The Annotto Bay Health and Environment Association (ABHEA), winner of the Best Community Competition for St. Mary, will be assisting a number of entities in the parish to improve the...

Measures to control and prevent the spread of Cholera were highlighted at a community meeting hosted jointly by the Portland Health Department and the Port Antonio regional office of the...

CARICOM representatives attending September’s United Nations (UN) high level meeting on prevention and control of non-communicable diseases are expected to advocate for specific focus on policies to address health risk...

Director of Health Promotion and Protection in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Eva Lewis Fuller, says there have been 194 suspected cases of ackee poisoning in Jamaica. Speaking at a...

The Ministry of Health is currently exploring the use of the drug, Herberport-P, which is manufactured in Cuba, as a new option for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers that...

Mayor of Port Antonio, Councillor Floyd Patterson, has called on the relevant authorities to look into the re-establishment of the Buff Bay Hospital in Portland. He said the restoration of...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, on Friday February 18 officially opened the upgraded Frankfield Health Centre in Clarendon, which will serve residents in some 78 communities. The facility, which...

As part of the Health Ministry's emphasis on primary health care, seven point five million dollars has been spent to rehabilitate the Frankfield Health Centre in Clarendon. The Health Centre...

Scores of residents of Free Hill, St. Mary, received treatment for various illnesses on Wednesday (February16), at a clinic organized through the efforts of Rotary Clubs in Jamaica and the...

The Ministry of Health has confirmed three imported cases of malaria among members of the Haitian under 7 football1 team who are in the island to participate in CONCACAF. The...

The Senate approved a Bill empowering the Minister of Health to increase penalties for breaching provisions of legislation relating to certain health and allied professions and services, on Friday February...