The National Health Fund (NHF) approved subsidy payments of $6.41 billion for more than 4.3 million claims made in the 2021/22 fiscal year. The statistics were provided during a press conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (January 17) to provide details of increases to NHFCard Benefits. Five conditions accounted for 78 per cent of the...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is imploring Jamaicans to continue to take the COVID-19 vaccines as the pandemic remains a threat. “The COVID 19 pandemic is still very much here. It must be worrying to all concerned that we are seeing a re-emergence of infection rates, hospitalisations and deaths (around the world),” he said. Dr....

The Aedes Index for the parish of Westmoreland fell to a low of five per cent at the end of December 2022. The Index refers to the percentage of premises or homes in a limited, well-defined space where actual breeding of the Aedes aegypti mosquito is found and the total number of houses examined in that area. The mosquito is...

A maternal and newborn health initiative, which will serve vulnerable mothers as they access care through the public health system, has been officially launched. Dubbed, ‘Right Start – A Maternal and Newborn Care Initiative’, the programme is a collaboration among the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ), and the Jamaicans Abroad Helping Jamaicans at Home...

The fleet of vehicles serving the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) has been boosted with the addition of four retrofitted ambulances, a passenger bus and a panel van. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, officially handed over the keys to the six vehicles on Friday (January 13), during a ceremony held at the SRHA offices in...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right), engages in light conversation with medical and health professionals, who are among three teams visiting the island to conduct surgeries over the next two weeks. Occasion was a welcome reception held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Sunday (January 15). From left are Anaesthesiologist, Dr....

Approximately 12,000 Jamaicans awaiting medical procedures under the Cuba-Jamaica Eye Programme, will commence receiving treatment when the engagement resumes, following a three-year hiatus. The programme, which is set to restart during the first quarter of this year, was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 6,000 persons had visited clinics where the programme was being administered, prior to its...