As Guyana battles the issue of maternal deaths in the country, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Country Representative, Dr. Kathleen Israel, has said that the majority of maternal deaths occur in health facilities.This, she said, obviously questions the quality of care that pregnant women receive in the hospitals.Dr. Israel made this comment during her address to the Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn Care (EmONC) Needs Assessment training workshop for data collection on Monday.This workshop will last for a week at the Tower Hotel,China NFL Jerseys, and is being held in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the Bureau of Statistics and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).The training programme targets interviewers who will do a survey on the emergence of obstetrics and neonatal care services available within the health sector countrywide.In this regard, Dr. Israel noted the data collected would significantly assist the various partners in effectively tackling the issue.“I am very heartened by this survey that is going to be done…it will assess the elements that are in place in the various health facilities to determine adequacy to address the needs of women and children so that we can identify more accurately where we should target our responses,Cheap Jerseys Supply,” the PAHO representative said.At the same time,Wholesale Jerseys Cheap, Dr. Israel underscored the difficulties faced in reaching out to communities in remote areas.“We believe in equity and every woman should be given the kind of care that is available in Georgetown and it should also be available in the remote areas of region one…so we have to find ways and means of doing that.”However, she added that it could only be done if they have the right kind of data necessary. This data would assist them in making the correct decision, which would preserve the life of women and children.She urged for the data to be accurate and must not be collected in a manner that will cause corruption or any ‘flavouring.’It was noted that PAHO is also in the process of working collaboratively with the Canadian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology to provide training to health care providers with the view that no pregnancy should come to term and no woman should be delivered without the support of a trained health care provider.The PAHO representative also explained that there is room for an expanded partnership and for intensifying efforts of all the partners, especially those in civil society, community individuals and groups and other international development agencies, along with the education sector.This kind of collaboration, she said,NFL Jerseys Cheap, will have the desired impact.Assistant Representative of the UNFPA, Patrice La Fleur,Nike Vapor Max Plus, said that the survey is part of a larger initiative geared towards scaling off interventions to improve maternal and newborn health initiatives.The survey will commence at the end of the training.This survey is expected to provide critical information that will inform national planning for maternal and newborn health and contribute to the strengthening of the health system.Deputy Director of Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD),Wholesale NFL Jerseys China, Jennifer Potts, who will be facilitating the workshop, noted that if the basic services are provided at health care facilities, then the lives of women and their new born can be saved.She explained that the health facilities must be equipped with services to deal with pregnant women who are hypertensive.“Simple drugs like magnesium sulphate can be made available to deal with this. Being able to remove or retain placenta means women would not bleed to death. These are basic functions that the health centres can provide to the women.”

President Donald Ramotar was the main speaker yesterday at the start of two weeks of intense activity planned by the Council of Friends of New Amsterdam (CAFONA) group which has been organised to celebrate Emancipation celebrations in New Amsterdam, under the theme ‘From Resistance through Emancipation, towards Empowerment’.The activity which was held at State House in New Amsterdam saw hundreds of Guyanese in attendance and represented the mixed heritage of the town. This year Africans are celebrating 250 years of the Berbice Slave Uprising and 175 years since the abolition of Slavery.The President used the opportunity to call for unity,NFL Jerseys China, stating that at this time of the year all of our ancestors struggled and had a horrid past in the history of Guyana.? “We must unite and come together to continue to build this lovely country of ours,” he said.? He called on the politicians to put pettiness aside and work together for a better Guyana.Mr. Ramotar reflected on the history of Guyana where the Africans contributed significantly to the development of this county.? He stated that Berbice is very important for its history where the resistance for freedom all started.The President, in response to earlier speakers, promised to do whatever possible to assist Berbicians