7000 pre-school children benefit from govt.’s free health screening programme
The Comprehensive Child and Young Health Programme (CYHP) which was launched two months ago, is moving briskly as 7,000 pre-school children have already been...
GPHC bids farewell to 21st Chinese Medical Brigade, welcomes 22nd
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) joined the Ministry of Health in honouring the 21st Chinese Medical Brigade and welcoming the 22nd Chinese Medical...
36-year-old is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatality
The Ministry of Public Health confirms that a 36 year old male is Guyana’s 19th COVID-19 death. He passed at the Georgetown Public Hospital...
Youths With HIV/AIDS Also Being Targeted In Ministry’s Adolescent Health Programme
Not only teenage mothers, but those teenagers who have special needs and those living with HIV/AIDS are among the target of the Ministry of...
Region One’s first COVID-19 recovery, shares her story
(DPI)- Fifty-two-year-old Lolita Wong is a businesswoman living and plying her trade in the Mabarumba sub-region of Barima-Waini, Region One. She is also the...
Virtual concert honours healthcare workers, COVID-19 survivours, victims
By Feona Morrison
Guyana’s devoted healthcare workers, like those from around the world, are battling to save humanity from the dreaded Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
National Suicide Prevention Commission on the cards with passage of bill
The Ministry of Health’s ‘comprehensive and transformational’ Suicide Prevention Bill 2022 was on Monday passed in the National Assembly, enacting the decriminalisation of suicide...
Digicel donates $60M to health ministry to support Autistic children
The Ministry of Health and telecommunications company, Digicel today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for support in the ministry’s Disability and Rehabilitation Department.
The...
COVID-19: U.S. to send medical team to train Guyanese healthcare workers
The Health Ministry is collaborating with the United States (U.S.) Embassy to bring in a team of doctors to provide regional training to local...
Guyana’s President urges increased vaccination amid Omicron concerns
Guyanese health authorities are still awaiting information from the World Health Organisation (WHO) about the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, before making critical alterations to...
