Davis Memorial Hospital sets up HIV voluntary testing site

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

Source:Stabroek News The Davis Memorial Hospital has joined the HIV/AIDS fight by establishing a Voluntary Counselling & Testing (VCT) site at its D'Urban Backlands location, promising that persons can access free counselling and treatment in a comfortable and confidential atmosphere. The programme's coordinator, Pamela Mentore, recently told Stabroek News that the hospital ...

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Soldiers – a population at risk. Risky, loose behaviour concerns Armys in its HIV/AIDS battle

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

Source: Guyana Chronicle THE unique nature of their occupation in the fields and in remote areas, a certain degree of loose behaviour and promiscuity, the taboo subject of homosexuality in the military, and a general stoicism in the face of an HIV positive result, are among the issues the Army ...

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