{"id":26310,"date":"2025-02-08T23:20:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26310"},"modified":"2025-02-08T23:20:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:20:33","slug":"ministry-of-health-to-expand-medical-screening-program-to-secondary-school-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ministry-of-health-to-expand-medical-screening-program-to-secondary-school-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Health to Expand Medical Screening Program to Secondary School Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Kimberly Giddings | January 13, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Health (MOH) is set to expand its medical screening program to include secondary school students, building on the success of its previous initiatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program, which began in August 2023, has already benefited thousands of nursery and primary school children across the country by offering preventative care and early detection of health issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, the Ministry successfully screened 17,311 nursery school children and 19,554 primary school students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These screenings included checks for dental, hearing, and eye health, along with general health assessments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children identified with health issues were referred for additional care at clinics or hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony emphasized that the goal of the program is to promote healthier lifestyles and provide follow-up treatment when necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The expansion to secondary schools will further the Ministry\u2019s aim of enhancing child health outcomes across Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program is a joint effort between the Ministries of Health and Education, and it continues to have a significant impact on improving the health and wellbeing of young people nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kimberly Giddings | January 13, 2025 The Ministry of Health (MOH) is set to expand its medical screening program to include secondary school students, building on the success of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26310","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\/26310","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=26310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26311,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26310\/revisions\/26311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}