Jamaicans continue to benefit under the Jamaica-Cuba Eye Care Programme with 1, 230 sight-saving procedures conducted since September 2023. The programme, which has been operating in Jamaca since 2010, resumed last September after being suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said that since the resumption, 368 cataract procedures have been performed,160...

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) is staging a series of activities for the month of February, which is being observed as Heart Month, under the theme ‘Prevent Heart Failure, Get Screened, Keep the Beat’. The Month was officially launched on Tuesday, January 31, at The Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, with the keynote speech delivered by General Family Practitioner, Dr....

Jamaicans are being urged to develop a mindset of wellness that involves taking responsibility for their own health and lifestyle choices. Chairman of the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Wayne Chen, in making the call said, “It’s not about pushing off the responsibility of healthcare on citizens, but we have to shore-up individuals, communities and families to be stronger. “It...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dunstan Bryan, has hailed the launch of the Early Warning System (EWS) on Drugs as a welcome intervention in addressing mental health issues resulting from drug use. He said the system will enable the authorities to be more proactive, thereby improving preventative management in the public health sector. “The presence of...

Government Senator, Abka Fitz-Henley, says the Government has been working assiduously and making gains in improving service delivery in the health sector. He noted that more than $14 billion has been invested in upgrading western Jamaica’s premier medical care institution, the Cornwall Regional Hospital, and more than $6 billion on expansion work at several other facilities, including the Spanish Town...

Jamaica is the fourth Caribbean country to establish an Early Warning System (EWS) on Drugs, joining Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago. The EWS will function as an institutional network of key stakeholders tasked with issuing alerts about new psychotropic substances, developing rapid and effective responses and maintaining a surveillance system using information from multiple sources, including epidemiologists....

Members of the public wait in line at the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ ‘Know Your Numbers’ screening campaign held at Saint William Grant Park, downtown Kingston, on Thursday, February 1. The campaign seeks to encourage more Jamaicans to get screened for lifestyle diseases.