Jamaica is on its way to transforming diabetes care management through greater emphasis on patient self monitoring, a key component of care under the Regional Diabetes Care Project. The project...

Jamaica and Cuba yesterday (July 28) signed two agreements that will strengthen public health care services here. The signing took place at Jamaica House with Minister of Health Hon. Rudyard...

Jamaica's risk communication, in relation to the current Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic, has been described as one of the better performers among democratic countries with a free press, by United...

The country's business leaders are being urged to assist the process to eradicate the stigma and discrimination against persons living with HIV and AIDS in the workplace. "We all have...

Some 20 deaf peer educators in Manchester have been armed with the skills and techniques to help to reduce the vulnerability of the deaf community to HIV/AIDS. At a five-day...

The St. Andrew "A" group of nurses of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) will, on Thursday (July 23), stage a Nurses' Expo and Exhibition, in the main...

Custos of Manchester, Hon. Dr. Gilbert Allen, says that Mandeville is in the process of becoming a centre for quality health care in Jamaica. He made the remark while addressing...

Health Minister, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has announced planned infrastructural expansions at several public health facilities, islandwide. In his contribution to the 2009/10 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, Gordon...

Director of Emergency Disaster Management and Special Services in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse, is dispelling claims that the Ministry is withholding information about the Influenza A...

The Government could spend upwards of $2 billion on a partnership initiative for the dispensing of pharmaceuticals within the public health sector over the next three years, Health Minister, Hon....

Jamaicans are being encouraged to make greater use of their local health centres to reduce the burden on hospitals. There has been a significant increase in the number of Jamaicans...