As the Food and Nutrition Council rolls out its breastfeeding public awareness campaign, new mothers are being encouraged to exclusively breast feed their babies for the first 6 months. According to Christina Hinds, Communications officer for the Council, research proves that breast milk has all ...Read More >>>

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA Friday, October 26, 2012: Following the announcement of the results of the Request for Qualification process for the Grenada Replacement Hospital PPP, in which the Government declared Balfour Beatty Capital Inc. as the only qualified bidder, the Government of Grenada is now ple...Read More >>>

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 – Washington, D.C., (PAHO/WHO) - Dominican national, Dr. Carissa Etienne has been elected Director General of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Dr. Etienne was elected on September 19th 2012, by PAHO Member States during the 28th Pa...Read More >>>

Health Officials Analyzes strategy to reduce premature deaths from Four Non-Communicable diseases.. ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 – Health authorities from the Americas are analyzing a strategy for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases that strives to redu...Read More >>>

The Government of Grenada is officially launching the international tender process to identify a partner for the delivery of the new Grenada General Hospital, to replace the existing St. George’s General Hospital. The request for qualified bidders was issued today on the government website (www.gov...Read More >>>

“First of all on behalf of all of us present here today, I want to give the Ministry of Health a big high-five for bringing such a program to us in St. John. We think it's very important and valuable to us and we know that from the turn out here today, we are ready to work with you to better provide...Read More >>>

The St. Joseph’s Convent St. Andrew’s (SJCSA) are the overall winners of the inaugural National Vaccination Essay Competition organized by the Ministry of Health. The all-girls’ school swept positions one to four, taking home in excess of EC $8000.00 worth of prizes. A special prize-giving and aw...Read More >>>

The Grenada Market Access and Rural Enterprise Development Programme (MAREP) will conduct its second march for “Better Parenting to Support Child Development,” in collaboration with Roving Caregivers Programme and the La Tante Development Organization. The objective of the march is to increase aw...Read More >>>

More than 22,000 Grenadian children will continue to receive oral care with the resumption the Ministry of Health school-based dental program. The program which is in its second year resumed yesterday May 14, 2012, with school visits by a team of Grenadian and American dentist and dental auxiliar...Read More >>>

A week of activities designed to promote the life-saving benefits of Immunization is underway. It’s in commemoration of Vaccination Week of the Americas 2012, which officially began on Monday. The theme of the celebration is, “For You, For Me, For Everyone. Get Vaccinated!’’ This year marks the...Read More >>>

The National Tobacco Steering Committee has met to review its progress and strategies, and to consider future plans and programs, as Grenada moves close to passing new tobacco legislation. The committee, which draws representation from a wide cross-section of organizations, met with Dr. Tomo Kand...Read More >>>

The findings of a qualitative study highlighting reasons why Grenadian men under-utilize a wide array of healthcare services are now in the hands of policy makers at the Ministry of Health. The study was conducted in October 2011 by a team led by Professor Omowale Amuleru-Marshall of St. George...Read More >>>

Medical items, valued at more than 17,000, Canadians dollars have been donated to the Ministry of Health by the Organization for Grenada Hospital Building Fund (OGHBF) based in Toronto, Canada. The list of items includes cleaning equipment and solution, multimedia equipment, kitchen equipment a...Read More >>>

With 14% of the population consisting of elderly citizens and statistics by the World Health Organization showing that the percentage of older persons is increasing at an alarming rate, providing proper care for them is of paramount importance. Therefore, the Pan American Health Organization (PA...Read More >>>

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012 _ The Ministry of Health wishes to inform the public of an increase in the reported cases of gastroenteritis. Gastroenteritis (Gastro) is a condition that causes irritation and inflammation of the stomach and intestines. It is caused by eating food...Read More >>>

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 _ It’s finalized! Grenada and Canada have teamed up to provide healthcare services aimed at preventing and treating hearing loss and ear-related disorders among Grenadians. At 11 am on January 20, 2012, government and health officials witnessed t...Read More >>>

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012 _ Grenadians affected by diabetes now have new additional supplies of medication to manage the diseases and its complications. This follows the donation of diabetes medication to the Ministry of the Health. The donated items were raised by Grenadian...Read More >>>