- Details
- Written by Super User
- Category: National Tuberculosis Control Programme
- Published: 10 July 2016
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Key Accomplishments
- The establishment of 18 Chest Clinics across Guyana (at least 1 in each Region)
- Presence of a GeneXpert Machine at the National Public Health ReferenceLaboratory.
- Renovation of a building to house the TB Step-Down Care Facility for patients with difficult circumstances.
- Refurbishment of the National Tuberculosis Programme’s building along with the establishment of a Conference facility.
- Establishment of a new building specifically engineered for the West Demerara Chest Clinic.
- Building partnerships across all sectors to be engaged in the fight against Tuberculosis.
- Progressive increase in treatment success rate of all forms of TB from 64% in 2010 to 71% in 2015).