Two ambulances and a panel van, acquired at a cost of more than $33 million, have been handed over to health facilities by the North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA), which oversees the parishes of St. Ann, St. Mary and Portland. During the handover ceremony, held on Wednesday (January 18), at Ocean Village Shopping Centre in Ocho Rios, St. Ann,...

The public health system has received a donation of hygiene and sanitisation supplies valued at $10.5 million from technology company Konnexx Services Limited. The items, which include electrostatic sprayers, sanitisers and sanitiser dispensers, sanitiser mats, and hygiene supplies, will be distributed to 26 hospitals to aid in the fight against viral and bacterial infections. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew...

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...