Malaria and tuberculosis (TB) cases will continue to increase, because of the influx of persons into the mining districts, failure to complete treatments, inadequate contributions from civil society and poverty, according to speakers at the Guyana Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) constituency consultation on tuberculosis and malaria held at the Cara Lodge boardroom last Thursday.
The consultation was a follow-up to the World Health Organisation (WHO) conference held in Panama earlier this year. Its objective was to address the problem of combating malaria, tuberculosis and HIV and forward recommendations to participating donor countries.
Dr Ruben del Prado, UNAIDS country coordinator, advised that collaboration is necessary since multiple organisations are in pursuit of a common goal; and country proposals are made, based on information garnered from these
