More aggressive campaign needed to combat NCDs – Minister

Over the past decade, the fight to combat non-communicable diseases(NCDs)  has intensified since they account for over 70% of all deaths in Guyana. This...

Medical Breakthrough… Stem Cell Treatments for Type One Diabetes

Diabetes is listed among the daunting chronic health conditions that health sectors across the world are still battling to control. This disease is one...

Ministry forging strategic partnerships to combat infiltration of fake drugs

The Government Analyst Food and Drugs Department (GA-FDD) will soon be engaged in a strategic collaboration with the Regional Medicine Surveillance Department in Jamaica...

Health Ministry on a mission to make suicide a thing of the past

Under the theme “Working together to prevent suicide, Guyana is joining the rest of the world today to observe World Suicide Day. World Suicide...

Medical Breakthrough… Precision Medicine – a tactical approach to treatment

Although we are all lumped into the single category of human beings, each of us have attributes that make us unique. It therefore stands...

Minister banking on recruits to help improve state of health care

The country’s health-care sector is “fraught with challenges” but there is hope on the horizon.  At least this is according to Minister of Public...

Medical Breakthrough… Mobile phones being used to help combat NCDs

The local public health sector is seriously battling the impact of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs). So intent is the health sector on reducing the...

No recorded cases of Zika and chikungunya but MoPH still battling dengue

Since being plagued with outbreaks of the chikungunya virus in 2015 and the Zika virus in 2016, Guyana has not seen a...

Medical Breakthrough… Bluetooth-enabled smart inhalers is the way of the future

There is no doubt that persons suffering from conditions such as asthma and lung disease are deserving of keen care and attention....

PAHO closely monitoring dengue epidemic

A new epidemic cycle of dengue has invaded Latin America and the Caribbean Region and the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) is...

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