The Government of Jamaica has launched a $3.3 billion project aimed at improving maternal and child health care in the country. The Programme to Reduce Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC), which is being funded by the European Union (EU), will see significant improvement in the quality of care for expectant mothers and babies. This will boost the country’s ability to...

Residents of Manchester and surrounding parishes to benefit from a Health Fair and Men’s Health Symposium, which will be held on Thursday, July 31, at the Mandeville Seventh Day Adventist Church. The event, being organized by the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) will commence at 9:30 a.m. and will focus on heart disease. Programme Organiser for Health at the...

The National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) is now working with the Ministry of Health to execute a series of public awareness sessions that will inform its members on the chikungunya disease. With the Health Ministry reporting its second case of the virus in the country, the NCSC says it is necessary to educate seniors who fall within the most...

Improvement work is to be undertaken at the Central Village Health Centre, in St. Catherine. This follows a visit to the facility on July 28 by Minister of State with Responsibility for Primary Health Care Infrastructure, Hon. Luther Buchanan, with a view to determining what improvements can be carried out. Among the needs highlighted by staff include a security fence...

Eight medical and non-medical employees of the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital in Westmoreland have been honoured for long service and leadership. The awardees were presented with commemorative plaques at the hospital’s 50th anniversary and awards presentation ceremony held on July 24 on grounds of the facility in Grange Hill, in recognition of their contribution to the growth and development of...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has renewed his appeal for Jamaicans to take precautions against the Chikungunya virus by destroying potential breeding sites for the Aedes Egypti mosquito, which is the vector for the disease. “It’s not just a Government response…it is a response that requires our citizens to look at water sources…(the Aedes Egypti mosquito) operates around...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says that discussions are underway to facilitate the seamless movement of nurses throughout the Caribbean in order to address needs in various areas. The aim is to address imbalances, which challenge the delivery of quality healthcare in each territory. Dr. Ferguson, who was addressing the opening ceremony of the 41st annual general meeting...