Guyana is winning the war against the tuberculosis (TB) bacteria.
This is what Dr. Karen Cummings, Minister within the Public Health Ministry told the recently-concluded Andean Group of countries forum held in Lima, Peru.
“The case notification rate over the past 5 years decreased from 92 per 100 000 in 2012 to 70 per 100 000 in 2017. This is a good indication as TB has been on the decline significantly in key populations, namely the prisoners, children and elderly,” Cummings told her the gathering, according to a release from her ministry.
