Elderly Programme News Today

The almost 30 per cent increase in funds allocated to the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) for the 2024-2025 fiscal year is not enough to address the needs of those it serves, sociologist Dr Orville Taylor has asserted...

The Gordon Town Seventh Day Adventist Church, in partnership with the Exodus Foundation, is getting ready to host its 10th Annual Health and Community Fair at the Gordon Town SDA Church Grounds on Sunday. Guided by Brother Donovan McNee, community...

Hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans are benefiting from affordable, safe, and effective medicines and health products as the Government continues to increase access to quality healthcare. Through the National Health Fund (NHF), patients in the...

Some local pharmacists describe as gold-plated the National Health Fund programme under which private pharmacies collect a fraction of the cost of drugs from clients but are repaid the full cost of the medication on a weekly basis. The system has...

As I saw her launch herself towards him, wielding her cane high in the air, I knew for sure this time, she would knock him out. But, as she got closer, he smiled and, in a whisper, said: "Vict...

SENIOR citizens can access support through the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC), a department of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. The NCSC provides in-home help through nurse...

It would have been easy to become absorbed in the alleged fraudulent activities in one financial institution, but three events last week reminded me that Jamaica still has so many positives. We e...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The National Health Fund (NHF) approved subsidy payments of $6.41 billion for more than 4.3 million claims made in the 2021/22 fiscal year. The statistics were provided during a pr...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The National Health Fund (NHF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Association of Past Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force to provide direct healthcare support ...

THE Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP) has welcomed the move from the Government to adjust the Nati onal Health Fund's (NHF) Individual Benefits Programme which will see more elders ...