Archive for July, 2006
Sunday, July 30th, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
CHILDREN are at great risk from HIV/AIDS and there is an urgent need for the education sector to strengthen its overall response to the epidemic, according to officials who are pushing a new approach to combat the disease.
The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in a ...
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Saturday, July 29th, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
MINISTER within the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security, Ms Bibi Shadick yesterday reiterated the Government’s support for the ongoing HIV/AIDS awareness drive.
She said the Administration will explore even the smallest intricacies of the disease, so that the relatives and family members of those infected with ...
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Friday, July 28th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
A $1.3B contract to construct the New Linden Hospital Complex which will have a $20M HIV/AIDS treatment centre was signed earlier this week.
The health needs in the area have outstripped the current 80-year-old facility, Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds said at the signing ceremony, a Government Information Agency ...
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Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
A serious human resource shortage in Guyana's health system threatens to set back gains made so far in the country's response to the AIDS pandemic and derail important goals set at the recent UN General Assembly on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS+5).
Programme Co-ordinator of the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA), Merle ...
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Monday, July 24th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
The first of four 'Don't Dis Me' concerts for the Berbice area was held two Saturdays ago at the JC Chandisingh Secondary school ground at Rosehall, Corentyne with many persons in attendance.
The concert started at minutes after six with theatre personalities Margaret Lawrence and Henry Rodney hosting and ...
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Monday, July 24th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
Only a disappointing three civil society representatives from the Caribbean attended the UNGASS+5 meeting in June in New York.
Programme Co-ordinator of the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA), Merle Mendonca was among the three that attended and her participation at UNGASS was made possible by former GHRA executives living ...
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Sunday, July 16th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
Guyana may eventually move in the direction of making available a one-a-day AIDS pill that combines three different medicines in one tablet, Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, said, but at present it would be too costly for the country.
The minister was responding to queries from Stabroek News ...
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Thursday, July 13th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
The United States has made a significant impact in the areas of HIV/AIDS, democracy and governance and small business development here.
In an interview with this newspaper last week, outgoing US Ambassador to Guyana Roland Bullen said that in the battle against HIV/AIDS in Guyana, the US has already ...
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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
THE Ministry of Health yesterday commissioned into use an annexe to the Supply Chain Management Systems (SCMS) that also houses its Materials Management Unit, at the new Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (GPC) compound, Lot 1 Farm, East Bank Demerara.
The building includes a large warehouse, several offices and a room ...
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Saturday, July 8th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
The report of a study on the macro-economic implications of non-communicable diseases showed that the number of deaths resulting from diabetes, hypertension and heart disease were ten times higher than the number resulting from HIV/AIDS.
It also identified the high costs of treatment of diabetes and hypertension in the ...
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