{"id":11898,"date":"2023-07-20T22:23:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T22:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=11898"},"modified":"2023-07-20T22:23:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T22:23:48","slug":"ministry-of-health-receives-sensory-kits-for-school-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ministry-of-health-receives-sensory-kits-for-school-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Health Receives Sensory Kits for School Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Ministry of Health has received a generous donation of testing and medical equipment from Mount Sinai Health System Hospital and HESS Corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The handover took place at the Ministry&#8217;s Brickdam office, and the donated items include sensory testing kits intended for screening nursery-aged children in the upcoming academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Frank Anthony, the Health Minister, expressed his appreciation for the donation, emphasizing its significance in promoting good preventative health measures at the school level in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dr.-Frank-Anthony.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dr.-Frank-Anthony.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dr.-Frank-Anthony-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Dr.-Frank-Anthony-126x157.jpg 126w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Honourable Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Ministry had collaborated with Mount Sinai Health System Hospital to devise measures to be implemented at the nursery level, ensuring that every child receives essential check-ups covering their sight, hearing, oral health, and overall physical well-being, and the goal is to screen approximately 27,000 nursery school children by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Anthony highlighted that the Comprehensive Child and Youth Programme (CYHP), which will be introduced at the nursery level, will eventually expand to encompass primary and secondary levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All screening records will be properly filed for future reference if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Josu\u00e8 Alc\u00e0ntara, the Country Director of Mount Sinai, expressed the company&#8217;s commitment to supporting the Ministry of Health, stating that they are pleased to provide these supplies for the much-needed screening of children and youth in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CYHP is set to launch in the coming weeks and will cover all ten administrative regions of the country, ensuring improved health outcomes for the nation&#8217;s young population.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Health has received a generous donation of testing and medical equipment from Mount Sinai Health System Hospital and HESS Corporation. The handover took place at the Ministry&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,364],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-technology"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11900,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11898\/revisions\/11900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}