{"id":15075,"date":"2024-01-04T17:13:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T17:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15075"},"modified":"2024-01-04T17:13:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T17:13:33","slug":"significant-progress-in-child-health-screening-under-cyhp-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/significant-progress-in-child-health-screening-under-cyhp-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Significant Progress in Child Health Screening Under CYHP Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Ministry of Health&#8217;s Comprehensive Child and Young Health Programme (CYHP) has achieved noteworthy progress in its goal of screening nursery-aged children for underlying health conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, shared the program&#8217;s success during the ministry&#8217;s end-of-year press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Launched in September 2023, the CYHP program, supported by the Mount Sinai Health System and Hess Corporation, has successfully screened 11,205 first and second-year nursery children for underlying health conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Anthony provided detailed statistics, mentioning that 7,995 first-year nursery children and 3,210 second-year nursery children have been screened, with additional screenings planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative focuses on screening children for hearing, dental, and general health complications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the screenings, children identified with health issues will receive the necessary aid to enhance their daily lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Anthony emphasized the establishment of a management system within the ministry to ensure the smooth operation of the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In collaboration with the Ministry of Education, the CYHP program aims to address health concerns at an early stage, focusing on screening children entering school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Anthony highlighted the program&#8217;s role in preventing chronic non-communicable diseases in Guyana, taking a holistic approach to child health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry&#8217;s goal is to extend the screening program to cover 27,000 nursery-level children, with plans for future expansion to primary and secondary levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Health&#8217;s Comprehensive Child and Young Health Programme (CYHP) has achieved noteworthy progress in its goal of screening nursery-aged children for underlying health conditions. Minister of Health, Dr.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15075","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\/15075","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=15075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15076,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15075\/revisions\/15076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}