The Ministry of Health is pushing for more Jamaican mothers to practice exclusive breastfeeding as it offers the best source of nutrition for babies, because of the many nutritional and...

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, is one of several health ministers from the Americas attending the 28th Pan American Sanitary Conference in Washington D.C. The five-day meeting, which got...

A project aimed at raising some $15 million to assist in the acquisition of two Linear Accelerators (LINAC) for the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, and a Kingston hospital,...

UNAIDS Country Coordinator for Jamaica, Bahamas and Belize, Dr. Pierre Somse, says Jamaica's private sector is a pivotal stakeholder in the country's overall efforts at combating HIV/AIDS. Addressing the Jamaica...

The National Workplace Policy on HIV/AIDS is to be tabled in Parliament shortly as a White Paper, following Cabinet's approval. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, is again warning of the dangers of second hand smoke, especially to children. The Health Minister, who was addressing a health fair on...

The Ministry of Health is reminding Jamaicans to take measures to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes, which can cause dengue. Dengue is endemic to Jamaica and from time-to-time there is...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson says the government is willing to collaborate with interested private sector entities for the provision of well-needed generic medications. He said such partnership...

The Government of Jamaica has awarded 43 pharmaceutical contracts, valued at $3.3 billion, for two years supply of essential drugs for Jamaicans through the public health facilities. The National Health...

Childhood obesity continues to be a serious problem in Jamaica, with more than 11 per cent of children, 10 to 15 years old, and 35 per cent of teenagers, between...

Chairperson of the newly formed National Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Committee, Dr. Rosemarie Wright-Pascoe, says the group is committed to providing leadership in the fight against non-communicable illnesses in the country....