Medex programme crucial in primary health care delivery

The Pan American Health Organ- isation (PAHO) and World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Representative Dr Beverley Barnett has praised the Medicine Extended Programme (Medex Programme), which facilitates access to basic quality health services across the country.

“To date, the programme has produced about 600 Medex who work in the 10 administrative regions of Guyana and they play a crucial role in primary health care,” Barnett said on Monday at the start of a three-day