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INTEROPERABILITY OF VARIOUS DATA STREAMS WITHIN GUYANA’s MRV SYSTEM [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020
In 2010 Guyana started work on the development of a national Monitoring Reporting and Verification System (MRVs) to quantify and measure the changes in the country’s forest cover carbon and carbon emissions.
P. Watt   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Household waste generation, change in waste composition and the exposure to COVID-19 in Guyana and Nigeria

open access: yesScientific African, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted humans’ activities across the globe. Measures related to social/physical distancing and lockdown have led to a shift and increase in waste generated at households’ level.
O. Kasim   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Significance of HbA1c in Monitoring Diabetes at the Public Hospital, Guyana

open access: yesSoutheastern European Medical Journal, 2019
Aim: To determine the prevalence of baseline/mean HbA1c among patients with suspected diabetes using Bio-Rad for the first time at a public hospital in Guyana.
Rajini Kurup   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Rise in Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Chronic Diseases in Guyana: A Narrative Review

open access: yesAnnals of Global Health, 2021
Background: Guyana experiences health challenges related to both communicable and non-communicable diseases. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most common non-communicable disease in Guyana.
Loshana Sockalingam   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Malaria prevention and care seeking among gold miners in Guyana

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
Despite being a priority population in malaria elimination, there is scant literature on malaria-related behavior among gold miners. This study explores the prevalence and factors influencing malaria prevention, care seeking and treatment behaviors in ...
Bolanle Olapeju   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Initiatives to Minimize Blood Usage and Wastage at a Public Hospital Setting in Guyana

open access: yesSoutheastern European Medical Journal, 2021
Objectives: This is a cross-sectional descriptive follow-up study which analysed the pattern of blood usage and wastage after initiatives were taken following the initial study done in Guyana from 2012 to 2014.
Rajini Kurup   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Digging for care-seeking behaviour among gold miners in the Guyana hinterland: a qualitative doer non-doer analysis of social and behavioural motivations for malaria testing and treatment

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2020
Although Guyana has made significant progress toward malaria control, limited access to malaria testing and treatment services threatens those gains.
S. Yan   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessment of water quality of lakes used for recreational purposes in abandoned mines of Linden, Guyana

open access: yesGeology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 2020
The open pit method is often the easiest and the most inexpensive form of mining. Bauxite mining, which commenced in 1916 in Linden, Guyana, has left many abandoned pits upon closure of mining activities; subsequently pit lakes have been formed. Globally,
Marisa Sonya Williams   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

National Scale Monitoring Reporting and Verification of Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Guyana [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2015
Monitoring deforestation and forest degradation at national scale has been identified as a national priority under Guyana‟s REDD+ Programme. Based on Guyana‟s MRV (Monitoring Reporting and Verification) System Roadmap developed in 2009, Guyana sought to ...
P. Bholanath, K. Cort
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of Subjective Health, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction among Young Adults (18-24 Years) in Guyana

open access: yesBioMed Research International, 2020
. Persistent urban-rural disparity in subjective health and quality of life is a growing concern for healthcare systems across the world. In general, urban population performs better on most health indicators compared with their rural counterparts ...
Chao Wang   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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