Jamaica is set to host the inaugural Caribbean Telemedicine Symposium and Exhibition, which is slated to take place at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, beginning this...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) began an extensive public education campaign last week (July 12) at six locations throughout the United States and Canada. The two-week mission includes South Florida,...

The Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund is reviewing a proposal for the provision of medical equipment valued at approximately $15 million, to support the expansion project currently...

Approximately 30 professional pest control operators from across Western Jamaica were brought up-to-date with the latest developments in their field of work, at the Pesticide Control Authority's (PCA) annual training...

The annual observance of will take place from July 18 to 23 under the theme, 'Nurses Working with the Poor Against Poverty'. This focus originated with the International Council of...

As at the end of 2003, there were approximately 20,000 persons living with HIV/AIDS in Jamaica, with 34 per cent of those persons in the age group 30 to 39...

The Ministry of Health, as part of efforts to encourage responsible sexual behavior among young people, as commissioned into service a condom dispensing machine at the Margaritaville sports bar on...

Minister of Health, John Junor has said that the management of pesticides requires a collective regional approach, in order to reduce the impact of residual pesticides activity on Caribbean states....

The National HIV/STI Control Programme in the Ministry of Health, has launched an HIV/AIDS Prevention website, which is geared at providing young people with information about the diseases and other...

The 50th biannual seminar of the Nurse Practitioners, will be held on July 7 - 9, at the Renaissance Jamaica Grande Hotel, in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, under the theme,...

Beginning today (July 1) until August 28, members of the public will be able to access free diabetes screening test at all 26 branches of Courts Jamaica Limited across the...