Jan 6, 20232 min readMount Sinai team working with NAPS to enhance delivery of services The Mount Sinai team is currently working with the National AIDS Programme Secretariat to conduct research that will enhance service...
Sep 26, 20221 min readResponse to PrEP ‘good’, 42 patients enrolled for treatment – Dr JagnarineForty-two patients are currently receiving the Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) treatment, a medicine used to prevent high-risk persons...
Sep 19, 20221 min read2 cases of mother to child transmission of HIV recorded in 2022 – NAPSThe National Aids Programme Secretariat (NAPS) is reporting that two cases of Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT) of HIV have been...
Sep 12, 20222 min readSASOD says legislative reform needed to help vulnerable communities fight HIV/AIDSSASOD’S Managing Director Joel Simpson has identified gaps in legislation limiting LGBT+ persons’ access or utilisation of HIV services....
Aug 29, 20221 min readGonorrhoea cases mostly among women; 101 positive cases recorded ‘get tested’ Dr. Jagnarine urgesThe National Aids Programme Secretariat (NAPS) is reporting that there are 298 cases of Hepatitis B, 277 cases of Hepatitis C, 142 cases...
Aug 29, 20221 min readDo not stigmatise against a certain group of people, everyone can get monkeypox - Dr. Jagnarine Guyana has recorded its first case of the monkeypox virus in a 57-year-old man from Region Four. Health officials have warned persons...
May 9, 20222 min readGuyana to establish first ‘Hepatitis C’ Clinic in the CaribbeanThe National Care and Treatment Centre will soon be housing the first Hepatitis C clinic to be established in the Caribbean, as the...