Tag: Lymphatic Filariasis

Triple drug therapy against filaria to roll out shortly

Triple drug therapy against filaria to roll out shortly

- October 15, 2019

─ 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

Region Six teachers educated about govts fight against Lymphatic Filariasis

- October 12, 2018

─ 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

Public Health Ministry eyes total geographical coverage to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis

- October 8, 2018

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

Vector Control Services roll out second Schools’ Language & Arts competition

- April 11, 2018

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’

Citizens urged to help eradicate ‘big foot’

- August 23, 2016

GINA, GUYANA, Tuesday, August 23, 2016 Residents in a number of regions across the country will benefit from a Mass ... Read More