Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Photo-Release: SASOD Guyana Discusses Recent Research with Health Minister

 

On Wednesday, February 17, 2021, SASOD Guyana’s Managing Director Joel Simpson (centre) met with and discussed the findings and recommendations of two recent research reports published by his organization to the Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony, M.P. The reports are titled “Desires for Care and Access to Services among Transgender Persons in Guyana (March 2020) and “Qualitative Assessment of HIV Services for Key Populations in Guyana during the COVID-19 Pandemic (January 2021). 


Simpson was accompanied by SASOD Guyana’s Human Rights Coordinator, Kobe Smith (second from right) and Community Representative on the Guyana Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism, Christopher France (right). Programme Manager of the National AIDS Programme Secretariat, Dr. Tariq Jagnarine (left) also participated in the meeting at the Minister’s Secretariat.

 

Photo Credit: Aubrey Odle for Ministry of Health