PANCAP youth meeting to draft tactical HIV response roadmap
Set for July 30–August 2, 2019, the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach...
MoPH to launch mental health, substance abuse support groups
The Ministry of Public Health’s Mental Health Unit will next month launch three support groups to help persons struggling with depression and...
Medical Breakthrough…‘A pill that lets you know you have taken it’
Although it may be a requirement for persons to take life saving medications on a daily basis, this undertaking could, at times,...
Reconstituted NCD Commission gets PAHO/WHO support
The National Commission on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) has been reconstituted to serve for the period of February 2019 through December 2021. To...
Ebola outbreak in Congo now an international public health emergency
Nearly a year ago, an Ebola outbreak was recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was believed to be under control....
Discriminatory attitudes towards HIV victims still “extremely high”
Gains have been made against HIV-related stigma and discrimination in many countries but discriminatory attitudes towards people living with HIV remain extremely...
$38M plugged into health sector to advance HIV/AIDS fight
Guyana has been gaining some much-needed support to help sustain its gains in the fight against HIV/AIDS and its awareness and most...
AIDS response resources down by nearly US$1B – UNAIDS report
The pace of progress in reducing new HIV infections, increasing access to treatment, and ending AIDS-related deaths is slowing down according to...
NBTS implements measures to make transfusions safer
Pregnant women can now rest easy that they could have access to safer blood compliments to measures implemented by National Blood Transfusion...
Guyana among CARPHA Member States able to safeguard health workers from outbreaks
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has introduced a new initiative to help CARPHA Member States develop national systems to protect their...
