CCWU/MOH host HIV/AIDS peer educators workshop
THE Clerical and Commercial Workers’ Union (CCWU) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health is hosting a three-day Peer Educators Workshop on HIV/AIDS with the objective of developing a pool of trained Peer Educators from union members; provide more trained persons to deal with HIV/AIDS related issues on the job; and increase the knowledge and […]
Great success in the fight against HIV/AIDS
Despite all the negative outpourings by some members of our society, our Health Sector has been doing extremely well over the years, so much so, that in the fight against the killer disease HIV/AIDS, we have been able to make tremendous strides. With the limited resources at its disposal, both human and financial, Guyana, under […]
HIV/AIDS would reduce local workforce by 10.5% by 2020 - Labour specialist projects
INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation (ILO) Specialist for Employers’ Activities, Ms. Luesette Howell, is projecting that the HIV/AIDS virus is projected to reduce the local labour force by some 10.5 per cent by 2020.
Ms. Howell made the disclosure at a recent forum held at the Cara Lodge Hotel on Quamina Street, Georgetown to sensitise employers on the […]
New campaign to mainstream HIV/AIDS fight at workplaces
THE Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security yesterday initiated an advertising campaign for its Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency (CRMA), to mark Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Month which begins today.
Themed ‘Managing Risk in the Work Environment’, the slogan for the observance is ‘My life, My Work, My Safe Work’ which spawns a […]
Health Ministry announces HIV/AIDS art competition winners
By Nathalene DeFreitas
THE Ministry of Health through the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) yesterday announced the winners of the HIV/AIDS art competition and also launched the HIV/AIDS jingle videos.
According to the Community Mobilisation Coordinator of NAPS, Mr. Nazim Hussain, the art competition was aimed at raising awareness and to highlight the need for greater involvement […]
Minister Lall hands over 35 HIV/AIDS billboards to NDCs
Georgetown, GINA, March 26, 2008
The Local Government Ministry continues to advocate HIV/AIDS awareness and today it handed over 35 HIV/AIDS billboards to the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) of Regions Two, Three, Four and Ten.
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Kellawan Lall at the handing over which was held at the Cheddi Jagan Reserch […]
Caribbean has shown notable progress in HIV/AIDS care-UNICEF Regional Director
THE 2007 UNAIDS epidemic update has shown a real decline in the rate of new HIV infections in some countries, and in many countries the epidemic has stabilised, this is according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Director, Mr. Nils Kastberg.
HIV/AIDS linked to national security - Colonel General Staff of the Guyana Defence Force Julian Bruce Lovell
By Shirley Thomas and Wendella Davidson
Colonel General Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Colonel Julian Bruce Lovell has said that the Force recognises that HIV/AIDS is a public health issue that is inextricably linked to Guyana’s national security, and if left unchecked, can consume “all of us”.
Alluding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic as an ‘unparalleled […]
Speaker, Government Ministers among those in HIV testing
Ahead of national observance…
MINISTER of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy yesterday headed a team which conducted public testing for HIV/AIDS at the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS), Hadfield Street and Old College Road, Georgetown.
Presidential Panel on HIV/AIDS established
- Government recognizes need for multi-sectoral approach
Georgetown, GINA, January 14, 2004
Government has recognized that the HIV/AIDS pandemic is not only a health issue, but to a large extent a social issue. […]
