New President of the Rotary Club of Mandeville, Manchester, Dr. Olajide Adekeye, has said that the group will continue to raise funds to provide more equipment for the Mandeville Regional...

Jamaica's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forester, is optimistic that Jamaica will achieve Millennium Development Goal (MDG) five, which aims to reduce the country's maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by 75...

With no confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in the parish of Hanover, the Hanover Health Department in collaboration with the Disaster Preparedness Committee on Tuesday (June 30) held an...

Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Senator Aundre Franklin, is travelling to Mexico this week to participate in a high level meeting on 'Learned Lessons from Influenza A (H1N1)'....

The Ministry of Health has not at this time placed any restriction on public gatherings. Members of the public will however be notified if the situation changes, as the confirmed...

In response to the shortage of health technicians, which currently exists, the Government will be moving swiftly to beef up the sector with the introduction of a training programme, which...

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sheila Campbell Forrester, says the Ministry of Health's surveillance system has been on alert for respiratory illnesses for a number of years. She says the system...

A commitment has been made to review customer service practices at the May Pen Hospital, Clarendon, after concerns were raised by Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, about how patients...

Ten Caribbean obstetricians and gynaecologists received training in the diagnosis of pre-cancerous and cancerous legions in women, through a colposcopy course at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona...

The number of Influenza A (H1N1) cases in the island now stands at 21, after two more persons were confirmed with the virus in Kingston and St. Catherine. The Ministry...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has said that global occurrences, such as the spread of the Influenza A H1N1 and the current recession, are "threatening health gains and undermining...