Archive for June, 2006
Saturday, June 24th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
Students of three 'grade B' secondary schools in East and West Ruimveldt will benefit from peer education and counselling training in HIV and AIDS under a project launched yesterday by the Guyana Association of Professional Social Workers (GAPSW).
The organisation submitted a proposal for and received funding for the ...
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Saturday, June 17th, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
THE Government of Guyana Global Fund for HIV/AIDS programme, for training on how to conduct grassroot level activities to reduce the associated stigma and encourage more compassionate attitudes towards those afflicted, moved to Region Five (Mahaica/Berbice) this week.
A two-day course was conducted, by the Ministry of Health in ...
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Sunday, June 11th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
Guyana will need the support of many donors to secure resources if its 2006-2010 HIV/AIDS National Strategic Plan is to be implemented.
Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy told the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS+5) on HIV/AIDS, which concluded in New York on June 2, that Guyana ...
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Friday, June 9th, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
THREE newly refurbished buildings, to cater for HIV/AIDS care and treatment in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) compound, were handed back to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, on Wednesday afternoon.
One of the edifices houses the GUM Clinic, another the Chest Clinic, which is a referral centre ...
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Thursday, June 8th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
Three refurbished HIV care and treatment facilities were handed over to government yesterday after months of renovations at a cost of $6M.
The (US) President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) provided the funding for the renovation of the sites at the Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) clinic and the Chest ...
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Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
Guyana is facing the possibility of no longer manufacturing its own antiretroviral (ARV) drugs because of mounting pressure from the international donor community for the drugs to come from an approved source or to undergo a bio-equivalence test.
Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy confirmed this with Stabroek News ...
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Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
Dear Editor,
It is reported that HIV/ AIDS in Guyana is the number one cause of death in young people, however the success or failure of the country-specific and global efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS ultimately depends on people's willingness and ability to behave in certain ways.
The Ministry of Heath ...
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Monday, June 5th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
The continuing shortage of good quality HIV surveillance data in the Caribbean stands in the way of potentially effective HIV prevention programmes and will hinder the effectiveness of the antiretroviral treatment roll-outs that remain highly uneven in the region.
This is according to the UNAIDS 2006 global report which ...
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Monday, June 5th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
The United States Embassy in Guyana has announced that it is receiving applications from organisations seeking funding from the President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
According to a press release from the embassy the Emergency Plan PEPFAR is now accepting applications from new, in-country partners. The New Partners ...
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Sunday, June 4th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
The UNAIDS 2006 global report which points to Guyana's serious HIV epidemic and the high levels of new infections among young women indict those responsible for the management of the local response, according to the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA).
Calling for an investigation of this lack of progress ...
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