Archive for September, 2006
Saturday, September 30th, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
GUYANA can be considered a world leader because of the way the Government and people have confronted the dreaded HIV/AIDS epidemic, United States Ambassador David Robinson said yesterday.
This has placed the country way in the forefront of innovative means and methods of dealing with people who have ...
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Saturday, September 30th, 2006
Source:Stabroek News
The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) has undertaken to use its involvement in World Cup Cricket 2007 to promote awareness of HIV/AIDS, with particular focus on children.
Towards this goal, WIPA will work in partnership with UNICEF and UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) to develop activities in connection ...
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Friday, September 22nd, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
Micro-financing is now available for persons living with and affected by HIV/AIDS through the Institute of Private Enterprise Develop-ment (IPED) which has teamed up with USAID/ GHARP and two other local companies on the project.
It was officially an-nounced yesterday that persons who fall into either category could now ...
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Friday, September 22nd, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
PERSONS living with HIV/AIDS can now access small loans through a partnership with the Institute for Private Enterprise Development (IPED), a joint Guyana-U.S. government funded project and two of the country’s large businesses.
Twenty-two loans have already been issued to 18 persons living with the disease, and Health ...
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Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
THE President’s Youth Award Programme (PYARG), in collaboration with Guyana Youths Living Safely (GYLS) and Award and AIDS Project, is sponsoring two camps on September 23 and 24, respectively, at Cotton Field Secondary and Johanna Cecelia Community High schools on the Essequibo Coast.
Funded by the World Bank ...
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Sunday, September 17th, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
POLICYMAKERS are being warned to be mindful of the health implications of the increasing movement of people from the poorer to the richer countries of the Caribbean.
And although no studies have been conducted on the issue, the high prevalence of HIV in the region and particularly among the ...
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
`We have to address the psychosocial needs, the support and life skills that these children need We have to involve them in designing and implementing projects that benefit them. We have to build the capacity of mothers, grandmothers and the children themselves if we want to make a ...
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
The Ministry of Labour and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) are examining ways of sustaining the HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Project and transitioning to a national programme.
Since its launch in 2003, the project, which is being implemented through the ILO, has targeted business enterprises through a campaign of presentations, ...
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Thursday, September 7th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
The seventh 'Don't Dis Me' concert will be held at the Bartica Community Centre Ground on September 15. According to a press release, the concert, hosted by the Hope Foundation in collaboration with United States Agency for International Development and the Guyana HIV/AIDS Reduction Programme, is aimed ...
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