Press Releases
Health & Wellness Ministry Receives PAHO Review of Special Care Nurseries; Key Findings to be made public
The Ministry of Health & Wellness has advised that it has received from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the report on special care nurseries at the Victoria Jubliee Hospital, Bustamante Hospital for Children and the Spanish Town Hospital. The Ministry of Health & Wellness in responding to a report… Read More
November 24th, 2022Investigations launched into discovery of deceased foetus at local hospital
The Ministry of Health & Wellness has received a report of the discovery of a deceased foetus in the sewer at the Kingston Public Hospital. According to preliminary information received, the foetus was discovered by a man cleaning the sewer underneath the basement of the hospital. The matter has been… Read More
November 4th, 2022Jamaica gets first batch of monkeypox vaccine
Jamaica has received its first batch of monkeypox vaccines. Some 1,400 single dose vials of the vaccine JYNNEOS, which is approved for the prevention of monkeypox disease in individulas 18 years and older, arrived in the island on 17 October 2022. The vaccines, which have an expiry date of June… Read More
October 26th, 2022Jamaica, Cuba to renew technical cooperation agreements
• Eye care programme to resume, medical pros coming The Government of Jamaica, through the Ministry of Health & 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… Read More
October 22nd, 2022Long-awaited surgeries begin under CODE CARE project
Following the signing of Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with private health facilities in western Jamaica under Project CODE CARE, five prostate surgeries were completed successfully and the patients now recovering at the Montego Bay Hospital in St. James. Approximately 200 surgeries, including hernia and hysterectomy, are to be completed in… Read More
October 10th, 2022U-Matter youth counselling chatline passes 1,000 sessions
The U-Matter mental health chatline, which serves Jamaican youth, has passed the 1,000-sessions landmark. A free and anonymous counselling service, the chatline has been in operation for six months and is designed to address the widespread mental health challenges facing Jamaican youth. The 1,000-sessions milestone is noteworthy, just ahead of… Read More
October 10th, 2022Health Ministry launches School Mental Health Literacy Programme
The Ministry of Health & Wellness, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Youth, earlier today launched the School Mental Health Literacy Programme. “Mental health challenges are now more a norm than an exception and so we cannot only intervene to cure, but also to persevere and to sustain… Read More
October 7th, 2022Tufton to chair PAHO Executive Committee for 2022-23
Jamaica has been appointed to the presidency of the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) for 2022-23. The Committee, which will be chaired by the island’s Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton for the period, acts as a working party to the Pan-American… Read More
October 3rd, 2022COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Friday, September 30, 2022
Health Ministry inks CODE CARE agreements with overseas entities
The Ministry of Health & Wellness has signed agreements with the University of Miami Health System in Florida and Hartford Healthcare in Connecticut to support the implementation of CODE CARE, a project to expand the available human resources for health in Jamaica and to improve wait times for elective surgeries…. Read More
September 29th, 2022
