Tag: World Health Organisation

Guyana sharpens its mpox preparedness – Min Anthony

Guyana sharpens its mpox preparedness – Min Anthony

- September 4, 2024

The Ministry of Health has established a national mpox (monkeypox) committee to protect Guyanese from the painful infectious virus due ... Read More

Gov’t committed to enhancing health surveillance system

Gov’t committed to enhancing health surveillance system

- November 22, 2022

In an effort to foster an improved healthcare system, the Health Ministry in collaboration with the World Health Organisation and ... Read More

Guyana working with Int’l Community to tackle monkey pox – Min Anthony

Guyana working with Int’l Community to tackle monkey pox – Min Anthony

- July 25, 2022

- as disease declared a ‘public health emergency’ Guyana is working with the international community using a coordinated approach to ... Read More

Guyana surpasses WHO’s country covid vaccination mandate

Guyana surpasses WHO’s country covid vaccination mandate

- December 10, 2021

More than 56 per cent of Guyana’s population took a vaccine Guyana has surpassed the World Health Organisation's (WHO)mandate of ... Read More

Enforcement of legislation seeing decrease in tobacco use – Health Minister

Enforcement of legislation seeing decrease in tobacco use – Health Minister

- November 2, 2021

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, MP, said steps by the government to reduce the consumption and exposure to tobacco ... Read More

Guyana expected to receive some 3,800 vaccines in February and March -President Ali

Guyana expected to receive some 3,800 vaccines in February and March -President Ali

- January 30, 2021

-China will donate 20,000 doses of vaccines His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali announced this afternoon that some 3,800 COVID-19 vaccines ... Read More

Local Government Ministry joins the fight against breast cancer

Local Government Ministry joins the fight against breast cancer

- October 27, 2020

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development stands in solidarity in the fight against breast cancer and has demonstrated ... Read More

Surviving a deadly disease: COVID-19 and its impact

Surviving a deadly disease: COVID-19 and its impact

- August 29, 2020

- Delecia George tells her story Delecia George has a story to tell and it is a cautionary tale. Twenty-two-year-old ... Read More

COVID-19 tests done in Guyana are secure, safe and quality assured – PAHO/WHO Rep

COVID-19 tests done in Guyana are secure, safe and quality assured – PAHO/WHO Rep

- August 26, 2020

−Supports accuracy of government issued test results The Pan American Health Organisation World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) Representative to Guyana, Dr. ... Read More