Mission

The Mission of the North-East Regional Health Authority is, in partnership with other stakeholders, to promote the physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being and enhanced quality of life for the residents of St. Ann, St. Mary and Portland. This by empowering individuals and communities and ensuring access to adequate health care through the provision of cost effective, promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative services.

Vision

“Healthy lifestyles, healthy environment…healthy people”.

The NERHA has responsibility over a health network of seventy-five (75) health centers with different degrees of resolution capabilities. There are four (4) General Hospitals, one (1) Type B, the regional referral Hospital in St. Ann’s Bay, St. Ann, and three (3) Type C hospitals one (1) in Port Antonio Portland, and one (1) each in Annotto Bay and Port Maria in St. Mary.

The North-East Region is an important and world famous tourist destination, contributing significantly to the economy of Jamaica.

It is home to the world famous Dunn’s River Falls in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, which is visited by thousands of tourists annually. There are forty (40) hotels in the Region, many of them homegrown, and are internationally known for their high quality service. There are over forty three (43) tourist attractions, which are visited not only by the stop-over guest in the hotels but by the over one million cruise ship passengers and crew that visit Ocho Rios annually.

There has been significant new development in tourism in Portland. Cruise ships have begun to arrive there again and this is expected to further increase tourism activities.

Other major economic contributions are from bauxite mining in St. Ann, and the export of green bananas from Port Antonio.

(For more information read the Regional Health Profile........)