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Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has announced the allocation of an additional $60 million to fund the Ministry's vector control programme, in light of recent dengue fever outbreaks in the island. Mr. Spencer told journalists at a press conference at the Ministry, in downtown Kingston, today (September 3), that the funds will be used for heightened surveillance, public education,...

The Child Health and Development Passport, which contains information about the growth and development of a child from birth to 17, was officially implemented today (September 1), during a press briefing, held at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, downtown Kingston. In his remarks, Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, explained that the passport, which was developed in collaboration with his Ministry...

A new Cardiac Unit is to be constructed and equipped at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, in Kingston. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for this undertaking was signed on August 27 by the hospital with various stakeholders, including the Gift of Life Rotary District 7020. This agreement, which is valid for five years, will also involve the systematic development of...

Medical supplies and equipment valued at US$56,000 were handed over to the Gayle Health Clinic, St. Mary, on Wednesday (August 25). The items were donated by the Solomonic Philanthropic Lodge, an organization comprising Jamaicans living in Canada. They included; blood pressure monitors, wheel chairs, walking sticks, syringes, suction kits, crutches, isolation gowns and scrubs. Speaking at the handing over ceremony,...

Eye screening sessions under the Jamaica/Cuba Eyecare Programme will resume in Kingston on Thursday, September 2. Sessions will be held every Thursday in the month of September (September 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30) at the National Chest Hospital, and will begin at 8.30 a.m. each day. Approximately 80 persons are expected to be screeened and selected from each session....

The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) in partnership with the Ministry of Health held consultations with various churches and faith based organisations (FBOs) in response to the prevalence of chronic diseases and the need to promote healthy lifestyles, Thursday (August 26). Director, Disease Prevention and Control in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sonia Copeland, noted that the consultations were aimed...

A significant number of persons turned up at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) yesterday (August 24) to participate in a blood drive staged by the agency, in partnership with the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS). Blood Donor Organiser at the NBTS, Carol Williams emphasised that the drive was a good initiative and the amount of blood received would go a...

Friends of the Black River Hospital, a support group for the St. Elizabeth based institution, has installed new windows at the facility at a cost of $1.4 Million. At a handing over ceremony at the Hospital on Monday (August 23), Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Diana Brown, told the gathering that the work of the group, including installation of the windows,...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, says the Government is seeking to develop co-operation between training and health service institutions, in order to strengthen the capacity of the health workforce. "We are entering into formal arrangements with training institutions with the objective of ensuring that we are training the people that we need in the numbers that we need them,...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) has partnered with the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), commonly known as the Blood Bank, to host a blood drive on Tuesday, August 24. The blood drive will take place at the JIS' Head Office, 58a Half-Way Tree Road, Kingston 10 (Corner of Chelsea Avenue), from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Blood Donor Organiser at...

Global Links, a United States based charitable organisation out of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, has donated over US$7 million in medical equipment to hospitals in Jamaica since 1989, to assist in improving healthcare delivery. Chairman of Global Links Board of Directors, Dr. Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew. According to Chairman of Global Links Board of Directors, Dr. Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, some of the island's hospitals that...

The public has been advised that there will be no collection of blood at the Slipe Pen Road Blood Bank in Kingston on Friday, August 20. The closure is to facilitate training for the staff. Persons wishing to donate blood should visit the Kiwanis Blood Collection Centre on the grounds of the National Chest Hospital on Barbican Road, or the...