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The benefits of the Co-production Treaty with the United Kingdom (UK), were actively promoted this week by Jamaica Trade and Invest, formerly JAMPRO. Led by Trade Commissioner, Del Crooks, a Jamaica Trade and Invest team participated in the Broadcast Live Showcase in London, which is a premier business conference and exhibition for professionals working in all areas of video content,...

For this financial year, a number of major projects will be carried out at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) and the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH). As outlined in a Ministry Paper tabled in the House on June 19 by Minister of Health, Horace Dalley, the projects include the expansion of the Renal and Cobalt Units, the procurement and installation of...

The St. Ann's Bay Hospital benefited from several improvements during the last fiscal year, including the renovation and expansion of its male medical ward. As contained in a Ministry Paper tabled in the House of Representatives recently by Minister of Health, Horace Dalley, the refurbished ward, which was increased from a capacity of 23 beds to 40 beds, including a...

Statistics from the Ministry of Health indicate that obesity in children has become an increasing problem in Jamaica. According to the Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey 2006, one out of every four adolescents between the ages of 15 to 19 years is overweight. This finding is also supported by the monthly clinic summary report from hospitals and clinics across the...

The Jamaican Diaspora-Canada Foundation (JDCF) has launched the 'We A Go Help De Pickney Dem' Fund, which is designed to raise money to improve sanitary conveniences in 600 basic schools across the island. The initiative was launched at the Jamaica Diaspora Day celebrations held last week at the Revivaltime Tabernacle in Toronto. Treasurer for the JDCF, Clive Banton, said the...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has called on the United States and other countries responsible for deporting thousands of persons to Jamaica and other Caribbean countries in recent years, to cooperate with the country and the region in implementing measures to cut off the flow of guns to Caribbean countries, and in devising programmes for the rehabilitation, reintegration and monitoring...

Dr. Pauline Mullings, Chairperson of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), has appealed for more Jamaicans to invest in the nation's children. "We will definitely reap what we sow and it is our [NCMC] belief that if we put in them [children] what we expect to get out of them, that is what we will get out of them and...

The government, during the current financial year, intends to spend millions to improve the public health sector. The scope of work will include the construction of several health centres, undertaking upgrading work and procuring medical equipment. Minister of Health, Horace Dalley, who made this disclosure during his contribution to the 2007/08 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June...

In continuance of its mandate to provide care and protection for all children living in Jamaica, the Child Development Agency (CDA) will be seeking to expand its integrated response project during the 2007/2008 fiscal period. This has been outlined in a Ministry Paper tabled in the House on June 19, by Minister of Health, Horace Dalley. According to the document,...

Thirty-two small poultry farmers from various communities in Clarendon have completed a training course to empower them with skills to start income generating projects in their communities. The group, consisting of 28 women and four men, now known as the Clarendon Association of Small Poultry Growers graduated from the course on June 19 at the Denbigh Show Ground in May...

The Jamaica Red Cross has launched Club 25, a blood donation programme, which will target the youth as well as organizations geared towards them. The programme is also designed for young people to learn about healthy lifestyles and share what they have learnt with their community. "It will also involve nutrition, sexual reproductive health education and it will involve abstinence...

The Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay has secured funding for upgrading projects and acquiring medical equipment, including $15 million from the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund for electro-surgical units, orthopaedic drills and a C-Arm Unit. This information is contained in a Ministry Paper tabled in the House of Representatives recently by Minister of Health, Horace Dalley....