The Ministry of Health and Wellness is reminding the public that excessive heat stress is harmful to health and is potentially fatal.
![Chief Executive Officer, Everton Anderson [right], Camille Abrahams Anderson, pharmacy services director – SERHA Northwest [left], and Chief Pharmacist – BHC [center] proudly display the Certificate of Conformity from NCBJ in May 2023.](/media/k2/items/cache/78f502461110c4d314eb36f70984df35_M.jpg)
The Drug Serv Pharmacy at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC) managed by the National Health Fund (NHF) is now ISO 9001:2015 certified, following a successful surveillance and scope expansion audit by the National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ).
The National Health Fund opened its EduCare Grant Programme for the 2023/2024 period, on June 21, 2023.
Citizens told to brace for increase in mosquitoes in rainy season
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As the island experiences increased rainfall, the Ministry of Health & Wellness is reminding members of the public to expect an increase in the breeding of mosquitoes, especially those that carry diseases such as the Aedes aegypti mosquito, carriers of the dengue virus.
Guy blasts govt over poor state of the health system in Jamaica
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Opposition Spokesman on Health and Wellness, Dr Morais Guy has painted a horrifying picture of the local health sector while blasting the Government for presenting a much rosier picture of a system in urgent need of overhaul.
WHO declares mpox no longer a global health emergency
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GENEVA, Switzerland, (AFP) – The World Health Organization declared that mpox no longer constitutes a global health emergency on Thursday, almost exactly a year after the disease formerly known as monkeypox started spreading across the world.
Supreme Ventures Foundation shows Victoria Jubilee nurses some love
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The Supreme Ventures Foundation (SVF) continues to uphold its pledge to support Jamaica's healthcare system through their latest endeavor.
THE Government is hiring 1,112 additional doctors in permanent posts over the next three to five years to provide better health care services for Jamaicans, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton told the country on Wednesday, adding that the new positions will increase to more than 2,000 the number of physicians in the public health system.
Improved access to maternal, neonatal care, states Tufton
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High Dependency Units at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital will this year be recommissioned, as the Ministry moves to bolster the island’s maternal health outcomes.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton announced earlier today that Jamaicans are shortly to benefit from expanded eye care services.
10,000 Jamaicans to benefit from new oral health programme
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Ten thousand Jamaicans are to benefit from the Ministry of Health & Wellness’ latest oral health and dentures replacement programme dubbed ‘Second Chance Smiles’.
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‘Know Your Numbers’: 500,000 tests targeted in drive to prevent ill-health
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In response to lifestyle diseases and premature mortality, the Ministry of Health and Welness will this year roll out its ‘Know Your Numbers’ campaign to encourage yearly health screening and reduce illness among the population.
Jamaica has confirmed two more cases of Mpox (Monkeypox). This bring the island’s total confirmed cases to 21.
St Catherine woman tests positive for monkeypox locally
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Awoman has tested positive for monkeypox (Mpox) in St Catherine, Jamaica.
Cornwall Regional redevelopment to yield new, state-of-the-art facility
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