Health
UN urges the world to ready for extreme heat risk from El Niño
GENEVA, June 2 (Reuters) – The United Nations weather agency forecast on Tuesday a moderate or possibly a strong El Niño that could drive up global temperatures and increase the risk of extreme weather over the coming months. El Niño is a periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, which typically lasts...
Guyana prepares for historic robotic surgery as healthcare enters new era
Guyana is preparing to make medical history with what could become the longest-distance robotic cardiac surgery ever performed. President Irfaan...
Caribbean eating too much salt as hypertension, heart disease surge — CARPHA warns
The Caribbean Public Health Agency, CARPHA, is sounding the alarm over dangerously high salt consumption across the region, warning that...
Essequibo residents benefit from improved water quality
Residents of Lima Sands in the Pomeroon-Supenaam region will be the newest beneficiaries of improved water quality, following steps by...
Most diabetic youths live in Regions 3, 4 & 6
An estimated 70 percent of the country’s diabetic youth population (aged 2 months to 24 years) are from Regions Three,...
18.5% children exposed to tobacco smoke at home
Minister within the Ministry of Health, Dr. Karen Cummings has justified restricting smoking in the home, quoting a recent survey...
Tobacco Bill does not prohibit street vending – Health Minister
Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence has clarified that the Tobacco Control Bill does not prohibit vendors from road side...
UG School of Medicine regains accreditation
The School of Medicine at the University of Guyana (UG) regained its accreditation from the Caribbean Authority for Education in...
Leonora, Suddie hospitals supported by U.S. team of dentists, surgeons
Career dentist Dr Avis Kelly, a graduate of Howard University Dental School, is leading a 10-person medical team to Guyana...
T&T and Guyana lead the Americas in heart-related deaths, study finds
(Trinidad Express) TRINIDAD and Tobago is second behind Guyana, among the 34 countries in the Americas for the highest rates...
GWI providing assistance to flood affected residents in Region 9
PRESS STATEMENT Tuesday, July 04, 2017- Georgetown, Guyana:GWI has mobilized efforts to provide potable water to affected residents and the...
Zika Cases on the Decline; CARPHA urges fight against mosquitoes to continue
Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr C. James Hospedales has called for continued vigilance even though...
Region 9 communities flood, emergency shelters activated, residents evacuated
Several communities in Region 09 are under water following continuous rain over the past few days. Officials of the Regional...
Immediate intervention for flood-hit communities in East Berbice
(Ministry of Agriculture Press Release)– Many communities in Region 6 have been hit by flooding due to continuous rainfall over...
Complaint lodged with Medical Council regarding death of newborn; Legal Action to follow
A 29-year-old woman of Vryman’s Erven, New Amsterdam, Berbice, is seeking a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death...
China donates $20M in medical equipment to fight Zika and other infectious diseases
GEORGETOWN, MOPH –PUBLIC Health Minister Volda Lawrence Tuesday (June 27, 2017) accepted some G$20M in medical equipment and supplies from...
Nandlall wants SOCU probe into “misuse” of $605M State funds
Former Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister, Anil Nandlall is calling on the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) to launch...
Public Health Ministry seeks World Bank funding for billion dollar scheme
GEORGETOWN, MOPH –THE PUBLIC Health Ministry this week unveiled a G$1B (US$5M) initiative which the World Bank will fund if...
Pump relocated to Ogle to drain East Coast Communities
Rainfall over the past week has left some villages on the East Coast of Demerara and parts of Georgetown under...
Gender Equality Comm. recommends enactment of policy on sexual harassment in the work place
The Women and Gender Equality Commission made 22 recommendations on Wednesday (June 21, 2017), during the presentation of the fifth...
EU commits to seeing Paris Agreement on Climate Change implemented
The European Union (EU) says it is building “strong global alliances” to ensure that the Paris Agreement is implemented, following...
