The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) will observe World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) on Wednesday (June 14) with a blood-collection campaign in Mandeville, Manchester. The blood drive will be held...

The Government is moving ahead with plans to rehabilitate the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine. Speaking to JIS News during a tour of the hospital on Friday (June 9),...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, says that over 17, 000 prescriptions have been filled to date under the Public Sector Pharmacy Partner Pilot Programme. The initiative, launched last...

The Ministry of Health is partnering with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the development of a message guide for Zika communication. Medical Entomologist in the Ministry,...

Cabinet has approved an additional $1.3 billion to continue work on the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) recovery project during the 2017/18 fiscal year. Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is calling on the region’s parliamentarians to scale up action in the fight against HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean. He said that priority...

The Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control (JCTC) is concerned about the debilitating effects of tobacco on persons from low-income households using it. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday,...

Stakeholders have welcomed the Government’s timely decision to leverage the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) research capabilities to boost Jamaica’s integrated vector management programme aimed at curtailing the prevalence...