Second dose Pfizer vaccine to soon be administered to children 5-11 years
The Ministry of Health will soon be administering the second dose of the Pfizer – BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to children between the ages of 5 to 11. The second dose is administered 28 days after [...]
Regular monitoring, leadership credited for Region Two’s adequate medical supplies
All 33 healthcare facilities in Region Two (Pomeroon Supenaam), have a 90 percent availability of medical supplies, attributed to keen monitoring and good leadership. The region’s facilities are the Suddie hospital, the Charity district hospital, [...]
US Gov’t to provide all of Guyana’s COVID-19 vaccines
The United States (US) Government will be providing all of Guyana’s COVID-19 vaccines moving forward, US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah Ann-Lynch has stated. Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, M.P. She made the announcement during [...]
Collaboration of Caribbean countries necessary to fight HIV/AIDS
─ as PANCAP share-fair commences Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, M.P. has called on Caribbean nations to unite in the fight HIV/AIDS, especially with the current limited resources. He said the landscape for HIV/AIDS [...]
Gov’t to implement hybrid programme to train more nurses
The Ministry of Health will be prioritising the training of nurses, to supply the high demand that will emerge as a result of infrastructural development and the expansion of the health sector. Minister of Health, [...]
Updating COVID-19 vaccines necessary for strengthened immunity – Health Minister
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, M.P., during Tuesday’s COVID-19 update explained the importance of updating COVID-19 vaccines to target emerging sub-variants of the Coronavirus, particularly the Omicron variant. Currently, this variant has evolved into [...]
Health Ministry to procure COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months to 4 years old
The United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently given emergency use authorisation for the immunisation of children six months to four years old, using the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines manufactured for this age [...]
Four Caribbean countries to use Guyana’s methods in treating HIV/AIDS
The Ministry of Health (MOH) and Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) on Monday began the ‘South-South knowledge exchange event’ which will focus on Guyana’s experience in implementing Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and HIV [...]
New Nursing and Midwives Council installed
In accordance with the Nurses and Midwives Act No. 7 of 2022, the Honourable Dr Frank Anthony, Minister of Health, is pleased to appoint the persons to serve as members of the Nursing Council from [...]
$100M being spent to upgrade Region 2 primary health care facilities
The government is investing $100 million to upgrade and expand primary health care facilities across Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), with the aim of ensuring citizens have access to quality, reliable and efficient healthcare services. On Thursday, [...]
Prevention of drug abuse is everyone’s business – CMO declares
The Ministry of Health on Friday joined the rest of the world in observing International Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking Day, 2022. The day is being celebrated under the theme “Addressing drug challenges in health [...]
Mashabo, Bethany residents benefit from specialised medical outreach
─ Health Ministry monitoring cases of dengue fever Residents of the riverine communities, Mashabo and Bethany, Region Two today, benefitted from a specialised medical outreach conducted by the Ministry of Health, as part of the [...]