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The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), through its observance of National Drug Awareness Month 2012, is urging Jamaica’s youth to adopt healthy lifestyles and to reject influences of under-aged drinking and substance abuse. Themed: ‘Mek Wi Protect Wi Yutes from Substance Abuse’, the purpose of Drug Awareness Month is to encourage the public to participate in a national education...

Executive Director, Bureau of Women's Affairs, Faith Webster, says the Government has embarked on a process of gender mainstreaming, to ensure that gender is integrated into all policies, programmes and plans. Mrs. Webster noted that the Bureau has been charged with the responsibility to lead the process of gender mainstreaming in the public sector. “So, for the past two years...

Fraser, Fontaine & Kong (FFK) Limited's event, Party for Charity, to benefit the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) and the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS), which was scheduled for November 2, has been postponed to Friday, November 30, due to the recent passage of Hurricane Sandy. The event, which is expected to attract some 900 patrons, will take place at FFK's...

The Ministry of Health is heightening its Dengue Outbreak Control programme, to manage mosquito breeding sites that would have developed following last week's passage of Hurricane Sandy. This was disclosed by Director of Emergency Disaster Management and Special Services in the Ministry, Dr. Marion Bullock Ducasse, at Wednesday's (October 31) Jamaica House press briefing. “We are now out searching for...

All but one of the island's 25 public hospitals are now offering full services, following the passage of Hurricane Sandy last week, Director of Emergency Disaster Management and Special Services in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock Ducasse has said. “Twenty-four of them are offering full services, except for the Annotto Bay Hospital (in St. Mary), which is offering...

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) and the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS) will be the beneficiaries from the 'Party for Charity' event, which is staged annually by Fraser, Fontaine & Kong (FFK) Limited, as part of its corporate social responsibility initiatives. The insurance company intends to offer approximately $1.5 million to both entities from the event, which will be held...

Most of the island’s 25 hospitals have resumed full services, following the passage of Hurricane Sandy on October 24. This was disclosed by Director of Emergency Disaster Management and Special Services in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock Ducasse, during an interview with JIS News, today (October  26), at the Bustamante Children’s Hospital, in Kingston. “All but two of...

  The Ministry of Health wishes to advise the public that all hospitals have resumed full operations with the exception of the Annotto Bay Hospital in St. Mary and the Port Antonio Hospital in Portland. The Annotto Bay Hospital is currently offering emergency services only, while the Port Antonio Hospital is now offering out-patient and emergency services. No elective surgeries...

  Director of Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse is urging individuals who may be experiencing severe symptoms of dengue fever or dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) to visit the nearest health facility immediately.  Dengue haemorrhagic fever is a severe form of dengue fever which often causes death. In such cases persons may experience symptoms of dengue...

The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) will be staging a series of events across the island from October 21-27, to mark National Family Planning Week 2012. The week, which will be observed under the theme: 'Children by Choice and NOT by Chance,' aims to bring national focus to the importance of sexual and reproductive health matters in national development. Communications...

The Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS) is inviting members of the medical fraternity to attend and support its Breast Cancer Medical Symposium, which takes place on Sunday, October 21. The event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, and targets doctors, nurses, and medical students and students preparing for Caribbean Secondary...

Jamaica will join the rest of the world in observing World Mammography Day on Friday, October 19, under the theme: ‘Develop a Healthy Habit today… Make Screening a Habit for Life’. This forms part of the many observations and activities that are being held across the world and in Jamaica, in commemoration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is observed...