{"id":21691,"date":"2024-08-27T17:22:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T17:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21691"},"modified":"2024-08-27T17:22:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T17:22:58","slug":"tuberculosis-cases-decline-in-guyana-progress-reported-in-hiv-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/tuberculosis-cases-decline-in-guyana-progress-reported-in-hiv-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuberculosis Cases Decline in Guyana, Progress Reported in HIV Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Ministry of Health has reported a significant decrease in tuberculosis (TB) cases in Guyana, with the number of cases dropping from 500 annually to fewer than 300 in the past year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This reduction is attributed to ongoing health interventions designed to combat the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry aims to maintain this downward trend by continuing and enhancing the measures already in place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The progress in the fight against TB is seen as a positive step toward improving public health in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the decline in TB cases, notable advancements have been made in the treatment of HIV. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Ministry, approximately 9,000 individuals living with the virus are now virally suppressed, meaning they are unable to transmit the infection to others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This development underscores the effectiveness of the current HIV management strategies, with a focus on regular testing and treatment adherence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry hopes to see these trends continue and encourages those affected to remain committed to their treatment and testing routines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Health has reported a significant decrease in tuberculosis (TB) cases in Guyana, with the number of cases dropping from 500 annually to fewer than 300 in the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21691","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\/21691","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=21691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21693,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21691\/revisions\/21693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}