“Stop the madness!”- Health Services Director reprimands officers for absenteeism, poor forecasting, and inappropriate...

Regional Health Services Director, Dr. Kay Shako has zero sympathy or tolerance for Regional Health Officers (RHOs) who are in the habit of dropping...

Second COVID-19 victim from Linden identified as female from Wismar

The second positive case of COVID-19 from Linden, Region 10, has been identified as a 29-year-old female. Earlier today, Medical Superintendent (MS) of the Linden...

New CARPHA surveillance Dept. to regulate medicines in CARICOM states

Speaking about this recent development In order to actively monitor the safety of registered drugs entering CARICOM Member States, the Caribbean Public Health Agency...

South Korea mass wedding defies coronavirus fears

(BBC) - Thousands of couples have attended a mass wedding held by the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, also known as the...

Gov’t eyes former Ocean View Hotel, GBC building to be use as dedicated COVID-19...

The Government of Guyana (GOG), through its National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) has plans to modify the building that once housed the Ocean View...

UNFPA, Health Ministry partnering to reduce teenage pregnancy

A project aimed at reducing adolescent pregnancy in Guyana is slated to be shortly kicked into motion in Regions One and Nine - two...

$38M centre in Golden Grove poised to improve kidney care, dialysis treatment

The Grove Dialysis and Kidney Centre Inc. is poised to bring state-of-the-art health care to the East Bank Demerara area following its opening in...

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...

Guyanese urged to purify water before use during rainy season

Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony is reminding citizens to purify their water before use during the rainy season, especially residents in flood-affected areas. The minister...

President, Health Minister meet small political parties on COVID-19 response

President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali and Minister of Public Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, yesterday, met with the leaders of the small political parties including...

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