COVID-19 Update: No new cases; more recover
Guyana’s situation as of 15th June, 2020, is as follows: there are no new cases; the number of confirmed cases remains at 159 and...
Americas at risk of losing two decades of immunization progress – PAHO Director warns
As the COVID-19 outbreak reaches its third year in the Americas, millions of children are missing out on routine vaccinations, putting countries at risk...
Guyana gets US$22M World Bank loan to digitize healthcare records, boost capacity to treat...
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors recently approved a new project to strengthen health resilience in Guyana. The US$22 million Guyana One Health...
Health In Focus With Dr. Zulfikar Bux
Ignorance is usually a major shortcoming when it comes to health care. For this very reason I will seek to use this column to...
Traditional and new media platforms being utilised to increase HPV awareness
Over the past decade, approximately 270 women diagnosed with cervical cancer died each year. This is according to information released by the Ministry of...
UK bans travel from Guyana, other South American countries following COVID variant identified in...
(BBC) - A ban on travellers to the UK from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde will come into force on Friday due to...
COVID-19: Guyana receives over 46,000 rapid testing kits, essential medical supplies
Director General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig, last evening, handed over a quantity of essential medical supplies to the...
Over 2,000 persons repatriated to Guyana since May
The Government of Guyana through the collaborative efforts of the National COVID-19 Task Force, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Public Health...
Caribbean family planning associations’ skills boosted in disaster risk reduction
Caribbean islands are among the most vulnerable to climate change impacts and are threatened by extreme weather patterns with hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, volcanoes, droughts...
GPHC completes 8 open heart surgeries for paediatric patients
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) recently announced the successful completion of its second Paediatric Cardiac Mission for 2024. The mission, which commenced on...
