A total of 18 frontline health-care workers were trained under the US Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded clinical management training programme for HIV/AIDS.
As such, a ceremony was held on October 1 for the trained professionals during which US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch remarked, “The partnerships of events like these are a testament to our common goal to improve healthcare and the health delivery systems, for the benefit and prosperity for all.”
Participants of the clinical management training programme for HIV/AIDS receive certificates
The eight-week training was completed by the University of Washington in the US, together with representatives from Caricom and healthcare providers at the National Care and Treatment Center and St Joseph Mercy Hospital.
The United States has provided Guyana with over US$185 million to fight HIV/AIDS since 2004, mostly through the US President’s Emergency Action for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which is the largest commitment by any nation to address a single disease in history.
Also attending the ceremony were Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony and Director of Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), Dr Rosmond Adams.
