The Ministry of Health has intensified its mosquito control activities under the National Vector Control Programme in response to the increase in the mosquito population due to intermittent rains. Addressing...

The Darlow Health Centre in Clarendon re-opened its doors on Friday (June 25) after extensive renovation work carried out by the Ministry of Health, under its Health Centre Renewal Programme....

A new infirmary for the parish of Hanover is to be constructed at a cost of some $20 million. Details of the project were outlined at a meeting of representatives...

Director of Health Promotion and Protection in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Eva Lewis-Fuller, has said that Jamaica has achieved significant success in reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. She noted...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer has expressed his delight at the continued collaboration between the United States and Jamaica in the fight against HIV/AIDS through the United States' President's...

The State of Emergency, which has been in effect in Kingston and St. Andrew since May 23, has been extended until July 22, and expanded to include the parish of...

Six former employees of the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St. James were last week honoured for a total of 192 combined years of dedicated and meritorious service to the institution...

The Fruitful Vale Health Centre in Portland, recently rehabilitated by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) at cost of $5 million, was officially handed over to the community yesterday (June...

Giving blood to save someone else's life is one of the most important public service anyone can offer, and the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), or Blood Bank, is currently...

The Westmoreland Public Health Department is spearheading the mosquito eradication drive in the parish, with the objective of lessening the threat posed by the pests. Speaking to JIS News after...

Young people, 17 years and over, who are fit enough to donate blood, will have the opportunity to do so at either of two "Blood Drives" planned by the National...