Health Ministry getting support to boost accountability

Robust inventorying is an additional step being embraced by the Ministry of Public Health to boost its efforts at accountability. This renewed focus on accountability,...

Chubby does not mean healthy

Health In Focus With Dr. Zulfikar Bux We tend to have a culture of thinking that a fat/chubby child is healthy and our kids should...

Government investing $235M to upgrade No. 1 Dispensary, Dorothy Bailey health facilities

The government is investing $235 million to upgrade No. 1 Dispensary and Dorothy Bailey health facilities in Georgetown, aimed at expanding the level of...

MoPH to launch mental health, substance abuse support groups

The Ministry of Public Health’s Mental Health Unit will next month launch three support groups to help persons struggling with depression and...

Faith-based leaders urged to spread COVID-19 awareness as more men continue to die from...

Of the 10 COVID-19 related deaths recorded in Guyana, eight of them are males. For Guyana’s relatively small population, Health Officials said that there...

No new COVID-19 cases in five consecutive days

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Guyana remains at 153. Today is the fifth consecutive day that no new case has been recorded. Deputy...

Two more fatalities take COVID-19 death count to 877

The Ministry of Health has informed that as of October 18, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have...

Coconut water – a beverage laden with health benefits; but, be sure to...

While there is hardly any drink that can rival a good purified glass of H2O , there is another natural beverage that has been...

Guyana confirms 70th COVID-19 case; two more recover

Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence said that 375 persons have been tested thus far, of which 305 were tested negative. This takes the number...

Ministry of Public Health works to prevent outbreaks, illness in Region One

On Tuesday, Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings visited villages in the Mabaruma sub-region where Venezuelan migrants are currently residing....

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