The disease Chikungunya is a viral disease spread by mosquitoes that causes fever and severe joint pains. It is spread to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. The mosquito Aedes aegypti mosquitoes spread...

Jamaica’s National Emergency Response Team has been activated to coordinate and support the country’s response to the current outbreak of the Chikungunya virus. At the same time the government has...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will lead the charge in her South West St Andrew constituency on Saturday, October 4, 2014, as the national clean-up effort to control the spread...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller this afternoon (October 1) convened a special meeting at Jamaica House to review the threat of the Ebola virus and assess the government’s response to...

The Ministry of Health is urging mothers to breastfeed their babies exclusively up to the age of six months where possible, particularly in light of current economic conditions. Director of...

Training for medical professionals in neonatology, critical care, and anesthesiology will get underway on Monday, September 29, under the Programme for Maternal and Child Health (PROMAC). Minister of Health, Hon....

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson has informed that upon the recommendation of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a proposal for the redesign of the primary health care system...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson says the Government is continuing its drive to improve health care delivery at the primary level, with some 45 Registered Nurses presently undergoing...