Displaying items by tag: Ministry of Health and Wellness
Cornwall Regional redevelopment to yield new, state-of-the-art facility
National Health Fund urged to step up its game
MINISTER of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says that the National Health Fund (NHF) will have to reinvent itself in 2023 or lose its relevance after a while.
Gov't increases NHF benefits; prostate cancer test now covered
HE Government has announced changes to the National Health Fund's (NHF) Individual Benefits Programme which will see higher subsidies, an increase to the Jamaica Drug for the Elderly Programme (JADEP) drug list, and the addition of the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test.
PNP calls for proper supervision of public health facilities amid reports of sub-par conditions
The opposition People’s National Party, PNP, is expressing concern about what they say is the deteriorating infrastructure and patient care services at the nation’s public health facilities.
Concern over slow take-up of HIV pre-exposure drug
As the world celebrates World AIDS Day, concerns are growing over the slow take-up rate of the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) HIV drug in Jamaica.
WHO renames monkeypox as 'mpox'
Jamaica's monkeypox cases now at 18
Surgery backlog to be cut by 500
HOPE is on the horizon for 500 out of 7,000 people who have been on elective surgery wait lists up to four years and longer, to finally access those procedures over the next 10 months.
One more case of Monkeypox confirmed in Jamaica
Jamaica has recorded another locally transmitted case of monkeypox, increasing the total to 15. Among them, 14 are males.
Jamaica, Cuba sign letters of intent for technical cooperation agreements on eye care and medical brigades
The Government of Jamaica, through the Ministry of Health and Wellness, has signed a letter of intent for a technical cooperation agreement with the Government of the Republic of
Cuba for the continued provision of a medical brigade of health professionals to Jamaica.