{"id":13560,"date":"2023-10-27T23:13:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T23:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13560"},"modified":"2023-10-27T23:13:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T23:13:46","slug":"ministry-of-health-to-host-health-fair-for-senior-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ministry-of-health-to-host-health-fair-for-senior-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Health to Host Health Fair for Senior Citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In honor of the Month of the Elderly, the Ministry of Health will conduct a health fair on Thursday, October 26, dedicated to senior citizens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will be held at the Ministry of Health Tarmac, Brickdam, Georgetown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Melissa Dehaarte, Coordinator of the Elderly Health Unit, emphasized that the fair will offer a secure environment staffed by health professionals who will provide free quality services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The focus will be on preventive measures, including eye and dental screenings, as well as advice on nutrition and meal preparation for maintaining a healthy lifestyle, particularly for those with chronic conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This celebration is being observed under the theme: &#8220;Fulfilling the Promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for Older Persons: Across Generations.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 1st is recognized as the International Day of Older Persons, and Guyana dedicates the entire month to celebrating its senior citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The health fair will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ministry of Health Brickdam Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Reporting for NCN NEWS, Fabiana Mcklmon.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of the Month of the Elderly, the Ministry of Health will conduct a health fair on Thursday, October 26, dedicated to senior citizens. The event will be held&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13560","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=13560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13562,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13560\/revisions\/13562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}