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CDC to open office in Guyana to help fight HIV/AIDS

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 13th, 2002

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were scheduled to open an office in Georgetown, Guyana, in September 2002 to help local health officials combat the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean, the U.S. ambassador to Guyana said September 9, 2002.

Two doctors assigned to this South American country by the Atlanta-based CDC were due to arrive before the end of the month, U.S. Ambassador Ronald Goddard said.

One of the two doctors is to be an epidemiologist, but Goddard didn't know the specialty of the other one.

The CDC office is to be housed in the health ministry, he said.

The move complies with a...

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Source: Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA (2002-10-13)

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