# National Health Fund (Jamaica)

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## TL;DR

Jamaica's public fund that helps pay for medicines and specified health benefits through its NHF card, and runs public pharmacies called DrugServ.

## Summary

The National Health Fund is a statutory body established in 2003 by the National Health Fund Act, with a board appointed by the Minister of Health and Wellness. Its mission is to fund specified healthcare benefits, health promotion, health projects and pharmacy services; it runs the NHFCard subsidy and the DrugServ public pharmacies. For financial year 2025/26 it reports JMD 10.6 billion in NHFCard benefits, 2.6 million DrugServ prescriptions filled and 4.3 million NHFCard claims approved. The list of conditions the card covers is rendered by JavaScript and was not read. The coordinates are an approximate Kingston city point.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: NHF; NHF Jamaica
- City: Kingston, JM
- Type: government
- Website: https://www.nhf.org.jm

## Sources

- NHF: about the National Health Fund: https://www.nhf.org.jm/about-the-national-health-fund/

## Connected records

- institutions: [Cornwall Regional Hospital](https://onco.cc/institutions/cornwall-regional-hospital/), [Kingston Public Hospital](https://onco.cc/institutions/kingston-public-hospital/), [The University of the West Indies, Mona](https://onco.cc/institutions/uwi-mona/)

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