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The Pesticides Control Authority (PCA) is advising Jamaicans to only purchase and use approved mosquito destroyer brands. The authority has approved five brands for use locally. These are: Baygon; Bugoff; Dragon; Protox; and Vape. "These pesticides have been properly evaluated and that is the reason why they have been approved for use in Jamaica," said Head of the PCA, Michael...

The Health Ministry’s vector control programme has received a boost with the addition of 14 new vehicles to its fleet, to assist in further controlling the dengue outbreak, which is now on the decline. Speaking at the handing over of the vehicles by the National Health Fund (NHF), at its Marcus Garvey Drive pharmaceutical division, on Friday (January 11), Health...

The Ministry of Health has responded to reports in the local media about the detection of a malaria case in the island. In a release, Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Michael Coombs pointed out that Jamaica is not in a Malaria outbreak and therefore not on alert for the disease. The country has had no locally transmitted cases of malaria since...

The Ministry of Health has so far purchased twenty eight (28) fogging machines at a cost of J$5,264,000. These are from a total of forty eight (48) fogging machines being procured as part of the Dengue Outbreak Control Programme.  The total budget for the forty eight (48) machines is J$9,024,000.00 or J$188,000.00 each. Each Parish Health Department will benefit from...

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Representative, Robert Fuderich, has lauded the Ministry of Health for its success in reducing the mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS in Jamaica to less than five per cent over the last 10 years. Speaking at the launch of the National Paediatric AIDS Elimination Initiative, held at the Wyndham Hotel in New Kingston on December...

Refurbishing work on the female and male wards at the Savanna-la-Mar Public Hospital in Westmoreland is far advanced. The male ward is expected to be completed over the yuletide season. The total cost of the work is $15.7 million. According to Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, workers on the project would soon be focusing on the female ward...

MONTEGO BAY - The Government has embarked on a concerted move to improve the delivery of Health Care in the parish of Trelawny, and is slated to spend an estimated $60 Million to upgrade two facilities in the parish in the New Year. Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, announced that government will be spending approximately $10 million on refurbishing...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the Government is working towards the total elimination of mother to child transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and syphilis in Jamaica by 2015. This will be done under the National Paediatric AIDS Elimination Initiative, which was launched at the Wyndham Hotel in New Kingston on Friday December 21. Director of...

It is said that this is the season to be merry, and as such, at this time of the year the more fortunate is expected to be looking out for the least fortunate, even more than before.  Several individuals and organizations across the island have been “going the extra mile” to share and spread some love and joy with others...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has expressed appreciation for assistance, particularly in the area of health, which the country has been receiving from the Republic of Cuba, for the past 40 years. “Our country has benefited much from Cuba’s internationalist goodwill. The government and people of Jamaica appreciate the sacrifice of the Cuban government and people in making...

Governor- General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has commended the staff at the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital, for providing quality healthcare to the people of Westmoreland and surrounding parishes. "I commend all the staff of the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital for the great job you are doing as you improve the levels of patient care being offered,” he stated....

Jamaica is on its way to having a comprehensive national health information system (NHIS), which Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says will improve care quality by up to 40 per cent. Stakeholders held the strategic planning presentation of the draft plan of the NHIS and final consultation in Kingston on December 11, at the Medallion Hall Hotel. In his...