The country's business leaders are being urged to assist the process to eradicate the stigma and discrimination against persons living with HIV and AIDS in the workplace. "We all have...

Some 20 deaf peer educators in Manchester have been armed with the skills and techniques to help to reduce the vulnerability of the deaf community to HIV/AIDS. At a five-day...

The St. Andrew "A" group of nurses of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) will, on Thursday (July 23), stage a Nurses' Expo and Exhibition, in the main...

Custos of Manchester, Hon. Dr. Gilbert Allen, says that Mandeville is in the process of becoming a centre for quality health care in Jamaica. He made the remark while addressing...

Health Minister, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has announced planned infrastructural expansions at several public health facilities, islandwide. In his contribution to the 2009/10 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, Gordon...

Director of Emergency Disaster Management and Special Services in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse, is dispelling claims that the Ministry is withholding information about the Influenza A...

The Government could spend upwards of $2 billion on a partnership initiative for the dispensing of pharmaceuticals within the public health sector over the next three years, Health Minister, Hon....

Jamaicans are being encouraged to make greater use of their local health centres to reduce the burden on hospitals. There has been a significant increase in the number of Jamaicans...

The Ministry of Health has made a submission to Cabinet for more supportive equipment and supplies, to enable health facilities to continue to effectively care for and treat patients with...

Several aspects of the country's health sector will be modernised, under the Republic of Korea-aided health information system initiative, which was announced by Health Minister, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, yesterday (July...

A Centre of Excellence for Health Workforce Planning is to be opened in Jamaica by February 2010, Health Minister, the Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has announced. The centre, he said, forms...