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Consultant Pulmonologist at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) and lead investigator in the BOLD Project for Jamaica, Dr. Althea Aquart-Stewart

Jamaica to Pilot Project on Tobacco-Induced Disease

Jamaica will be a pilot site for a $20 million project aimed at determining the prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which is one of the leading tobacco-induced diseases. The Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) Project will be...

Minister of Health, Dr. Fenton Ferguson. (FILE)

British American Tobacco Settles Case Against MOH

Minister of Health, the Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson. (FILE)

Urgent Examination of Buff Bay Hospital

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), giving an update on proposed amendments to be made to the Public Health (Tobacco Control) Regulations, which came into effect on July 15, 2013, at a briefing held at the National Health Fund (NHF), in New Kingston, today (December 17). Looking on is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Jean Dixon.

Health Minister Announces Proposed Changes to Tobacco Regulations

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Fenton Ferguson (right), and Chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority, Lyttleton Shirley, tour the construction site of the new cardiac wing for the Bustamante Hospital for Children on Friday, December 13.

Bustamante Cardiac Wing on Track for Mid-February Completion

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The Ministry of Health, located at 2-4 King Street, Kingston.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Temporary Relocation of the Ministry of Health

The Ministry of Health will be temporarily relocating its offices from, 2-4 King Street, Kingston for at least 10 working days to facilitate a comprehensive cleaning initiative on the Oceana Building. The building will be vacated at the end of the work day on Friday, December 13, 2013. It is expected that the Ministry will resume full service at the...

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre), shares in the cutting of the National Blood Transfusion Service’s (NBTS) 65th anniversary cake during the institution’s commemorative ceremony at its Slipe Pen Road facilities in Kingston on Friday (Dec.6). Others from left are: NBTS Director, Dr. Angela Scott; NBTS beneficiary, Jacqui Sinclair; top NBTS female donor, Sonya Binns; and top NBTS male donor, John Burrowes.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Minister Commits to Measures to Increase Blood Donors

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the Government remains committed to pursuing and implementing measures tailored towards increasing the number of volunteers donating blood to the National Blood Transfusion Service (NTBS). Speaking at a special 65th anniversary commemorative ceremony at the NBTS on Slipe Pen Road, in Kingston, on December 6, Dr. Ferguson said the administration, through the Health...

Blood donor Organiser, National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), Igol Allen

12 years ago Health & Wellness

NBTS Targets Youth in Blood Collection Drive

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) is targeting young people, particularly those in the 17 to 25 age group, in its drive to attract more voluntary blood donors. This is being done under the Club 25 Programme, which was launched on Friday (Dec. 6) as a part of the organisation’s 65th anniversary celebrations. Blood Donor Organizer for the NBTS, Igol...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right), addresses participants in the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and Lancet Commission Caribbean Regional Dialogue, which took place today (Dec. 4), at the New Kingston Conference Centre.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Caribbean Can Achieve Zero Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV By 2015

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says that the Caribbean is in a good position to become the first region to achieve zero mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015. “I know in the Caribbean, our countries have been moving seriously. We have made tremendous gains as it relates to mother-to-child (HIV) transmission,” Dr. Ferguson said. He was addressing the Joint...

Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey, addresses the opening session for the 2013 Annual Meeting of Vision 2020 Committees Representatives for the Caribbean on December 3, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Gov’t Committed to Eliminating Avoidable Blindness

Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey, says the Government is committed to the elimination of avoidable blindness by the year 2020, through delivery of the highest quality of health care to its citizens. “The matter of eye care is an important part of the menu of items that represent the effort to deliver quality health...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left); and Member of Parliament for North East St. Elizabeth, Raymond Pryce (right); join Chairman of the Board for the Black River Hospital, Mrs. Beryl Rochester (centre) as she prepares to cut the ribbon to declare the Santa Cruz Health Centre of Excellence officially open on Friday November 29.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

Centre of Excellence Health Facility Opened in Santa Cruz

Minister of Health Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson officially opened the Santa Cruz Health Centre of Excellence, in St Elizabeth on Friday November 29 Minister Ferguson simultaneously broke ground for the start of phase two of the work to be done on the facility. The Santa Cruz Health Centre of Excellence is the first of four such facilities to be officially opened....

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, responds to questions posed during a Rotary Club of St. Andrew meeting on November 26, held at the Hotel Four Seasons in Kingston. Looking on is club member, Robert Drummond.

12 years ago Health & Wellness

NHF to Take Over Pharmaceutical Services on January 2014

The island’s pharmaceutical services will be transferred to the National Health Fund (NHF), beginning January 2014, says Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson. The Minister was speaking at the Rotary Club of St. Andrew meeting at the Hotel Four Seasons in Kingston, on November 26. “We are going to transform the pharmaceutical services, moving it out of the Ministry...