Archive for March, 2010
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Source: Stabroek News
-will see improved quality prevention, value for money
Local and international health officials yesterday declared that Guyana created history when it launched its National HIV Principles, Standards and Guidelines – a document which among other things is expected to reduce the duplication of prevention efforts and ensure that the ...
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Saturday, March 6th, 2010
Source: Stabroek News
Guyana’s country progress report for the past two years, which will be submitted to UNGASS later this month, cites evidence the AIDS epidemic has been progressively decreasing among the general population, but it also points to the increasing feminization of the disease.
The sex ratio (male to female) in ...
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
Source: Stabroek News
Ramsammy says as new PEPFAR partnership launched
Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy says Guyana should be on the road to eliminating the AIDS epidemic as a major public health problem in another ten years provided the right strategies are pursued and an increased focus is placed on prevention programmes.
Ramsammy ...
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