The Ministry of Health will be hosting a stakeholders meeting on Wednesday March 4, 2015 to disseminate and discuss the needs assessment report which was crafted after a joint needs assessment undertaken by the Ministry and the Convention Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in collaboration the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization in August 2014. Minister...

The Government will be spending $10 million towards its strengthening of health systems in Jamaica project. The objective of the project is to enable the reform of the public health sector to improve effectiveness, efficiency and quality care in Jamaica. This is outlined in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. For the 2015/16 fiscal year,...

The Government has allocated $20 million for institutional strengthening to combat infectious diseases. Details of the Institutional Strengthening to Improve National Surveillance, Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Project are outlined in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament. The objective of the project is to strengthen Jamaica’s response to the Chikungunya Virus (ChikV)...

The Government has allocated $340 million towards the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality in Jamaica Project. This is contained in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament. The objective of the project is to provide support to Jamaica in attaining its Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality and improving maternal...

The Ministry of Health is to spend $1.71 billion under the Health Services Improvement Project, so as to facilitate improved service delivery in the public health system. This is contained in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives on February 19 by Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips. The targets for the...

Approximately $700 million was spent to refurbish 128 health centres last year, under the Primary Health Care Infrastructure Renewal Programme. The programme is expected to pave the way for significant changes to the current system. This was disclosed by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, while delivering the Throne Speech at Gordon House on February 19. “To...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the Government will be investing more in public education programmes to reduce the effects of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among the population. Speaking at the opening of the Nannyville Health Centre, in Kingston, recently, the Minister said the Government recognises the critical importance of health, and investing in public health programmes will “inform,...