5 Facts – Blood Donation
Today is the 10th annual World Blood Donor Day. The day, sanctioned by the World Health Organisation (WHO), serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank...
View ArticleChart of the Week: Jamaica’s Major Cause of Death “Neoplasms”
The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is a treaty adopted by the 56th World Health Assembly on 21 May 2003. It is an agreement that seeks “to protect present...
View ArticleNo Smoking In Public
Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson announced a ban on smoking in public places last Tuesday during the Sectoral Debate in Parliament. The ban takes effect on July 15. Under the injunction, it will be...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 2, 2014
Ebola Panic: Local Doctors Say They Are Not Equipped To Handle Deadly Virus. If the Ebola virus should reach Jamaica, doctors at the nation’s hospitals, particularly the University Hospital of the West...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 3, 2014
Ebola Help: PAHO, CARICOM Pledge Assistance To Help Jamaica With Preparedness. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and some CARICOM countries have committed to assist Jamaica in its...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 10, 2014
Fight With Us – PM Urges All Jamaicans To Join Gov’t In Battling Health Emergencies. As Jamaica steps up its response to the chikungunya (chik-V) epidemic and preparations for Ebola with a $500-million...
View Article5 Facts About Schizophrenia – World Mental Health Day 2014
Today is being observed as World Mental Health Day (WMHD). The theme for this year is ‘Living with schizophrenia.’ According to the World Health Organization (WHO), World Mental Health Day is observed...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 15, 2014
Jamaica On High Alert For Ebola – PM. An integrated National Coordinating Team, headed by the Ministry of Health and the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), has been established to lead the country’s...
View Article6 Things You Need to Know Today – October 17, 2014
Keep Out! Jamaica Bans Travellers Who Have Been In Ebola-Hit West Africa. The Government yesterday evening announced an immediate travel ban on persons travelling from or through the three West African...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 22, 2014
Ja Not Ebola-Ready: Manchester Patient Who Sparked Virus Fears Lashes Government On Preparedness. The Nigerian man who set off alarm bells at the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester last...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – November 4, 2014
Jamaica Angel In Liberia – Doctor Calls For Local Colleagues To Join Ebola Fight In West Africa. Jamaican medic Dr Coril Curtis-Warmington has urged colleagues in Jamaica to join her in Liberia, one of...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – November 24, 2014
Bring In The Obeah Man… Sensitise Traditional Healers About Ebola. As Jamaica continues to make preparations and put structures in place to deal with the deadly Ebola if it lands on local soil, one...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – March 9, 2015
Danger In The Dark – Predawn Commute By Students Putting Them At Risk. Despite several reports of children being sexually assaulted and even killed during the early-morning commute to schools, the...
View ArticleWorld Hepatitis Day 2015 – 400 Million People Is 400 Million Too Many
Today is being observed as World Hepatitis Day. The day has been observed since 2010, when the World Health Organization (WHO) made World Hepatitis Day one of only four official disease-specific world...
View ArticleCaribbean Wellness Day 2015 – A Focus On Healthy Ageing
Saturday, September 12 marked the eighth observance of Caribbean Wellness Day across the region. Inaugurated in 2008, Caribbean Wellness Day is an annual event which provides an opportunity to increase...
View ArticleA Quick Domestic Violence Fact Sheet
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the focus is on speaking out. Last week, we shared a handy guide on Protection Orders from the Domestic Violence Act. This week, we look at some facts...
View ArticlePneumonia Fact Sheet – World Pneumonia Day
Today is being observed as World Pneumonia Day. World Pneumonia Day is annually held on November 12 to raise awareness of pneumonia, promote prevention and treatment, and generate action to fight the...
View ArticleFact Sheet – World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse
Today is World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse. The day, observed every November 19, was launched in 2000 by international nonprofit and humanitarian group Women’s World Summit Foundation (WWSF). The...
View Article#IDEVAW2015 – Violence Against Women: A Global Pandemic In Many Forms
Today is being observed as International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW). Women’s activists have marked November 25 as a day against violence since 1981, marking the date of...
View Article#WorldAIDSDay 2015 – Getting To Zero
December 1 is observed annually as World AIDS Day. This year’s theme is ‘Getting to Zero.’ World AIDS Day was launched in 1988 to raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, to encourage support for...
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