Archive for January, 2007
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Source: Stabroek News
Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir says a Ministerial Committee on HIV/AIDS was on Tuesday launched to educate employees about the infection and the support programmes available to help them to cope with it in the workplace.
According to a press release from the Government Information Agency (GINA) the ...
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Thursday, January 25th, 2007
Source: Guyana Chronicle
AN ORGANISATION fighting discrimination against men who have sex with men, and a church providing hot meals and remedial training to orphans and vulnerable children, were among 16 community and faith-based groups which yesterday received funding totalling G$82.5M to fight against HIV/AIDS.
The funding comes from the civil society ...
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
Source: Guyana Chronicle
MORE than 11,00 people living with HIV/AIDS have, so far, received treatment with anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) at the Genito Urinary Medicine (GUM) clinic since its establishment at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
Making the disclosure yesterday, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said ARVs have been scientifically proven to ...
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Saturday, January 20th, 2007
Source: Guyana Chronicle
FOURTEEN of the 18 local entities selected for the three-year HIV/AIDS workplace education project are working in conformity with several of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) guidelines as they relate to educating employees.
The Government Information Agency (GINA) said the 14 have policies that embrace five or more ILO ...
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Sunday, January 14th, 2007
Source: Guyana Chronicle
THIS story shows the risks young people take in a world with HIV/AIDS, and at the same time sounds a call for more innovative “safe sex” programmes targeting in and out of school youths.
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I am a regular guy. I like girls, school, music, singing, making dance ...
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Monday, January 8th, 2007
Source: Stabroek News
If efforts are to be scaled up to meet Guyana's national HIV/AIDS challenges more productive use of present resources is needed in addition to a greater mobilisation.
Guyana's National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan 2007-2011 underscores this point and emphasises the need for efforts to be harmonised and streamlined to ...
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