Local business leaders are teaming to establish a foundation aimed at ensuring the financial stability of the National HIV/STI programme of the Ministry of Health. The proposal was the subject...

Head of the National HIV/STI Programme, Dr. Kevin Harvey, has highlighted the fact that the life expectancy for HIV-positive persons, who are receiving proper treatment, is "exactly the same" as...

Young people in Portland are being urged to come out in their numbers for the National Council on Drug Abuse's (NCDA) drug sensitization and healthy lifestyle fair, which will be...

The Government will be re-examining the institutional arrangement for the management of reproductive Health in the public health sector. Speaking on Monday, November 22, at the ground breaking for the...

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) disclosed Saturday (November 20) that Prime Minister Bruce Golding has given instructions for mobilization of a team of Jamaican medical and support personnel...

Some 51 Cuban nurses are to arrive in Jamaica by January to ease the shortage at public health facilities across the island. Health Minister. Hon. Rudyard Spencer, who made the...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has pledged to continue to vigorously pursue extra budgetary support for the health services. He gave the assurance on November 18 at the start...

The Ministry of Health has saved some $386 million in the procurement of pharmaceutical and medical supplies since the start of the financial year, Health Minister, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has...

Two health institutions in western Jamaica are to receive medical supplies and furniture valued at US$325,000 (J$27.6 million). The items are being donated to the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego...

The Ministry of Health will be hosting a budget retreat which will involve a series of workshops to assist all entities to meet the guidelines established by the Ministry of...

The Ministry of Health would like to clarify statements in the media regarding the number of positions to be made redundant, as a result of the merger of the National...