Regional Medical Epidemiologist for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Maung Aung, says the Government must be credited for introducing legislation to ban smoking in public places, noting that the measure has helped to slow lung cancer-related deaths in Jamaica. Dr. Aung, who was speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s Regional Office in...

Regional Medical Epidemiologist at Western Regional Health Authority, Dr. Moung Aung, says the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St. James remains the go-to location for public access to comprehensive cancer care and services. Addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office in St. James on July 31, Dr. Aung outlined that the Type...

Director of Health Promotion and Protection in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Simone Spence, is encouraging women planning on having children to ensure they are in good health prior to conceiving. This, Dr. Spence says, is in order to ensure the best outcomes for mother and baby during and after pregnancy. She was speaking during a Jamaica Information...

General Surgeon at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital in Westmoreland, Dr. Lincoln Cox, is encouraging Jamaicans with possible cancer symptoms not to put off seeking medical attention, in order to improve their chances of survival if they get a positive diagnosis. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s Regional Office in Montego Bay, St. James, on July...

Westmoreland-based MistyBlue Cancer Care Foundation will spearhead several teleconferences to highlight statistics and trends relating to cancer in the parish. These will be streamed on various social media platforms during the second Wednesday of each month from August to December, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s Regional Office...

As Jamaica marks 182 years since Emancipation on August 1, Social Historian and Director of the Centre for Reparation Research at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Professor Verene Shepherd, is calling for the teaching of history to be made compulsory at all levels of the education system. “We must teach the children the truth and to balance...

As Jamaica approaches Emancipation 2020, citizens need to appreciate the beauty of the Jamaican Language. This view was expressed by Actress, Screenwriter and Behaviour Change Specialist, Dahlia Harris, while speaking at an Emancipation ‘Think Tank’ held on Thursday(July 30) at the JIS head office in Kingston. Emancipation Day will be celebrated on Saturday, August 1. Miss Harris said that Jamaicans...