National medicine inventory and supply chain
Stock at the Materials Management Unit, regional bonds and facilities in one place, with every request, dispatch and receipt tracked.
Guyana’s national digital health platform
From procurement to patient.
CORTEX keeps one accurate record of the country’s medicines and supplies, from the national store to the hospital ward.
Staff sign in is for health workers and managers with a CORTEX account. It opens cortex.health.gov.gy.
One record for the whole public health system. When stock moves from the Materials Management Unit to a regional bond, a hospital or a health post, the record moves with it.
In use today
Built for the people who move medicines.
Five capabilities are live now for staff with a CORTEX account.
Cycle counts with blind double-entry verification
Two people count the same shelf without seeing each other’s figures. Differences go to review.
Expiry management
Stock close to expiry is shown first, so it is used or moved before it is wasted.
Quality assurance workflows
Orders are counted blind and inspected before they leave the national store.
Facility and ward dispensing
Stock issued to wards and medicines dispensed to patients, recorded at each facility.
Interface illustrations are simplified examples, not live data.
One network
How medicines reach every region.
The Materials Management Unit supplies regional bonds in Guyana’s ten administrative regions. They supply hospitals, health centres and health posts, some reached only by river or air.
CORTEX records the stock and every movement at each step.
- National store
- Regional bond
- Health facility
Coming soon
What comes next.
Six capabilities are in development. None of them is available yet.
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Coming soon
Clinical point-of-care
Health workers record the care they give, linked to the medicines used.
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Coming soon
Appointments and referrals
Patients request appointments through CORA. Clinics confirm them and track referrals.
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Region-to-region emergency transfers
A region facing a shortage receives stock directly from another region.
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Drone delivery to remote facilities
Facilities that are hard to reach by road or river request deliveries by drone.
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Telemedicine integration
Remote facilities consult clinicians at other sites, with records shared securely.
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AI-assisted insights
Advisory only, never autonomous. AI points out patterns, such as stock that may run out.
AI advises.People decide.
When AI arrives in CORTEX, every suggestion will be marked as AI-generated and reviewed by a person. CORTEX will not place orders, move stock or change records on its own.
For patients and the public
Meet CORA.
The patient-facing companion to CORTEX, for anyone in Guyana who wants to find and reach care.
- Get general health information
- Find a clinic
- Request an appointment
- Speak instead of typing
Illustrations of two CORA screens: the home screen with options to ask a health question, find a clinic and request an appointment, and a conversation in which CORA helps a person find antenatal care.
CORA gives general guidance only. It does not diagnose illness or replace a health worker. In an emergency, call [emergency number] or go to the nearest hospital.
[CORA availability, for example “Open to the public in beta”]. Screens are illustrations; the live service may differ.
CORTEX in use
Across the country.
- [X]health facilities connected
- [X]/10administrative regions using CORTEX
- [X]staff with CORTEX accounts
- [X]medicines and supply items tracked
Placeholder figures: replace each [X] with a verified figure before publishing. Figures as of [date]. Source: [source].
Built for every part of Guyana.
From regional hospitals on the coast to health posts reached by boat.
Riverine and hinterland health postsPhoto placeholderMedical supplies being unloaded from a boat at a riverside health post[Health post name], Region [number]
Regional hospitalsPhoto placeholderA pharmacist checking stock in a regional hospital store room[Hospital name], Region [number]
Health centresPhoto placeholderA health worker at the dispensary window of a coastal health centre[Health centre name], Region [number]
Get in touch.
Health facilities
Accounts for your staff, or help using CORTEX at your facility.
Partners and funders
Development partners, funders and agencies who want to work with CORTEX.
Members of the public
For health information, use CORA. For anything else about CORTEX, contact us.