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The Ministry of Health joins with the rest of the World to observe World Mental Health Day on October 10. This year we also intend to have a week of activities from October 10-14 to mark the occasion.  As we continue to promote mental health and the need for more significance to be placed on affected persons, this observance will...

KINGSTON — World Mental Health Week will be observed in Jamaica October 9 to 14, under the theme, "The Great Push: Investing in Mental Health." The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) will be hosting activities across the parishes of Clarendon, St. Elizabeth and Manchester during the week. Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Karen Elliott, says these activities are geared to sensitizing...

MONTEGO BAY — Thousands of residents of St. James and adjoining parishes are expected to benefit from free medical services, as the Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities Health Mission stages its 18th annual visit to Jamaica next week. Specialists in the fields of ophthalmology, gynAecology and obstetrics, paediatrics, internal medicine, dentistry, nursing and pharmacology will be offering their services during the...

KINGSTON — Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Jean Dixon, says there is a need to instill a culture of good oral health in Jamaica's children, from a very early age. "This is the only way that we will achieve the type of culture change that we need in Jamaica, that will bring persons to the realization that...

MONTEGO BAY — The safety of the 108 residents at the St. Ann Infirmary has been given priority, with the Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Local Government, Hon. Shahine Robinson, committing $1 million towards the construction of a perimeter wall along the eastern boundary of the facility. According to Parish Council and...

KINGSTON — Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, says that leaders at all levels of the society must act urgently to address the problem of childhood obesity by encouraging healthy eating habits. “I believe that we need…to stimulate greater and more intense dialogue between the leadership at the level of schools, at the level of the...

KINGSTON — Minister of Housing, Environment and Water, Hon Dr. Horace Chang, underwent surgery last night at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Mona, where was admitted with a broken shoulder following a motor vehicle accident in St. Catherine, Wednesday (September 28). Doctors performed x-rays Wednesday to determine the extent of his injuries, and decided last night that...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of Health is ramping up its campaign to not only have mothers exclusively breastfeed their babies for up to six months, but also to encourage the entire family to support this critical process in the healthy growth and development of the nation’s children. As part of fulfilling the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) mandate to educate and...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of Tourism, through the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), has launched an extensive public awareness HIV/AIDS campaign in an effort to reduce risky sexual behaviour within the sector. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said the campaign will not only seek to promote HIV/AIDS awareness within the workplace, but will also aim to eliminate the stigma and...

KINGSTON — The "moods channel website", designed to empower people to live a more positive and fulfilling life, was officially launch on Wednesday September 21, at a ceremony held at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), downtown Kingston. The initiative of Research Psychologist and author, Dr. Desmond Green, the website is a motivational vehicle, with insights and core values, which, if...

MONTEGO BAY — The Registrar General's Department (RGD) is appealing to parents to get their children registered so that they can benefit from vital services and also provide data to assist the national planning process. Acting Chief Executive Officer of the RGD, Yvette Scott, noted that not only is birth registration important in giving people an identity and providing proof...

KINGSTON — A number of mothers at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in Kingston received a reminder of the importance of breastfeeding, at the launch of Jamaica’s first breastfeeding education video, by the Ministry of Health and UNICEF at the hospital on Wednesday September 21. In a message from the Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, Chief Medical Officer in...