Tag: Lymphatic Filariasis
Guyana nears filaria-free status as 2025 campaign targets final hotspots
The Ministry of Health has launched its 2025 Filaria Elimination Campaign at the National Cultural Centre (NCC) Tarmac on Friday, ... Read More
MOH launch national training to eradicate filaria
The Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) launched the Lymphatic Filariasis Mass Drug Administration ... Read More
Triple drug therapy against filaria to roll out shortly
─ media sensitised on preventative campaign efforts ─ Guyana, one of two countries in Americas to eliminate filaria by 2020 ... Read More
Region Six teachers educated about govts fight against Lymphatic Filariasis
─ adding a third pill to mass drug distribution fight ─ intervention will come on stream in 2019 ─ distribution ... Read More
Public Health Ministry eyes total geographical coverage to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis
DPI, Guyana, Monday, October 8, 2018 Mass Drug Administration (MDA) for the elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) is once again ... Read More
Vector Control Services roll out second Schools’ Language & Arts competition
DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, April 11, 2018 For the next two months, children between the ages of six to seventeen (6-17), ... Read More
Citizens urged to help eradicate ‘big foot’
GINA, GUYANA, Tuesday, August 23, 2016 Residents in a number of regions across the country will benefit from a Mass ... Read More