“Know your status”, says health organisations
Even as the Caribbean and Latin America continue to make strides in the fight against HIV, key international health organisations are calling on people...
Bar Association petitions COVID-19 Task Force for lawyers to be classified as “essential workers”
This morning, the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) announced that it has received a formal request from the Guyana Bar Association, to classify attorneys-at-law...
Region One maternal deaths slashed by half
Region One (Barima-Waini) has recorded a massive reduction of 50 percent in its maternal, says Regional Health Officer (RHO) (ag), Dr. Vishal Ramjas.
Dr. Ramjas...
Health In Focus With Dr. Zulfikar Bux (Knowing about COVID-19)
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been wreaking havoc across the world. Among the many measures being touted to curb its spread is the wearing...
PAHO promotes call to action to reduce impact of cancer
Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer among women in Latin America and the Caribbean, but it can be prevented. This is the...
Breaking: Sister of senior govt. Minister is latest COVID-19 fatality
By: Shemar Alleyne
The sister of a Senior Government Minister is the latest COVID-19 fatality, which now takes the death toll to 143.
The woman has...
Quarantine facility established at Lusignan Prison; inmates, staff being tested
Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels said that an additional quarantine facility has been established at the Lusignan Prison to house positive COVID-19 inmates. This...
PAHO Director urges countries to intensify elimination efforts on World Malaria Day
Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, is calling on countries to intensify malaria elimination efforts among indigenous, mobile, and...
Pills arrive in Guyana to treat COVID-19 patients
Guyana’s capacity to treat COVID-19 has been enhanced, as the Ministry of Health received 5,040 Paxlovid pills from UNICEF, amounting to $1M, Monday morning.
Health...
COVID-19 Update: Three more dead, 220 new cases recorded
Three more persons who tested positive for COVID-19, have died, taking the death count in Guyana to 1,171.
The latest fatalities are one 76-year-old, Region...
