The Country of Proverbs
Hands down Jamaica must be the country with the most proverbs. I thought that I had heard just about every one that there is, but reality has a way of […]
Read More Ageing in Jamaica – Dr. Tazhmoye Crawford (JNN Interview)
Dr. Tazhmoye Crawford, Director of monitoring, evaluation and research at NFPB discusses ageing in Jamaica with JNN’s Michael Sharpe. In the video above (linked to JNN’s YouTube page), Dr. Crawford […]
Read More TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, PREVENT OR TREAT
It has been established that men loathe going for health checks of any form. They will offer every excuse in the hope that one will ‘bite’. Quite recently I witnessed […]
Read More World AIDS Day Message – Dr. Lovette Byfield
On World AIDS day (2021), Dr. Lovette Byfield, Principal Director of the National Family Planning Board, addresses the issue of inequality and its impact on the ongoing pandemics around the […]
Read More National Health Research Conference 2021: “Gender Based Violence and the COVID-19 Pandemic”
The National Health Research Conference, at its inception in 2010, sought to highlight research being conducted by the Ministry of Health (now the Ministry of Health and Wellness), other institutions […]
Read More Fast Facts About HIV Self-testing
It is easy to know your HIV with a self-test kit. In this post, we share some fast facts about the test itself and the potential results. Locations island wide […]
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