PAHO launches campaign to reduce maternal deaths in Latin America, Caribbean

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has joined forces with United Nations' agencies and other partners to launch a campaign aimed at reducing maternal...

“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...

Health Ministry open to sending vaccination teams to workplaces; calls for businesses to adhere...

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony MP says the Ministry has been working with companies and organisations to get their employees vaccinated in the...

Balwant Singh Hospital Takes Gov’t To Task Over Denial Of Drugs Import

Following the denial by the Ministry of Public Health of the importation of certain drugs manufactured in India, the Dr. Balwant Singh Hospital has...

Two more die of COVID-19; 80 new cases recorded

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has informed that two more persons, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), have died. This takes the...

Jagdeo affirms equal pay for Bangladeshi healthcare workers being imported to meet growing demand

In a press conference on Thursday, Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, addressed the opposition’s criticism of the government's decision to recruit healthcare workers from...

COVID-19: Death count reaches 507 with latest fatality; 77 new cases recorded

The COVID-19 death count is now 507 with one more person succumbing to the virus yesterday. The latest fatality is a 73-year-old, Region Four...

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...

Guyanese scholars in Cuba thankful for govt.’s $4M in relief packages

Guyanese students on scholarship in Cuba earlier today expressed sincere thanks to the government and people of Guyana for their demonstration of care, through...

Medical Breakthrough… Mobile phones being used to help combat NCDs

The local public health sector is seriously battling the impact of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs). So intent is the health sector on reducing the...

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