Guyana in penultimate year to eliminate filaria
As Guyana, through the Ministry of Public Health, fervently works towards the elimination of lymphatic filariasis (filaria), another Mass Drug Administration campaign...
Medical breakthrough… ‘A vaccine in testing to prevent ‘multiple’ cancers’
Medical experts often preach that “prevention is always better than cure”. Much of the time this translates to embracing healthy lifestyle choices,...
Guyana implements basic safeguards in wake of global Ebola concern
The recent move by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo a...
PANCAP youth meeting to draft tactical HIV response roadmap
Set for July 30–August 2, 2019, the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach...
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...
Medical Breakthrough…‘A pill that lets you know you have taken it’
Although it may be a requirement for persons to take life saving medications on a daily basis, this undertaking could, at times,...
Reconstituted NCD Commission gets PAHO/WHO support
The National Commission on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) has been reconstituted to serve for the period of February 2019 through December 2021. To...
Ebola outbreak in Congo now an international public health emergency
Nearly a year ago, an Ebola outbreak was recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was believed to be under control....
Discriminatory attitudes towards HIV victims still “extremely high”
Gains have been made against HIV-related stigma and discrimination in many countries but discriminatory attitudes towards people living with HIV remain extremely...
$38M plugged into health sector to advance HIV/AIDS fight
Guyana has been gaining some much-needed support to help sustain its gains in the fight against HIV/AIDS and its awareness and most...
