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Health vision 2020 “health for all in Guyana”: a national health strategy for Guyana 2013-2020

The preparation of Health Vision 2020 reflects the collaborative work of a number of governmental agencies, programmes and stakeholders under the leadership of the Ministry of Health. The technical drafting and coordination of the strategy development was completed by the Planning Unit of the Ministry, l...

Detection of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among patients with and without HIV infection in a rural setting

West Indian med. j; 62 (2), 2013
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the sensitivity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by nitrate reductase assay (NRA) and the Hain molecular line probe assay (LPA) in sputa of tuberculosis (TB)/HIV co-infected patients in Guyana. DESIGN: Sputum samples were collected from known TB patients at Georgetown Chest Clinic and ...

Caracterización florística de ambientes de la cuenca baja del Río Cucurital, afluente del Río Caroní, Estado Bolívar, Guayana Venezolana

Acta amaz; 39 (1), 2009
Como una contribución al conocimiento florístico de la cuenca del Río Caroní se realizaron colecciones botánicas en varios ambientes de la cuenca baja del Río Cucurital, que incluyen formaciones boscosas, tanto en penillanura como ribereñas, morichales, sabanas, arbustales y ambientes perturbados;...

Final report on attachment at the Medical Sciences Library: University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

Information is the wellspring of knowledge. This source builds the great and creative edifices of human society. It is knowledge that empowers people to rise above their circumstances and take charge of their future. During the last three decades, accelaration in the development of information and commun...

Micronutrient deficiencies in the English-speaking Caribbean and in Guyana

Tres estudios recientes analizaron el grado de deficiencia de vitamina A, betacarotenos y hierro en Jamaica, Antigua y Barbuda, Dominica, San Vicente y las Granadinas y Guyana. Todos los estudios fueron efectuados por el Instituto Caribeño de Alimentación y Nutrición, o en colaboración con él. En to...

Percepción del riesgo, comportamientos riesgosos y seroprevalencia del VIH en trabajadoras sexuales de Georgetown, Guyana

En abril de 1993 se realizó un estudio en 108 trabajadoras sexuales que ejercían la prostitución en Georgetown, Guyana. Mediante entrevistas y pruebas de sangre, se investigaron las relaciones entre la seroprevalencia del VIH y conocimientos sobre el sida, prácticas riesgosas, características de los...

HIV risk perception, risk behaviour, and seroprevalence among female commercial sex workers in Georgetown, Guyana

A study of 108 female sex workers engaged in prostitution in Georgetown, Guyana, was made in April 1993. Based on interviews and procurement of blood samples, the study investigated relationships between HIV seroprevalences and AIDS knowledge, risk behaviors, client characteristics, and condom use. Stree...