{"id":19639,"date":"2024-05-14T12:41:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T12:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19639"},"modified":"2024-05-14T12:41:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T12:41:15","slug":"guyana-and-china-collaborate-on-tropical-chronic-disease-research-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-and-china-collaborate-on-tropical-chronic-disease-research-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana and China Collaborate on Tropical Chronic Disease Research Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a groundbreaking initiative, Guyana and China have joined forces to conduct the country&#8217;s first overseas training program on Tropical Chronic Disease Research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony highlighted the significance of this collaboration, emphasizing its potential to strengthen a lesser developed area of healthcare in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A team of medical experts from the Southern Medical University of China is leading the 25-day training program, aimed at enhancing local capacity to prevent, treat, and control tropical chronic diseases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The training, conducted in a hybrid format combining online and offline sessions, involves forty medical personnel and runs from May 10 to 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chinese Ambassador to Guyana, Hon Guo Haiyan, underscored the importance of the seminar&#8217;s format, which allows trainees to grasp the nuances of disease prevention and treatment without disrupting their routine work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Anthony expressed gratitude for the opportunity to host such a training program in Guyana, emphasizing its pioneering nature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted the focus on addressing the management, diagnosis, and early treatment of chronic diseases, an area that has been underdeveloped in the local health sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, Minister Anthony emphasized the value of the exchange between Chinese experts and local counterparts, which provides an opportunity to learn from each other and enhance healthcare practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This collaboration marks the first of five training programs planned between Guyana and China this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subsequent programs will cover various areas such as tourism promotion, industrial park development, natural resources development, and bamboo weaving techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through initiatives like these, Guyana and China are forging closer ties and working together to advance healthcare, promote economic development, and foster mutual learning and exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reporting for NCN News, Delicia Janneire.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a groundbreaking initiative, Guyana and China have joined forces to conduct the country&#8217;s first overseas training program on Tropical Chronic Disease Research. Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony highlighted the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19639","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\/19639","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=19639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19641,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19639\/revisions\/19641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}