in Westmoreland,...

Security at the Negril Health Centre in Westmoreland will be stepped up immediately, to combat the spate of break-ins which the facility has been experiencing. Making the announcement after a meeting with representatives from the Western Regional Health Authority, and the Westmoreland police in Savanna-La-Mar, on the weekend, Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Luther...

Paediatric kidney patients in Jamaica and across the region will benefit from increased diagnostic treatment options at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC) with the proposed purchase of a fluoroscopy machine valued at $54.7 million. Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson has disclosed that the National Health Fund (NHF) has secured funds to procure the state-of-art equipment, which is...

The Ministry of Health is collaborating with farmers in upper Trelawny on the proposed establishment of a yam juice processing factory on Government lands adjacent to the Albert Town Health Centre in Stettin. The Albert Town Yam Processing Factory is a vision of the Stettin United Farmers’ Group, which has over 70 registered farmers. Discussions on the establishment of this...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Luther Buchanan says plans are far advanced to carry out extensive refurbishing works at the Ulster Spring Health Centre in Trelawny. The works, which are to be done at a cost of approximately $8 million, entail removal and replacement of sections of the roof, repaving of existing driveway and...

The National Health Fund (NHF) has, for a decade, provided Jamaicans with improved health benefits, spending $17.6 billion up to the end of January 2014, on medication subsidy, and $9.72 billion to improve facilities. Another $1 billion has been spent on the prevention of a number of illnesses. Primarily, the agency was tasked to manage non-communicable diseases (NCDs), by providing...