Archive for March, 2006
Friday, March 31st, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
After much consultation, the National AIDS Committee yesterday released two publications which address amendments and seek to bring Guyanese law into line with the revised National Policy on HIV/AIDS.
The first, Recommendations for Revision of Legislation Embodying the Guyana National Policy on HIV/AIDS, which is a 36-page booklet, is ...
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Friday, March 31st, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
THE National AIDS Committee (NAC) yesterday launched the Revised National Policy on HIV/AIDS and Recommendations for the Revision of Legislation embodying the Guyana National Policy on HIV/AIDS.
NAC Chairperson, Ms Gloria DeCaries said at the launching at the Methodist Outreach Centre, High and Leopold Streets, Georgetown, that the Revised ...
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Wednesday, March 29th, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
‘Effective HIV prevention policies at the workplace must consider people’s knowledge, beliefs, perceptions, and self-reported behaviours’
LAST week I indicated that the HIV/AIDS field has become highly opinionated; people jockeying to present inputs to address the pandemic, a good in itself.
Nevertheless, inputs that must be subject to assessment, monitoring, ...
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Wednesday, March 29th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
For the anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to work effectively the patient must have peace of mind as if they are not psychologically at ease it may affect their body's response to the treatment, according to a person living with the virus.
The 59-year-old woman, who has been on two ARVs ...
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Monday, March 27th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
Stakeholders from both the public and private sectors have agreed that attitude change is vital to preventing HIV-affected persons from being discriminated against in the workplace.
This was the consensus at the final consultation on the revised draft HIV/AIDS workplace regulations at the Hotel Tower last week.
According to a ...
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
ATTITUDINAL change was one of the issues under focus yesterday at the final consultation on the revised draft HIV/AIDS workplace regulations at Hotel Tower, Main Street, Georgetown.
At the forum, participants from both the public and private sectors were admonished that persons affected by the pandemic should not be ...
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Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
HE HIV/AIDS field today has become highly opinionated; people jockeying to present inputs to address the pandemic; a good in itself; nevertheless, inputs that must be subject to assessment, monitoring, and evaluation; and inputs that comply with the standards of the scientific community.
The epidemiology of HIV/AIDS has determined ...
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Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
THE success or failure of country-specific and global efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS ultimately depends on people’s willingness and ability to behave in certain ways, Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy stressed yesterday.
He said such behaviour includes avoiding risks, seeking counselling and testing, taking appropriate preventative measures and adhering to ...
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Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
A design workshop for a radio serial drama which is to be used as a vehicle in the local AIDS fight opened yesterday as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Global Aids Programme (CDC GAP Guyana) introduced the Modelling and Reinforcement to Combat HIV/AIDS (MARCH) strategy ...
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Friday, March 17th, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
FOUR organisations working in the fight against HIV/AIDS have received grants under the U.S. Government’s Ambassador’s HIV/AIDS Fund.
The four - the Guyana Association of Professional Social Workers, the Society for Empowerment & Wholistic Advancement (SEWA), Operation Restoration, and Sunshine Women and Youth Group - recently received cheques totalling ...
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