Effective October 1, 2017, it will be mandatory for the more-than-300 registered private security companies to make salary deductions on behalf of security guards in their employ, to facilitate the...

A total of 120 midwives and public health nurses islandwide recently completed training in contraceptive forecasting, which was provided by the National Family Planning Board (NFPB). The training was recommended...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says he has received the preliminary report on the circumstances which led to work being done on the paediatric ward at the...

A social-marketing campaign has officially been launched by the Ministry of Health to encourage persons living with the human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) to take their medication and to continue to...

Patients affected by the eye conditions glaucoma and cataract will have improved access to corrective surgeries at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH). This is through the donation of a state-of-the...

‘Minister Moves’, ‘Dr. Fit Tufton’ and ‘Minister of Fitness’ are just some of the names ascribed to Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, who is credited as being a...

Health Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton, views as deeply troubling a video and images circulating on Facebook of construction work being done at the Savanna-La-Mar Hospital’s paediatric ward while being occupied...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the National Health Fund’s (NHF) Vital, Essential and Necessary (VEN) drug list is being revamped as part of cost saving measures. He...