Archive for November 30th, 2006
Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
Since May this year the Government of Guyana halted all purchases of anti-retroviral (ARVs) drugs from the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (NGPC) due to mounting pressure from the international donor community for the local drugs to come from a source that is US FDA-approved or WHO pre-qualified.
Minister ...
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Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
Dental workers are getting involved in the area of HIV/AIDS treatment and testing as the health sectors aims to broaden its reach in the fight against the disease.
Several dental workers from both the private and public sectors recently completed a training course on HIV/AIDS in dental practice. ...
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Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
Close to 1,200 persons were tested on the National Day of HIV testing held on November 16 countrywide, and eleven persons (0.91%) returned positive results.
Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said yesterday that his Ministry is still going over the data collected and was not in a ...
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Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
As the world prepares to mark World AIDS Day, she is satisfied that all those who have been tested positive for the disease in Guyana and have come forward to get help, are receiving more than just Anti-Retroviral Drugs (ARV’s)
Dr. Singh heads the National Aids Programme Secretariat ...
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