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...
No audit of GPHC done under APNU’s 2015-2020 tenure- VP Jagdeo
Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has come to the fore to slam the former A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change (APNU/AFC) coalition government...
Region Records Increase In Obese And Overweight Women
Being obese places an individual at a high risk for developing non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as hypertension, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases, later in...
Guyana gets 24,000 doses of vaccine from COVAX
Guyana, this morning, received the consignment of 24,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, obtained through the COVAX facility at the Cheddi Jagan International...
‘Name and shame’ campaign to address patient abandonment at GPHC
A culture of patient abandonment continues to plague the country's premier public health institution – the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
Guyana Standard has learnt...
Guyana has enough vaccines to achieve herd immunity- Health Minister
Guyana has an adequate number of COVID-19 vaccines to achieve herd immunity, Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony says.
With the Delta variant of the...
PANCAP to spearhead meeting to address gaps in HIV/AIDS fight
Although remarkable gains have been made in the fight against HIV/AIDS, there still remain some legislative barriers that must be addressed to advance the...
Ten more die of COVID-19; death count now 669
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has informed that as of September 09, 2021, ten more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Govt. announces $10,000 universal health care voucher per person in 2025
President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has unveiled plans to introduce a $10,000 universal health care voucher for every Guyanese citizen starting in 2025. This...
COVID-19: Gov’t exploring transportation solutions for healthcare workers
The Ministry of Public Health is working with the Ministry of Communities to ensure that transportation is in place for healthcare workers to and...
