Archive for August, 2007
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Source: Stabroek News
Local herbalists who recently met with Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy have agreed to drop the claims about cures being available for HIV (Human Immuno-deficiency Virus).
The practitioners of alternative medicine also agreed that there is no known herbal preparation that could control HIV like the anti-retroviral ...
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Thursday, August 16th, 2007
Stabroek News
Dear Editor,
Trade Unions are playing a very big and important role in the fight against HIV/AIDS and other diseases throughout the world; a fight in the workplace as well as outside the workplace.
I think we all know the statistics: Forty million people in the world today living with ...
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Thursday, August 9th, 2007
Source: Guyana Chronicle
CCWU (Clerical and Commercial Workers Union), in collaboration with the Government of Guyana and the World Bank, yesterday began hosting another HIV/AIDS awareness workshop for employees under the theme ‘Healthy Bodies and Minds for Workers’.
CCWU HIV Project Coordinator, Mr. Sherwood Clarke said the main focus was on stigma ...
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Saturday, August 4th, 2007
Source: Stabroek News
A Human Rights Advocacy desk has been established at the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) to look into complaints by people living with HIV (PLWH).
The desk, which was set up in April, is a collaborative effort of the Caribbean Coalition of National AIDS Programme Coordinators (CCNAPC) and ...
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