Event date: 2024-02-04 The organizers invite you to the film “KOS” and a meeting with the film’s director, Paweł Maślona. The spring of 1794 was boiling in Poland. General Tadeusz “Kos” Kościuszko returns to the country and plans to start an uprising against the Russians, mobilizing the Polish nobility and peasants. He is accompanied by … Read more
2023-11-28 21:24:15 28/11/23Elimination of malaria: Paho confirms its support for Guyana France is committed to eliminating malaria from its territory in the coming years. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) came to Guyana in mid-November to meet the stakeholders and observe the initiatives taken to achieve this. Several works will be carried out next year, … Read more
2023-11-07 22:25:38 07/11/23Low immunity to serotype 3, approaching rainy season: coping with the dengue epidemic Several management measures are under discussion, while the dengue epidemic could intensify with the expected return of rain. A first assessment of the “Dengue sans ordo” system, deployed in Kourou in June, was drawn up last week. Screening remains essential … Read more
2023-10-11 21:23:58 11/10/23The CTG recalls preventive actions against the proliferation and bites of mosquitoes As part of the fight against dengue fever in the commune of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, which has entered the Epidemic Phase since October 2, 2023, the Territorial Collectivity of Guyana (CTG) informs the population of the implementation of rotations of the “car-mounted spreader” … Read more
2023-09-06 22:26:52 06/09/23Anti-HPV vaccination in college: the campaign will begin in October From this year, vaccination against the human papillomavirus is offered to all fifth graders. It is free, optional and subject to parental consent. It will be carried out by the French Red Cross on the coast and Emspec in the interior, starting next … Read more
2023-07-01 08:21:56 01/07/23[Lutte contre le paludisme] Installation of the spreader mounted on a car in the town of Matoury As part of the fight against malaria and because of the recent census in Matoury of cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria (the species responsible for the most serious forms), the Territorial Collectivity of Guyana (CTG), in … Read more
2023-06-15 21:23:02 15/06/23Caribbean Screening Days Track, track, track! It is thanks to the efforts of all those involved in prevention, screening, support, treatment and therapeutic education that we can appreciate constant progress in the fight against HIV. Guyana is the French department most affected by the HIV pandemic with nearly 4,000 people living with HIV. … Read more
2023-06-06 22:23:04 06/06/23Dengue fever: in Kourou, we go to the lab without ordo In the space city and until June 30, it is no longer necessary to have a doctor’s prescription to carry out a PCR and/or serological dengue test in the two private laboratories. The objective is to facilitate screening, while an epidemic focus … Read more