Archive for November, 2009
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Source: Guyana Chronicle
THE Federal Republic of Germany has deepened its cooperation with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) through the extension of a financial agreement to support the work of the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP).
The CARICOM Secretariat and Germany signed the agreement on Tuesday last to commence the implementation ...
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Source: Guyana Chronicle
‘80.6 per cent of soldiers in the Army have been tested and know their status’
- Mrs. Beverly Gomes-Lovell
A REFURBISHED Medical Centre/Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) site, at Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Base Camp Seweyo, along Soesdyke/Linden Highway, was yesterday handed over to the GDF HIV/AIDS Prevention Programme.
The ...
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Source: Stabroek News
Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday deemed the National AIDS Programme Secretariat’s (NAPS) national testing campaign a success, with preliminary results showing that some 26,600 persons were tested.
According to Minister Ramsammy, who spoke to reporters yesterday at a press briefing held at NAPS, there were some 400 ...
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Source: Stabroek News
- Ramsammy
Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy said Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) remains one of the more stigmatized groups in the country, which he said poses a problem in the fight against HIV.
The sector is dealing with stigma and discrimination on a continual basis and ...
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
Source: Stabroek News
– but fight far from over
In just under a decade, the reality of HIV has changed somewhat, but the fight is far from over. Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy points to a lower rate of infection and increased treatment and other services, but acknowledged that there ...
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
Source: Public Relations Office, Ministry of Health
…As activity gains momentum
The fourth National Testing Week activity which is presently being conducted across the country has been extended to Sunday November 22 to give persons who have not been able to get tested an opportunity to do so.
This initiative is being ...
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Source: Guyana Chronicle
THE response to the National Week of Testing has been tremendous, Regional Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) Supervisor, Mr. Trevor McIntosh reported yesterday.
He said, while the target is 20,000, the ultimate aim is to deliver quality service to the Guyanese people.
The tests are being done under the theme ...
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Source: Guyana Chronicle
- Dr Shanti Singh
AS the national week of testing activities continue throughout the country, Director of the National Aids Programme Secretariat (NAPS), Dr Shanti Singh, revealed that approximately 9,563 tests were conducted during the weekend and up to Monday evening.
There are 358 testing sites set up across the country; ...
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Source: Guyana Chronicle
MINISTER of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony is optimistic that next year’s `Riding for Life’ Five-Stage Road Race will be bigger and better than this year’s just concluded event.
Addressing participants, supporters and parents of this year’s race at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Sunday, Minister ...
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Source: Guyana Chronicle
Government has been making significant strides in the fight against HIV/AIDS in workplaces and has been taking its message to several sites.
The Ministry of Labour, in collaboration with Youth Challenge Guyana, held a sensitisation campaign during a recent outreach to Bartica, Region Seven. It was held at BK’s ...
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