Ministry of Health and Wellness launches know your numbers campaign to encourage more Jamaicans to get screened for lifestyle diseases.

Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) receives 10 dialysis machines. More in this week’s Healthline.

Cornwall Regional Hospital being transformed into a Type A facility to offer new and upgraded services to Jamaicans in Western Jamaica

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) will be carrying out heart screenings across the island as the entity ramps up its efforts to save lives. The screenings are part of activities in observance of Heart Month in February under the theme: ‘Do Your Part, Check Your Heart’.  On Healthline this week, we look at the slate of activities for the...

On January 16 the Ministry of Health and Wellness, in collaboration with the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) and JAHJAH Foundation launched a maternal care programme designed to positively impact the public health system.

More than 371,000 Jamaicans will have access to expanded medical benefits, following changes to the national programmes administered by the National Health Fund (NHF).

Starting this Christmas, children at the Bustamante Hospital for Children will get to spend time with trained therapy pets, as part of their treatment process.

The Kingston Public and Annotto Bay Hospitals will be retrofitted with the infrastructure to better support oxygen delivery to patients. The 2-million-dollar project, which will provide lifesaving oxygen to the bedsides of patients in need of respiratory support, is being funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The project will also enable the public hospitals to expand...