Quick response team addressing Covid spike in Baramita
The Ministry of Health has dispatched a quick response team to Baramita, Barima-Waini (Region One) to conduct COVID-19 tests, following reports of a spike in that community. Minister Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony said the team [...]
Public, businesses must remain vigilant against COVID-19 at Christmas
− disease spreads in close gatherings – Min. Anthony Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony is appealing to the public and businesses to observe the COVID-19 measures as there is still a need [...]
Vaccine cold storage spaces to be completed by mid-January
−invitation for bids out – Min. Anthony The Ministry of Health has started publishing bids for private contractors to procure and install refrigerators and vaccine carriers, which must be completed before Guyana receives its first [...]
Vaccines stimulate and protect your immune system
Vaccines have been used successfully to protect humans from diseases for decades, but what is a vaccine? Minister of Health, Hon. Dr Frank Anthony, in Monday’s COVID-19 update, explained that they stimulate the body’s immune [...]
Health Ministry looking at comprehensive cancer care programme
Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony has said his Ministry is about to launch a more comprehensive cancer care programme. During a recent DPI interview, Dr. Anthony said while they have been focusing on [...]
Five-year strategic HIV plan to be rolled out
The Ministry of Health has announced the roll out a five-year strategic plan to tackle HIV/AIDS in Guyana. Health Minister, Hon. Dr Frank Anthony made the disclosure Monday last during DPI’s ‘The Progress Report’. Minister [...]
Enhanced training for health sector workers treating COVID-19 – Min. Anthony
-other training to start next year The Ministry of Health has rolled out several training programmes for health sector workers to ensure they are up-to-date on clinical guidelines and treatment regimens for COVID-19. Minister Hon. [...]
International universities to study malaria transmission in Guyana
− studies to begin in 2021 The United Kingdom’s University of Oxford and the University of Hartford in Connecticut, United States, are to begin studies on malaria transmission in Guyana early next year with the [...]
Gov’t has intensified scrutiny of health infrastructure projects
– Min. Anthony Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony has welcomed the Auditor General’s Report which looked at the public accounts for fiscal year 2019. The report was formally handed over to Speaker of [...]
Guyana aiming to be filaria-free in 2021
− final mass drug programme in February The Ministry of Health will introduce its final mass drug administration (MDA) programme in February to eliminate the infectious tropical disease lymphatic filariasis/filaria. Once the programme is successful, [...]
Protocol for ongoing Covid monitoring in place
The Ministry of Health has measures in place for ongoing monitoring of COVID-19 cases in all regions. Minister Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony said if there are no recorded active Covid cases, officials have a strategy [...]
National Vaccine Task Force being set up
−to guide roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine The Ministry of Health has started the process of creating a National Vaccine Task Force to spearhead its roll-out plan for a COVID-19 vaccine. This COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force [...]