Minister of Health, the Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, is cautioning Jamaicans not to allow the comfort and convenience of modern technology, to prevent them from doing physical activity. In his...

Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), Dr. Haik Nikogosian, says broad Government input is necessary to ensure Jamaica’s full implementation of the FCTC’s...

Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Michael Tucker says the agency will make efforts to restrict the availability and access to drugs in, and around school...

Jamaica is taking the lead internationally in terms of the size of the graphic health warnings on (cigarette) packages. This was disclosed by Head of the Convention Secretariat of the...

Member of Parliament for North West St. Ann, Dr. Dayton Campbell is urging the Government to repeal the provisions concerning abortion under the Offences Against the Persons Act. Dr. Campbell...

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says there is concern about the observed high levels of physical inactivity and obesity in the country. Citing the World Health Organization (WHO) report...

The Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) is to benefit from part of the proceeds of the inaugural Guardian Group 5K Night Run, which will take place on the streets of New...

Director, Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse is urging Jamaicans to take precaution against the spread of mosquito borne diseases. This comes as the Chikungunya virus...