1 in 4 persons unaware of HIV status – UNAIDS
Guyana and much of the Caribbean will need to accelerate testing and treatment programmes in order to be on track to reach the joint...
Govt. to approach House for third increase to debt ceiling
Senior Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh revealed on Monday that the government intends to approach the National Assembly within the coming weeks for a...
COVID-19: Three more die; 51 new cases recorded
Three more persons have succumbed to COVID-19, the Ministry has reported. The death toll is now 506. Guyana Standard understands that the patients were...
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...
Medical Breakthrough… Stem Cell Treatments for Type One Diabetes
Diabetes is listed among the daunting chronic health conditions that health sectors across the world are still battling to control. This disease is one...
Guyanese showing more interest in taking Pfizer, Sinopharm vaccines – Health Minister
Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony says that Guyanese are showing more interest in taking U.S. made Pfizer vaccine since the government made the jab...
Government working with AI, robotics providers to train doctors in AI guided-surgical treatment
The government is working with the best Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics providers to train doctors in AI-guided surgical treatment as part of transforming...
Special Unit established to handle monkeypox
A special unit has been established at Guyana’s Infectious Disease Hospital, Liliendaal, to accommodate anyone who might be subdued by the global monkeypox virus.
The...
GPHC denies understaffing of ‘COVID-19’ hospital
A Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) spokesperson, Chelauna Providence, says that at no time was the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal understaffed.
Her response came...
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,...
