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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Hon. Christopher Tufton, is joined by members of the public in a workout session during the recent launch of Caribbean Moves at Emancipation Park, St. Andrew.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Hon. Christopher Tufton, is joined by members of the public in a workout session during the recent launch of Caribbean Moves at Emancipation Park, St. Andrew.

CARPHA Expanding Adaptation of Jamaica Moves Across Caribbean

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is systematically expanding an adaptation of the Jamaica Moves campaign dubbed ‘Caribbean Moves’ across the region. The initiative seeks to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Caribbean by engaging with a...
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn

Ministry of Health Promotes Breastfeeding
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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Friday September 23, 2022
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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Thursday September 22, 2022
Manchester Central Member of Parliament, Rhoda Crawford (right, foreground); Director of Bauxite Lands, Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Kemoy Lindsay (left, foreground), and Acting Parish Manager, Manchester Health Department, Carlton Nichols (left, background), tour the Broadleaf Health Centre in Manchester on Wednesday (September 21).
Manchester Central Member of Parliament, Rhoda Crawford (right, foreground); Director of Bauxite Lands, Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Kemoy Lindsay (left, foreground), and Acting Parish Manager, Manchester Health Department, Carlton Nichols (left, background), tour the Broadleaf Health Centre in Manchester on Wednesday (September 21).

Broadleaf Clinic in Manchester to Benefit from $5 Million Refurbishing

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Senior Director, Social Policy Planning and Research Division, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and Chair of the Steering Committee providing oversight for the Children and Youth Health and Wellbeing Survey (CHEWS-JA), Easton Williams.
Health & Wellness

Citizens Encouraged to Participate in Chews-Ja Survey

Citizens are being encouraged to participate in the Jamaica Children and Youth Health and Well-being Survey (CHEWS-JA), which is currently being conducted across the island. The survey, which began late August is expected to be completed by November 2022. It aims to collect information on the health, educational, and life experiences of young people ages 13-24 years. The CHEWS-JA is...
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Student Nurse, Kenesha Simms (centre), holds a package containing medical supplies donated to member institutions of the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), during a ceremony at Excelsior Community College in Kingston on Tuesday (September 20). She is joined by (from left) Director of Citizen Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Jamaica, Gerald Fontain; Executive Director, CCCJ, Dr. Donna Powell Wilson; Vice Principal of Academic Affairs and Institutional Advancement, Excelsior Community College, Zaria Malcolm Walker; and Donor and Partnership Officer, National Education Trust (NET), Simone Griffith. The items, inclusive of masks, sanitisers, thermometers, gloves, gowns, and relief beds, were donated by FHI 360 in partnership with Project C.U.R.E through the Advance Program.
Health & Wellness

PHOTOS: Medical Supplies Donated to Community Colleges

Student Nurse, Kenesha Simms (centre), holds a package containing medical supplies donated to member institutions of the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), during a ceremony at Excelsior Community College in Kingston on Tuesday (September 20). She is joined by (from left) Director of Citizen Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Jamaica, Gerald Fontain; Executive Director, CCCJ,...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, gives a visual display of the sugar content in a bottle of sugar-sweetened beverage during a recent press briefing at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.
EducationHealth & Wellness

Schools Urged to Comply with Restrictions on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is imploring school leaders to follow the Interim Guidelines for Beverages in Schools. The guidelines serve to reduce students’ exposure to and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, including fruit drinks, energy drinks and sweetened water. Effective January 1, 2019, the guidelines prohibited sugar-sweetened beverages with a total sugar concentration exceeding a...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the opening of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) 66th Health Research Conference on Thursday (September 15) at the AC Marriot Hotel in New Kingston.
Health & Wellness

Dr. Tufton Calls for Strengthening of Regional Public Health Research

Health researchers are being urged to use the experience of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to recommit to studies aimed at strengthening public health delivery across the region. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the call as he addressed the opening of the Caribbean Public Health Agency’s (CARPHA) 66th annual Health Research Conference on Thursday (September...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton (centre), engages in a light moment with Clinical Coordinator at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Delroy Fray (left) and Hospiten Country Manager, Samuel Afonso Diaz, at a contract signing ceremony at the WRHA’s Regional Technical Office, in Montego Bay on Friday (September 16). Contracts were signed between the Ministry and four private healthcare providers in St. James to perform elective surgeries that have been delayed in the public health system due to the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Health & Wellness

200 Patients in Western Jamaica to Receive Surgeries Under ‘CODE CARE’

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has signed contracts with four private health facilities in St. James to perform elective surgeries that have been delayed in the public health system due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic priorities. The contracts, totaling approximately $70 million, will see some 200 patients receiving hernia, prostate and hysterectomy surgeries by the end of 2022. Hospiten,...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left) engages in discussion with (from second left) United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Nick Perry; Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Jamaica’s Health Emergencies Advisor, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse; Acting Country Representative for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Alex Gainer, and PAHO/ World Health Organization (WHO), Representative to Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, Ian Stein. Occasion was the hand over of vehicles and equipment, valued at US$540,000, by the USAID and PAHO/WHO to further strengthen the country’s response to COVID-19. The presentation took place at the PAHO/ WHO country office in Jamaica, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, St. Andrew on September 16.
CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Jamaica Gets Vehicles and Equipment to Support COVID-19 Response

Jamaica has received a donation of vehicles and vital pieces of equipment, valued at US$540,000, to further strengthen the country’s response to COVID-19. The items, provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), include a 30-seater mobile vaccination unit, a 16-seater corresponding vehicle for field vaccination teams, a...
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