to realize their dream in having a building to commemorate the activity. This was following calls for Berbice to have its own cultural centre and museum, and a monument to celebrate especially the 1763 uprising.A number of speakers, including President of COFONA group Dr Leonard Lewis and Ms Paulette Henry, had asked why the Government built the various monuments to celebrate the Berbice slave rebellion and the 1763 uprising in Georgetown and not in Berbice. They stated that Berbice was where the resistance to slavery was started by Cuffy 250 years ago,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, and as such something in recognition of the achievement should be built in Berbice.Other speakers included Minister of Culture Youth and Sports Dr. Frank Anthony; Regional Chairman David Armogan; Mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Greene; New Amsterdam Mayor Claude Henry; President of both the overseas and local chapters of COFONA, Dr Leonard Lewis; and Marcia Williams.The CAFONA group,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, which was formed in New York, is made up of former New Amsterdam residents now living overseas and was formed with the aim of helping to revive the town. The group is headed by US-based educator Dr. Leonard Lewis,NFL Jerseys China,An International Conference with discussions, workshops on masquerade, mask making,NFL Jerseys China, music and instrument training, Queh Queh,Wholesale World Cup Jerseys, and African drumming are among the numerous activities planned.Renowned Berbice playwright Ras Leon Saul will also be staging his play ‘Berbice Uprising’, during the celebration.A tree-planting exercise where over 250 trees will be planted around the town of New Amsterdam has commenced. The idea is to recognize the years from 1763 and 2013, so one tree will be planted for each year.A street parade which moved off form Marks Bridge in New Amsterdam lead by the COFONA Drum Corps preceded the activity.

–?? ?De Hoop farmer estimates $50M in losses By Rabindra RooplallA farmer storing his paddy and bulk rice for the Venezuelan market watched as fire razed a section of his storageRice farmerDeonarine Sukhlallbond almost destroying the entire $200M facility at De Hoop,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara yesterday.Proprietor of D. Sukhlall Rice Industry, Deonarine Sukhlall,Wholesale NBA Jerseys, estimated his losses at approximately $50M as he lamented to this publication of his obligations to the bank. The fire of unknown origin is being investigated.According to the businessman,Wholesale NBA Jerseys China, he received a telephone call from his neighbour in the wee hours of yesterday morning informing him that his bond was ablaze.“The neighbour call we at about 2:15 and say ‘fire! fire!’. I then tell my wife call for the fire truck in Mahaica. A lot of neighbours start coming out with their garden pumps. And we start to soak the building while we waiting on the fire truck,” Sukhlall recounted.“After about half an hour the fire truck reach, when they reach I tell them run to the back with the hose because the fire was coming over to the other building with the processing facility, then I hear they say they nah got water. Then we open the koker for water, then when the fire reel start,Cheap NHL Jerseys Online, it only last for ten minutes and done, it didn’t work back.”The businessman, who also has a milling facility in Berbice, explained that a call was made for another fire engine from Berbice.“When that one come it work properly, and we started to soak the building that attach to the bond because the fire already started going over to the next section where the generator was destroyed and a whole container of rice and paddy separate from the bond.”“If the first fire truck had come and worked properly I could have saved more along with the help of neighbours with their garden pumps.”When asked if his business was insured, the rice farmer said the amount insured is meagre compared to the damage caused.“Is nuff people and neighbours come out to help this man with the fire. Imagine theThe aftermath of the fire, including what was left of the paddy.first fire engine that come bruck down; they could have stopped so much damage to the man building and bond if their fire engine worked properly,” a neighbour told this publicationSukhlall who has been a rice farmer for almost 30 years noted that the bond contained 8,000 bags of paddy and over 2,000 bags of rice which were destroyed with the structure. A 40-foot container which had packed tonne sacks was also destroyed.Reflecting that three years ago he experienced a small fire in his dryers, Sukhlall said he has no idea what caused yesterday’s conflagration.“For the last two weeks there were no workers in the bond so it can’t be any accident with workers. Right now we are in the fields planting,Cheap NFL Jerseys,” he explained.Sukhlall said he plants over 750 acres of rice.Meanwhile, Kaieteur News understands that Minister of Agriculture,Cheap China Jerseys, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has requested a report on the damage to the facility.