Archive for October, 2006
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
RENOVATIONS to the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) on Hadfield Street, Georgetown, are almost complete and staff members should be able to occupy it within a week, Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, announced yesterday.
Ramsammy and a team of World Bank officials, headed by Senior Pubic Health Specialist, Ms ...
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Monday, October 30th, 2006
Source:Guyana Chronicle
STUDENTS of the Kuru Kuru Training Centre (KKTC) are now being trained as peer educators for HIV/AIDS, thanks to a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and USAID/ Guyana HIV/AIDS Reduction and Prevention (GHARP) Project.
On Friday last, Culture Minister Dr. Frank Anthony and a team ...
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Saturday, October 28th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
Health Ministry slams Angley for HIV claim
The Health Ministry yesterday said the visiting Ernest Angley Ministries is misrepresenting the facts about HIV by promising to cure the virus and other STDs at its crusades.
In a statement issued yesterday afternoon, an hour before Angley's first crusade, the Ministry said ...
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Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
LIFELINE Counselling Services, a community-based organization, which says it has empowered and given hope to thousands of Guyanese living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
Co-founder and Chairman Mr Dereck Springer yesterday thanked the Ministry of Health, and the United States Government, among other organizational ...
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Monday, October 23rd, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
Ten years ago a former national swimming champion, now deceased; a counsellor; and a US Peace Corps volunteer came together to offer people living with HIV an alternative to the stigmatised Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) Clinic. Today that lifeline has blossomed into one of Guyana's well known non-governmental organisations ...
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Monday, October 23rd, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
President’s Youth Award: Republic of Guyana (PYARG) - Guyana Youth Living Safely (GYLS) yesterday held a one-day HIV/AIDS symposium at Carifesta Sports Club, Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown.
The theme was: “Towards greater awareness and risk reduction behaviour”.
Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports, Dr Frank Anthony who declared the event open, ...
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Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Source:Stabroek News
US Ambassador David Robinson yesterday lauded Lifeline Counselling Services for having elevated the society through its work.
Delivering a brief address at the organisation's tenth anniversary celebration at its Lamaha Street office yesterday, the ambassador applauded the organization and urged that it continue working.
During the simple ceremony, the organization looked ...
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Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
The National AIDS Commit-tee (NAC) said it supports the initiative of a National Day of Testing as proposed by Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy but has concerns over whether it would be in keeping with national guidelines.
The NAC recently wrote to Ramsammy after Kaieteur News published an article ...
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Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Source:Stabroek News
Dr Ruben Del Prado has returned to the Caribbean as the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Country Coordi-nator, responsible for Guyana and Suriname and will be based in Guyana.
A UNAIDS press release said Dr Del Prado has been UNAIDS' Inter Country Programme Advisor from 1999 to 2002 ...
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Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Source:Stabroek News
US Ambassador David Robinson yesterday lauded Lifeline Counselling Services for having elevated the society through its work.
Delivering a brief address at the organisation's tenth anniversary celebration at its Lamaha Street office yesterday, the ambassador applauded the organization and urged that it continue working.
During the simple ceremony, the organization looked ...
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