With more elderly Jamaicans suffering from the degenerative brain disease Alzheimer's, the Ministry of Health is looking to add drugs for the treatment of the condition to the Jamaica Drug...

Over seventeen thousand (17,000) persons enrolled in the Jamaica Drug for the Elderly Programme (JADEP) during the last financial year. From January to November this year, thirteen thousand three hundred...

The project to be undertaken as part of this year's National Prayer Vigil, involves assisting with the purchasing a blood analysing machine for the Princess Margaret Hospital in St. Thomas,...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, says the recent expansion of the warehouse at the Ministry's Export Complex, at the Norman Manley International Airport, is an attempt...

A total of 44 complaints of abuse were received by the Office of the Children's Advocate (OCA) for the period September to November, 2010. Speaking at a press briefing on...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Jean Dixon says the proposal to make the Pesticides Control Authority (PCA) an independent body, come April 2011, will help to create...

More than 150 persons in St. Mary received free HIV testing, as the parish joined the rest of the international community in observing World AIDS Day, on December 1. The...

When the Gift of Life Cardiac Centre opens in 2011 at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC), it will be the only one of its kind in the Caribbean. Chief...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has emphasized that despite Jamaica's success in the fight against HIV/AIDS, there is no room for complacency. He expressed appreciation to the Global Fund, noting that...

Since the Government of Jamaica abolished user fees for children under 18 in 2007, the Bustamante Hospital for Children has seen an increase of 30 per cent patients visiting the...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett says that health and wellness tourism has great potential for development in Jamaica. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett Speaking at a reception to...