KINGSTON, Jamaica — The new Board of Management of the National Health Fund (NHF) was this week approved by the Cabinet.

The board members are: Board Chairman, businessman Christopher Zacca; Vice-chairman, company executive Brian George; financial professional Paul Hanworth; business executive, Dr David Lowe; engineer Stephen Sykes; medical practitioner, Dr Shane Alexis; banker Cecile Watson; marketing practitioner Lyndsey McDonnough; and CEO, NHF, Everton Anderson.

According to a news release from the Ministry of Health, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is expected to officially meet with the new board of the NHF, where he will give the charge, to include driving efficiencies in the costs and distribution of pharmaceuticals drugs and to review options for increasing funding to the health sector, including the feasibility of establishing a national health insurance scheme.

The minister said: “I am confident that this mix of persons with their experience, who are tasked with overseeing the affairs of the NHF, will undoubtedly work together to find the best strategies and solutions to ensure that the agency is positioned in the best way possible, to achieve its objectives of serving those Jamaicans who depend on public health care for their wellbeing.”