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The newly erected entrance at the Black River Hospital in St. Elizabeth, which was constructed at a cost of approximately $20 million by the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) under its Bauxite Community Development Programme (BCDP).

Black River Hospital Gets New Entrance

Service delivery at the Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth has been boosted, with the official commissioning of a newly erected entrance and perimeter wall at the health facility on Friday (February 10). The new entrance, constructed at a cost...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Acting Country Representative, Vicente Teran (second right), observe as Chief Education Officer (Acting), Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe (centre), interacts with students from Maverley Primary and Infant School, at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica’s launch of a media campaign to support Phase 1 of the School Nutrition Policy, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston on Thursday (February 9). The students (from left) are Prince McLeish, Kishanna Williams, Dejaun Russell and Jovier Stennette. In the background (from left) are: President, Paediatric Association of Jamaica, Dr. Natalie McNeil Beecher; State Minister, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn and Executive Director, Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Deborah Chen.

Heart Foundation Launches Media Campaign to Support School Nutrition Policy

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), in discussion with Consultant Nephrologist at the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine, Dr. Roger Smith (centre), while visiting the facility’s dialysis unit on Wednesday (February 8) to examine 10 new dialysis machines and furniture, which the institution received recently under a $30-million investment. Looking on is the hospital’s Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Jacqueline Wright-James.

Jamaicans Urged to Adopt Healthy Lifestyles to Prevent Renal Failure

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), presents a signed contract to Assistant Manager at Fleet Diagnostic Laboratory, Neesha Graham (second right), during the launch of the National Health Fund (NHF) Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Test facility on February 4, at the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS), on Lady Musgrave Road in St. Andrew. Looking on are (from left) Chairman of the JCS, Earl Jarrett; Acting Chairman of the NHF, Shane Dalling and Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Everton Anderson.

NHF Launches Prostate Cancer Screening Benefit

Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham.

Westmoreland Residents Urged to Get Flu Vaccine

Executive Director of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Deborah Chen (right) speaks about activities for Heart Month 2023, during a JIS Think Tank on February 2. Also participating in the forum is Medical Epidemiologist in the Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries Prevention Unit in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Julia Rowe-Porter. Heart Month is being observed in February under the theme: ‘Do Your Part, Check Your Heart’.

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HFJ Ramps Up Screenings for Heart Month

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) will be carrying out heart screenings across the island as the entity ramps up its campaign to save lives. The screenings are part of activities in observance of Heart Month in February under the theme: ‘Do Your Part, Check Your Heart’. The month was officially launched on January 31 at The Terra Nova All-Suite...

Immediate Past President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Jamaica, Dr. Ernestine Watson.

3 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaicans Urged Not to Buy Prescription Drugs from Non-Registered Sources

The Pharmaceutical Society of Jamaica (PSJ) is appealing to Jamaicans not to source prescription drugs from questionable, non-registered sources. In an interview with JIS News, PSJ Immediate Past President, Dr. Ernestine Watson, explained that the PSJ is concerned about the sale of counterfeit drugs, which is a major issue in Jamaica, and that the organisation takes the matter very seriously....

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), looks on while Head of a gynaecological team on a medical mission that came to the island, Dr. Monique Jones (left), speaks at a reception for the group, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, recently. Also pictured is Jamaican-born United States (US) based critical care nurse, Dr. Sandra Lindsay.

3 years ago Health & Wellness

Increase In Overseas Health Missions Expected

Jamaica should see an increase of overseas health missions on the island, through the efforts of the revamped Health for Life and Wellness Foundation in the Ministry of Health and Wellness. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says an appeal he made last year while in New York, United States (US), for health professionals to return and provide needed...

Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Simone Spence (centre), is in conversation with Executive Director of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Deborah Chen, and President of the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ), Dr. Brian James, at the launch of Heart Month on Tuesday (January 31), at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston.

3 years ago Health & Wellness

Know Your Numbers for Heart Health

Jamaicans are being urged to get regular heart checks and to know their health numbers to avoid the risk factors for stroke and heart disease. Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Simone Spence, made the call as she addressed the launch of Heart Month on Tuesday (January 31), at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston. “Every adult should know his/her health...

Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)

3 years ago Health & Wellness

New Director of PAHO Sworn In

Director-designate of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr., was sworn into office on Tuesday (January 31), during a ceremony in the United States (US) capital, Washington DC. He succeeds Dr. Carissa Etienne, under whose tenure he served as Assistant Director, and will commence his five-year term on Wednesday (February 1). Dr. Etienne, a native...

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health & Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie.

3 years ago Health & Wellness

Pregnant Women Urged to Seek Early Antenatal Care

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, is appealing to pregnant women to get early and regular antenatal care to ensure a safe and healthy delivery. She said that too many women are presenting to clinic late, which delays detection and treatment of conditions that could pose a risk to mother and baby, such as poor nutrition and health issues....

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second right, seated), and Head of Cooperation, Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Aniceto Rodriguez Ruiz (second left, seated), along with Executive Director, Citizen Security Secretariat, Dianne McIntosh (left, seated), and Chair, Violence Prevention Alliance, Professor Elizabeth Ward (right, seated), are joined by the initial participants in the psychological first aid responders training programme, during their graduation ceremony at the S Hotel in Montego Bay on Friday (January 27).

3 years ago Health & Wellness

Twenty Psychological First Aid Responder Trainees Graduate

The parish of St. James and, by extension, Jamaica now have improved capabilities to offer psychological support at the community level following the graduation of the initial cohort of psychological first aid responder trainees, at the S Hotel in Montego Bay on Friday (January 27). The 20 men and women are tasked with providing first response in the areas of...