The Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL) on Monday (November 26), officially opened its renovated wellness centre in Kingston. The facility will enable more Jamaicans to access HIV prevention, treatment,...

Cancer care delivery in the public health system has been further boosted with Monday’s (Nov. 26) opening of Jamaica’s second National Linear Cancer Treatment Centre. The $860 million facility, constructed...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is hailing the success of the Public-Private Sector Pharmacy Partner Programme, under which nearly 100,000 prescriptions have already been processed. The Minister...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the final draft of the National Health Insurance Plan is being prepared for submission to Cabinet. “We held a series of consultations...

The Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS) in association with the National Chest Hospital (NCH) will host a Lung Cancer Medical Symposium on Thursday (November 22). The event is scheduled to begin...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has been working with the Ministry of Health to develop standards for schools, to encourage healthy eating. Speaking in the House of Representatives...

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport will again promote healthy gender relations, through the staging of the annual International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (IDEVAW)...

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacqueline Bisasor-McKenzie, says the Ministry of Health supports the use of cannabis and products derived from the plant for research and medicinal purposes, where scientific evidence...