{"id":27091,"date":"2025-03-27T20:43:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T20:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=27091"},"modified":"2025-03-27T20:43:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T20:43:38","slug":"ministry-of-health-expands-surveillance-to-include-telemedicine-and-environmental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ministry-of-health-expands-surveillance-to-include-telemedicine-and-environmental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Health Expands Surveillance to Include Telemedicine and Environmental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Tracy Romalho<\/em><br><em>February 20, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Health is expanding its health surveillance efforts to include telemedicine, environmental health, and animal health as part of its &#8220;One Health&#8221; approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> This new initiative, announced by Minister Dr. Frank Anthony, aims to strengthen Guyana&#8217;s readiness for potential future pandemics and outbreaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Anthony emphasized the importance of tracking the interaction between human, animal, and environmental health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that future pandemics could result from viruses jumping from animals to humans, and it is crucial to have systems in place to detect such changes early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry&#8217;s National Public Reference Laboratory, now a Level 3 facility, has made significant advancements in surveillance capabilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This includes enhanced detection of viruses like influenza, as well as emerging viral infections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Anthony highlighted the importance of these improvements, which help clinicians respond more effectively to new diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This proactive approach is critical to improving Guyana&#8217;s preparedness and ensuring that the country is better equipped to handle future health crises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracy RomalhoFebruary 20, 2025 The Ministry of Health is expanding its health surveillance efforts to include telemedicine, environmental health, and animal health as part of its &#8220;One Health&#8221; approach.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27091","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\/27091","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=27091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27092,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27091\/revisions\/27092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}