Tag: HIV/AIDS
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Let’s intensify education on HIV preventive measures – Dr Ayisi Addo
Programme Manager at the National AIDS/STI Control Programme, Dr Stephen Ayisi Addo, wants education on HIV prevention to be heightened in the country until...
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Financial constraints affecting Ghana Aids Commissions awareness creation on HIV/AIDS prevention
The Programmes Manager of the National AIDS/STI Control Programme, Dr. Stephen Ayisi Addo, has reiterated the need to prioritise and disseminate data on HIV/AIDS.He...
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Ashanti Region leads HIV/AIDS prevalence
The Ashanti Region in Ghana accounts for about 4,000 of the 23,495 individuals who tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome during...
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Living with Hepatitis-Day in the life of a patient
Mrs. Titilope Dada, 30, sobbed a lot for weeks after receiving a hepatitis B diagnosis in February 2021, believing it to be a death...
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Ghanas Health Minister decries rising cases of non-communicable diseases
The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has expressed concern over the rising number of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) related deaths in the country.According to him,...
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Chief fights off claim Krobos are most HIV/AIDS infected people
The chief of Menekpo, under Manya Krobo traditional area in Krobo Odumase, has debunked rumours about Krobo being the hotspot for HIV/AIDS in the...
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Bolgatanga is HIV hotspot in Upper East Region GHS
The Bolgatanga Municipality in the Upper East Region remains a hotshot for HIV infection, health experts have said.Sulemana Majeed, Regional HIV Coordinator, who disclosed...
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Public cautioned against growing HIV/AIDS ahead of Christmas
Jesus Alodina Abolunga, Focal person on HIV and AIDS at the Birim Central Municipal Assembly, has called on the public to remain conscious of...
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2,128 new HIV infections recorded AIDS Commission warns against reckless sex
An estimated 2,128 new HIV infections have been recorded in the Eastern region, according to the Ghana AIDS Commission.The situation has been attributed to...
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HIV antiretroviral drug runs out, 3 patients compelled to share one bottle to survive
Antiretroviral medications for persons living with HIV have run out in several hospitals across the country forcing medics to ration one bottle of drugs...