Archive for May, 2009
Sunday, May 24th, 2009
Source: Stabroek News
Preventing the transmission of HIV from mothers to their children and providing ongoing care and treatment were some of the issues dealt with at the World Health Assembly.
According to a release from UNAIDS, its Executive Director Michel Sidibe met more then 80 health ministers from around the world ...
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Monday, May 18th, 2009
Source: Stabroek News
Fourteen lab technicians from two regional hospitals and the National Reference Laboratory recently benefited from a five-day training course on microbiology reference.
They will now be expected to assist the national laboratory to become fully functional, according to one of the facilitators, Matthew Wattleworth.
The training course was conducted April ...
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Monday, May 18th, 2009
Source: Guyana Chronicle
The HIV fighting capabilities of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) have been strengthened with the recent training of 12 employees of its clerical staff as peer educators. They will now play a lead role in spreading the message of HIV/AIDS among staff within the municipality.
The ...
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Friday, May 15th, 2009
Source: Guyana Chronicle
Oral presentations of Guyana’s work in HIV/AIDS have been selected to be showcased at the 2009 Implementers Meeting scheduled to take place on June 10-14 in Windhoek, Namibia, under the theme ‘Optimizing the Response: Partnerships for Sustainability’.
This is an HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting where programme implementers gather from countries ...
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Source: Stabroek News
– under new six-year grant
Guyana is expected to draw down some US$63 million ($12.6B) over the next six years from the Rolling Continuation Channel (RCC) of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an indication that it has performed well with previous grants.
The RCC was set ...
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Sunday, May 10th, 2009
Source: Stabroek News
Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has lauded the new US administration under President Barack Obama for continuing the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
Only recently President Obama announced a US$63 billion six-year health initiative to help people in the world’s poorest countries and of that ...
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
Source: Stabroek News
Four companies were recognised for taking action to reduce HIV/AIDS risk behaviours among their workers and to lessen stigma and discrimination against PLWHAs in the workplace.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco), the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Edward B Beharry and Sons and the Pegasus Hotel were awarded for ...
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