There are 17 sites across the ten administrative regions of Guyana, providing HIV care, treatment and support, Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy said on Tuesday, in response to a recent release from the National AIDS Committee (NAC), which listed several impediments in the effective delivery of these services.
Ramsammy said the release, published in Monday’s edition of the Stabroek News, included several misrepresentations and was an unfair reflection of the status of the National AIDS Programme in Guyana. Citing an assertion that people have limited access to treatment and care, he said it “is a statement that maliciously fails to acknowledge the tremendous efforts of
