Medication for malaria is unavailable at several health centres in Guyana’s interior, resulting in patients having to travel lengthy distances for treatment, according to Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO), which has been seeking the intervention of the Ministry of Public Health to address the situation.
In an invited comment to Stabroek News, head of the Vector Control Agency Dr. Horace Cox said the National Malaria Programme is not aware of the unavailability of medication at the sites before noting that there are specific mechanisms in place to detect and correct such situations.
Nevertheless, he has offered the assurance that the National Malaria Programme will look into these details with urgency.