The Ministry of Health has set aside $4 million this year for a project, aimed at improving reproductive health practices among adolescent youth. This figure is earmarked for the Improved...

The Government is set to continue its drive to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in Jamaica with a budgetary allocation of $288 million for the Jamaica HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control...

The St. Ann Health Department is aiming to reduce the number of cases of gastroenteritis occurring in the parish. Medical Officer of Health for the parish, Dr. Patrick Wheatle, confirmed...

The Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee will host its annual fund-raising brunch on Sunday, March 21, at the Atlanta City Hall Atrium, downtown, Georgia. Jamaica's Honorary Consul in Atlanta, Mr....

The Legal Medicine Unit is now conducting autopsies on all week days (Mondays - Fridays), according to a release from the Ministry of National Security, issued on Wednesday (March 17)....

Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Senator Aundre Franklin, is in Brazil attending the five-day Second Latin-American Conference on Sanitation being held in Foz Do Iguacu, March 14 to...

The Ministry of Health is committed to the improvement of the health of Jamaicans, as part of its obligations under the Millennium Development Goals and Vision 2030, Permanent Secretary in...

The Bureau of Women's Affairs has lamented that women continue to be the group most affected by HIV/AIDS, whether directly or indirectly. At a forum Monday (March 8), at the...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, is to meet with representatives of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, to discuss concerns expressed by the Joint Health Sector Group...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, officially opened a new Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and a Chemotherapy Suite at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay. The two essential units...

Health Minister, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has urged international organizations to exert their influence in finding an urgent solution to the chronic problem of migration in the health sector to curtail...