About 100 women die from cervical cancer in Guyana annually – Health Ministry
Recent data from the Public Health Ministry revealed that about 100 women die annually in Guyana from cervical cancer, with a large percentage of...
No recorded cases of Zika and chikungunya but MoPH still battling dengue
Since being plagued with outbreaks of the chikungunya virus in 2015 and the Zika virus in 2016, Guyana has not seen a...
CARICOM’S TRADE AND ECONOMIC COUNCIL APPROVES STRATEGY FOR RE-OPENING OF REGIONAL ECONOMIES
The fiftieth meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) last week approved a strategy for the re-opening of economies in the...
Guyana gets $130M IDB loan to improve COVID-19 response
Guyanese authorities are now on course to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its public policy and fiscal management response to the COVID-19 pandemic...
Guyana On Course to Ending Malaria – Minister Lawrence
Minister of Public Health, Ms. Volda Lawrence, has sought to highlight the significant strides being made by Guyana to eliminate malaria.
According to the Minister,...
Greenlight given to private hospitals to import COVID-19 test kits, do “rapid testing” –...
The Government of Guyana (GoG) has given the go-ahead for private hospitals to import Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) test kits to do rapid testing,...
COVID-19: Housing Dept. suspends processing of applications, field exercises
Department of Housing has suspended all field exercises, processing of application forms and planning permission applications. This move forms part of the precautionary measures...
11,205 nursery-aged children screened for underlying conditions
Over 11,000 first and second-year nursery children have been screened for underlying health conditions as part of the Ministry of Health’s Comprehensive Child and...
Ministry implements measures to curtail outbreak of COVID-19 at Palms Geriatric Home
The Ministry of Social Protection has been working diligently in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health in implementing protocols issued by the Ministry...
COVID Update: Five more fatalities, 276 new cases recorded
Five more persons who tested positive for COVID-19, have died, taking the death count in Guyana to 1,176, the Ministry of Health has informed....
