St Catherine Health Dept offers free prostate cancer screening
Caribbean Wellness Day, which will be celebrated under the theme ‘Power through Collective Action’ with a sub-theme ‘Good Health is Our Right…
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17% of Jamaica population will be senior citizens by 2025
That’s approximately 400,000 Jamaicans, with the numbers to rise even more in the next couple of decades. It’s a growing concern for the…
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Jamaica health officials discuss mpox amid heightened concern
This comes as the Government of Jamaica heightens its preparedness for the possible re-introduction of mpox in the country.
According…
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Mpox outbreak in African state of international concern - WHO
Dr Tedros’s declaration came on the advice of an IHR Emergency Committee of independent experts who met earlier in the day to review data…
- | Health, International
Old Harbour Bay teachers benefit from TagHeart Foundation’s third mission
With literally the last week of the academic yearend the foundation was back in Jamaica, this time at the Old Harbour Bay Primary School.…
- | Education, Health
$32m outpatient waiting area at the Spanish Town Hospital opens
The South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) recently opened the outpatient waiting area at the Spanish Town Hospital (STH), which has…
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Vaccine ‘patches’ trial shows promise – WHO
But now, there could be an easier alternative in the form of patches that can be simply applied to the skin, much like a sticking plaster.…
- | Health, International
Children hospital to conduct ‘first ever’ surgical procedure
The hospital is now equipped with two critical pieces of equipment to enhance the precision of surgical procedures while facilitating…
- | News, Health
US charity performs 10 spinal surgeries at Jamaica children’s hospital
The surgeries were performed at the hospital on 8th and 9th November. …
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NHF updates health card
Beginning Tuesday (October 24), the agency’s card programme is providing increased support for Colorectal Cancer, Lung Cancer, Multiple…
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Covid-19 Pandemic: The crisis of a lack of truth
This reality was magnified during the recent Covid episode when Big Pharma, in concert with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Food and…
- | News, Commentary, Health
Dr Tufton challenges World Bank to do more
“There needs to be a much more broad-based conversation around health and not just from a clinical perspective, but from an economic…
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$50 million prosthetic investment for disability community
The announcement was made by the Minister of Health & Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, during his Sectoral presentation in Gordon House…
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Old Harbour Health Centre to conduct free screening for cervical cancer
The free service will only be available at the health facility situated in Marlie Gardens, Old Harbour, on April 28, 2023 between the hours…
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Respiratory illnesses on the rise
It said this increase is an indication that the “covid-19 pandemic continues” and that the “highly transmissible Omicron is…
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Gov't mental health chatline surpasses 2,000 sessions
The counsellors provide free, confidential and anonymous text-based mental health service targeting Jamaican youth aged 16-24.
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