Guyana now has an HIV prevalence rate of about 1.4%, just a little higher than the 1.3% that was estimated two years ago, Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has said.
According to Ramsammy, while the country has made strides in the fight against the virus, the figures would not get much lower in years to come as infected persons are being kept alive.
The 1.4% figure is an estimation that may change by the end of this month, when the final figures are given to the Joint United Nations Programme on
