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Medical Entomologist in the Ministry of Health, Sherine Huntley Jones (left), addressing yesterday’s (January 20) Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston. Others (from second left) are: Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley; Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kevin Harvey. Ms. Huntley Jones informed that all the chemicals used in the Ministry’s vector control activities are effective and safe.

Vector Control Chemicals are Safe

By: Chris Patterson, January 21, 2016

The Ministry of Health is advising that all chemicals used in its vector control programmes are effective and have no significant adverse impact on humans. This assurance was given by...

Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley

Zika Virus Preparedness Gets $200M Injection

By: Chris Patterson, January 21, 2016

Leader of the Opposition, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.

PM instructs Ministry of Health to take action to reduce effects of Zika Virus on Jamaicans

By: Communications Unit-OPM, January 21, 2016

Health & Wellness 10 years ago Smoking is Still Prohibited in Public Places – Ministry of Health
By: Stephanie Shaw Smith, Manager, Public Relations & Communication Ministry of Health, January 21, 2016
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By: Communications Unit-OPM, January 21, 2016
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By: Marlon Tingling, January 21, 2016

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Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley (left), addresses today’s (Jan. 20) Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston. Others (from second left) are: Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kevin Harvey; and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Marion Bullock Ducasse.

10 years ago Health & Wellness

GOV’T Upgrading UWI Lab to Test for Zikv

The Government is spending $10 million to upgrade and improve the Virology Laboratory at the University of the West Indies (UWI) to ensure that testing for the Zika Virus (ZikV)...

By: Chris Patterson, January 20, 2016

Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley (centre), having a light exchange with (from left) Mayor of Kingston, Senator, Dr. Angela Brown Burke and General Manager, Caribbean Cement Company, Alejandro Vares, prior to the launch of a partnership among the Ministry of Health, Caribbean Cement Company Limited and the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC), at the Spanish Court Hotel, in New Kingston, today (Jan. 19). The initiative will see Caribbean Cement providing $2 to employ 100 persons to carry out vector control activities in identified areas across Kingston and St. Andrew. The Ministry of Health will train the individuals, while the KSAC will supervise them.

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Ministry to Intensify Vector Control Programmes

Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley, says the Ministry will be intensifying its vector control programmes, while ensuring that there is adequate supply of pharmaceuticals, among other necessities needed for...

By: Chris Patterson, January 20, 2016

The Zika virus is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Ministry of Health is Advising Women to Delay Pregnancy in Light of Zika Virus Links to Birth Defects

The Ministry of Health is advising women to delay becoming pregnant for the next six to twelve months and those already pregnant to take extra precaution to prevent being bitten...

By: Stephanie Shaw Smith - Manager, Public Relations & Communication, Ministry of Health, January 18, 2016

Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley (2nd left), shakes hands with Chairman of the Issa Trust Foundation, Paul Issa (2nd right), during a ceremony for the handing over of pharmaceutical and medical items by the Foundation to the health sector. The ceremony was held on Friday, January 15 at the Kingston Public Hospital, downtown Kingston. Others (from left) are: Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kevin Harvey; and President and Chief Executive Officer, Issa Trust Foundation, Diane Pollard.

10 years ago Health & Wellness

ISSA Foundation Donates US $2 Million Worth of Supplies to Health Sector

Pharmaceutical and medical supplies valued at approximately US$2 million have been donated to the public health sector by the Issa Trust Foundation. The list of items includes intravenous fluid, antibiotics,...

By: Rochelle Williams , January 18, 2016

Minister of Health, Hon Horace Dalley (2nd right) discusses some of the items donated by Issa Trust Foundation and Direct Relief with Permanent Secretary, Dr. Kevin Harvey (right), Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse (centre), Chairman of the Issa Trust Foundation, Paul Issa (left) and CEO of the Issa Trust Foundation, Dianne Pollard (2nd left) during the handing over of US$2 million worth of pharmaceuticals held at the Kingston Public Hospital on Friday, January 15, 2016.

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Ministry of Health Receives Donation of US$2 Million Worth of Pharmaceuticals

The Ministry of Health on Friday (January 15, 2015) received a donation of pharmaceuticals valued at US$2 million from the Issa Trust Foundation and Direct Relief. The items which will...

By: Stephanie Shaw Smith, January 16, 2016

Mosquitoes are known to spread diseases including Zika virus infection.

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Ministry of Health Remains on High Alert for the Introduction of the Zika Virus

Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley says given that the zika virus has been confirmed in Haiti, the Ministry of Health has heightened its alert and will further scale up...

By: Stephanie Shaw Smith, January 16, 2016

Board Chairman of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Theresa Campbell (centre); and Chief Technical Director, Office of the Prime Minister, Alison McLean (right), cut the ribbon to officially open a new centre for adolescent mothers on the grounds of the May Pen Hospital in Clarendon on Wednesday (Jan. 13). Looking on is Manager, Mandeville Centre of the WCJF, Deon Brown.

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Centre for Adolescent Mothers Opens in Clarendon

The Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) yesterday (January 13) opened a new facility on the grounds of the May Pen Hospital, to cater for adolescent mothers in the parish...

By: E. Hartman Reckord, January 15, 2016

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Education Ministry Hosts Zikv Sensitisation Sessions

The Ministry of Education will be hosting a series of Zika Virus (ZIKV) sensitisation sessions across its regional offices from January 12 to 18. A bulletin issued by the Ministry...

By: Judith A. Hunter, January 12, 2016