PAHO providing technical cooperation to Caribbean countries on Coronavirus
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said that it is working with health ministries in Latin America and the Caribbean to help them prepare...
Four more added to COVID-19 death toll; 70 new infections recorded
The Ministry of Health (MOH) regrettably informs that four deaths have been added to the total count of COVID-19 related fatalities.
The patients were admitted...
220 babies delivered, 100 surgeries completed, with opening of five new hospitals – Pres....
In under three months, five newly commissioned regional hospitals along the coastland have already attended to approximately 25,000 patients, delivered 220 babies, and performed...
COVID-19: Guyana to now offer Pfizer jab to pregnant, breastfeeding women
Pregnant and breastfeeding women can now have access to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Prior to this extension, the jab was only given to the...
Local HIV treatment facilities are “stigma-free” zones- Dr. Leslie Ramsammy reassures
Advisor to the Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy recently sought to reassure Guyanese living with HIV that the government will continue to play...
COVID-19: Ministry of Health to conduct mobile testing at Grove Health Centre
The Ministry of Health’s Mobile Testing Unit will be stationed at the Grove Health Centre, East Bank Demerara to conduct screening for COVID-19 on...
COVID-19: Passengers renege on promise to be quarantined after receiving special permission to return...
The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) has expressed dismay at the conduct and behavior of some of the passengers who sought, and were granted...
Guyana observes World Malaria Day 2020
Today, the 25th April, 2020, Guyana joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Malaria Day under the theme ‘Zero Malaria Starts with...
COVID-19: Guyana gets 67,537 more doses of Sputnik V
The Government on Monday received a consignment of 67,537 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine, another quota of the 200,000 vaccine doses it purchased...
Chubby does not mean healthy
Health In Focus With Dr. Zulfikar Bux
We tend to have a culture of thinking that a fat/chubby child is healthy and our kids should...
