Providing relief to workers affected by anti-coronavirus measures being discussed – PM
With the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) already forcing government and private sector agencies to curtail their operations, many citizens have either been laid-off, or...
Health in focus with Dr. Zulfikar Bux
Diabetes is a disease which affects a significant portion of our population. It is estimated that 14.3% of the adult population in Guyana has...
Guyana scales up efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis
To mark World Hepatitis Day, Guyana is launching its first hepatitis C treatment programme. With the technical cooperation and support of the Pan American...
Strategy launched to combat maternal mortality rate
With the intent of addressing Sexual and Reproductive Health issues, Government, through its Ministry of Public Health, has introduced a strategy to guide its...
100 men to receive free screening for prostate cancer
The Men on Mission (MoM) in collaboration with Surgical Associates Guyana (SAG) is offering free prostate cancer screening to 100 men at its office...
Sabotage and “blatant attempts to steal” are prevalent at Health Ministry – Minister
Minister of Health, Volda Lawrence has alerted her staff of an investigation into misappropriation of funds and the “blatant attempts to steal” taxpayer’s dollars.
The...
COVID-19 Update: No new cases; more recover
Guyana’s situation as of 15th June, 2020, is as follows: there are no new cases; the number of confirmed cases remains at 159 and...
COVID-19: Four more die; 173 new cases recorded
Four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to...
GPHC records low maternal deaths, 303 critically ill women saved
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has recorded low levels of maternal deaths while saving the lives of 303 critically-ill women this year, as...
Two octogenarians are latest COVID-19 fatalities
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has informed the media that as of March 1, 2022, two more persons who tested positive for the novel...
