Archive for July, 2007
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
Source: Guyana Chronicle
Government is committed to the fight against HIV/AIDS and is confident that Guyana will win the fight against the epidemic.
Against this backdrop, Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said it must be known that the global efforts to stop HIV have suffered from the attempt to remove responsibility ...
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Source: Stabroek News
Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy says Guyana is not among the countries that have World Bank money sitting around idly, but admitted that it has not been doing some kinds of research because it lacks the capacity.
This was in response to a report in yesterday's Guyana Chronicle, ...
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Monday, July 23rd, 2007
Source: Guyana Chronicle
With important scientific advances setting the stage, the 4th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2007) opened in Sydney, Australia yesterday with organizers calling for even greater vigilance to ensure universal access to HIV prevention and treatment, and expanded research to inform and strengthen the ...
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Monday, July 23rd, 2007
Source: Guyana Chronicle7
IN a committed effort to spread the word and contain the HIV/AIDS virus, local group ‘Dance Alive’ will be travelling to all parts of Guyana in the coming weeks to bring hope to those who are affected by HIV/AIDS and to their loved ones.
&We believe that by letting ...
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Monday, July 23rd, 2007
Source: Guyana Chronicle
THE Director of the Global AIDS Programme for the World Bank, Dr. Debrework Zewdie, says Guyana and countries in the Caribbean are guilty of a "moral hazard" in having money to fight the epidemic but failing to utilise it fully when some of it could be plugged into ...
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Friday, July 20th, 2007
Source: Stabroek News
Sport is being seen by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) as a key vehicle through which information on HIV/AIDS can be taken to young people and as such UNICEF is teaming up with the Guyana Cricket Board and UNAIDS to target youngsters between the ages of ...
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Friday, July 20th, 2007
Source: Stabroek News
The Dance Alive group says it is launching its 26-tape HIV/AIDS television programme, called 'Conversations of Hope' today.
In a press release, Founder and Chairman Eric Phillips, said the half-hour tapes, a series called 'Conversations of Hope' will feature the Dance Alive HIV/AIDS A-Z alphabet. The tapes are ...
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Monday, July 16th, 2007
Source: Stabroek News
The Human Resources Practitioners Association of Guyana (HRPAG) recently benefited from an International Labour Organisation (ILO) workshop dealing with policy formation to end stigma and discrimination in the workplace.
According to a press release the five-day workshop was an ILO/United States Department of Labour HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Project. ...
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Monday, July 16th, 2007
Source: Stabroek News
The Guyana Red Cross Society has announced the winners of the 'Fighting Stigma and Discrimination in a country with AIDS' Essay and Poster Competition.
According to a press release from the Red Cross, in the essay competition, Natasha Gildhari won first prize, Raeesa Persaud of Helena Primary, second, ...
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Thursday, July 12th, 2007
Source: Stabroek News
The US Ambassador's Fund for HIV/AIDS will this year specifically focus on the issues of stigma and discrimination.
Stigma associated with HIV and discrimination are seen as major hindrances here towards the effective treatment and acceptance of those infected with the virus.
In an advertisement in the last Sunday ...
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