The Ministry of Health has issued the following statement in response to the Sunday Herald's (April 18) article headlined "Kids Dying Slowly". "The allegations printed in the Sunday Herald (April...

Chief Executive Officer of the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, Mr. W. Billy Heaven, has given the organisation's commitment to assisting the health sector to acquire the...

The new Jeffery Town Health Centre, in St. Mary, was officially opened on Friday, April 16, by Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer. The Type 1 facility was built through...

The St. Elizabeth-based Balaclava High School has won the 2010 Health Debating Competition organised by the parish's Health Department. At the finals of the competition held on Tuesday (April 13)...

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) says that more pharmaceutical items will be made available to the public health system, starting this month, with the signing of some 44...

The maternity ward at the Mandeville Regional Hospital has received three mobile blood pressure machines and two cardiotocographs, valued at over US$8,000, from the Rotary Club of Mandeville, with support...

The Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre at Mona, in St Andrew, Jamaica, is to receive US$12,000 of medical equipment from the Rotary Club of Falls Church, Virginia, in the United...

More than 330 persons with serious eye conditions have received treatment at the Jamaica/Cuba Ophthalmology Centre in Kingston, since it started performing surgeries about a month ago. Among them is...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Jean Dixon, has said that Government will be focusing on the renewal of the country's primary health care system this year, in...

A new health clinic has been opened in the East Queen Street area of downtown Kingston to cater to the needs of the inner-city residents. The building, situated at the...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has called on governments in the region to put measures in place to ensure that health care is more accessible to its citizens, particularly...