NAPS Programme Manager calls it quits after 11 years

Having served for just over a decade as the Programme Manager of the National AIDS Programme at the Public Health Ministry, Dr Shanti Singh has resigned.

Guyana Times understands Dr Singh’s resignation was submitted on Friday last and takes effect on October 1, 2016, bringing to an end an 11-year tenure as the NAPS Programme Manager.

The NAPS Director in a missive circulated to colleagues on Tuesday said “I have tendered my resignation as the Programme Manager of the National AIDS Programme Secretariat, Ministry of Public Health effective October 1st, 2016… I wish to thank you for the support that you have given to me over the 11 years that I have served the programme.”

Efforts to contact Public Health Minister, Dr George Norton for a comment proved futile. This publication understands Dr Rhonda Moore of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has since been seconded to fill the post as NAPS Programme Manager.

Sources close to Dr Singh, told Guyana Times that her decision was not as a result of any untoward developments but rather she had decided that it was time for her to move on.