Close to 9,000 persons living with HIV virally suppressed

-decrease in TB cases, better treatment procured for Hep C Close to 9,000 persons living in Guyana with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are virally...

Ministry of Health issues new travel requirements for persons travelling from China

The Ministry of Health has announced new travel requirements for persons travelling from the People's Republic of China. This is in tangent with the...

Economic and social assistance needed to effectively confront COVID-19 – FITUG

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) is appealing to the powers that be to formulate and implement a comprehensive social and...

200 Lusignan prisoners cleared of COVID-19

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony has said 200 inmates of the Lusignan Prison who tested positive for COVID-19 are no longer infectious...

Suriname to aid Guyana in exploring alternatives to mercury in mining -Trotman

The use of mercury in Guyana has raised several health concerns primarily by those in the gold mining sector. Just recently, a team from the...

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...

79 year-old is latest COVID-19 fatality; death toll now 1055

The Ministry of Health reported today that it recorded another death from the Coronavirus pandemic. The latest fatality is a 79-year-old woman from East...

Treatment to President Granger is Cuba’s Fraternal Duty – says Cuba’s Foreign Affairs Minister

Catering to the medical needs of President David Granger is the fraternal duty of the Government of Cuba. This is according to Mr. Bruno...

9-month-old baby among six more COVID-19 fatalities

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has informed that as of December 20, 2021, six more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...

$34.7B was expended in the public health sector for 2019 – report

A sum of $34.7 billion (of the $35.9 billion budgeted) was expended in the public health sector in 2019, government's "End of Year Outcome"...

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