Tag: HIVAIDS
Agona West Assembly involves stakeholders in planning process
The Agona West Municipal Assembly has organized a stakeholders meeting on the preparation of the four-year Medium -Term Development Plan from 2018 to 2021.
It...
Stakeholders In Health Charged To Walk The Talk
Dr Emmanuel Arhin, Head of Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Development Studies, Navrongo has called for an interdisciplinary research approach to...
Africans urged to bind the potentials of the youth for development
Africans should harness potential of the youth-First Lady
The First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has called on African countries to find synergies that would help...
HIV/AIDS Rate Likely To Increase Amid Menial Budgetary Allocation
Send Ghana has warned that, HIV rate is likely to increase because the budgetary allocation devoted towards AIDS prevention, is too small.
Currently, 0.5% of...
Cuba steps up efforts in fight against HIV/AIDS
Cuban scientists are continuing efforts to provide antiretroviral treatment to Cubans suffering from HIV/AIDS, with 81 percent of patients now being attended, the Ministry...
U.S. initiative avails funds to Namibia in fight against HIV
The Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a U.S. governmental initiative implemented to address the global HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa, has availed 1 billion...
U.S. approves support to fight HIV/AIDS in Tanzania
The United States government, through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), has approved plans to provide 526 million U.S. dollars over the...
16,000 HIV patients placed on ART in Brong-Ahafo
A total of 16,000 people living with HIV/AIDS were placed on Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) in the Brong-Ahafo Region as at 2016, Mr Emmmanuel Obeng...
Meningitis Under High Surveillance In Upper West Region
Three districts in the Upper West Region recorded meningitis cases last year.
The Nadowli-kaleo, Jirapa and Nandom Districts by virtue of the geographical location in...
HIV/AIDS is not Curable by Herbal Drugs – Ghana AIDS Commission
Dr. Angela El-Adas, Director General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, has said that the country is yet to find a cure for the deadly...
Maternal Deaths A Challenge In Brong-Ahafo
Dr Tmothy Letsa, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Director of Health, observed on Tuesday that maternal deaths remain a daunting challenge in the Region, though the...
MPs Call For Traffic Rules To Be Implemented
Dr Benard Okoe Boye, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ledzokuku, on Friday stressed the need for the nation to pay more attention to...
High HIV/AIDs Cases Recorded At Half-Assini Hospital
The Half Assini Government Hospital has so far recorded a total of 119 HIV cases as against 36 cases last year.Mr Kwame Koomson, HIV...
There is hope in ending HIV/AIDS
In her speech, Chaka Chaka who was the guest of honor at Namibia's first-ever HIV/AIDS conference at Swakopmund, coastal town of Namibia, said Monday...
Ghana Aids Commission initiates new HIV/AIDS preventive plan
The five-year strategic plan seeks to ensure that, by 2020, about 90 per cent of HIV infected persons would know their HIV status and...
Ghana passes law to deal with discrimination against persons living with HIV/AIDS
Parliament has approved a three year maximum jail term for discriminating against persons living with HIV/AIDS.
This follows the passage of the Ghana AIDS Commission...
Ghanaian inventor says nearing breakthrough with HIV/AIDS cure
He said the COA 72 with Triterpene as its active ingredient which has undergone both the in-vitro and in vivo test stages has proven...
Ghanaian Doctor finally discovers cure for HIV/AIDS
Centre of Awareness , a non- governmental Organization has eventually found a cure for HIV/AIDS in Ghana.
The disease has remained incurable since it...
Kronom benefits free health screening
More than 300 poor and vulnerable people in Kronom, a suburb of Kumasi, have benefited from free health screening and treatment.
...
Plans reduce HIV/AIDS mother-to-child infection revealed
The three-year comprehensive blueprint seeks to cut down HIV infection to babies to at least five per cent by the end of breastfeeding period...
Striking pharmacists asked to provide services to HIV/AIDs patients
He said unlike other diseases, drugs for HIV/AIDs could not be easily accessed and patients may develop drug resistance if there was a break...
Mozambican government says concerned with high HIV/AIDS prevalence countrywide
The government said it is concerned with the scenario.
"Over 1.5 million people between the ages of 15 and 49 years old...
Upper East Observed International Youth Day
Mr Abaa Roger Atambire, the founder of Life Out of Alcohol and Drugs( LOAD-Ghana), in a keynote address, said alcohol and drug abuse...
HIV/AIDS Prevalence Rate in Central Region Very Worrying
He said the 2015 HIV and AIDS Annual Review Report indicated that 76,734 pregnant women attended Antenatal Clinic in the region out of which...
China applauded for holding summer camp for children
A senior official of the United Nations Joint Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has lauded China's initiative to provide care and support to children orphaned...
Documentary captures the gains and challenges in HIV/AIDS treatment provision
The 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for...
Minister calls for collective responsibility towards to fighting HIV/AIDS
“HIV/AIDS affects every Ghanaian either directly or indirectly and all must play their roles effectively in responding to the illness”, he said.
Alhaji Sulemana was...
“Kiss On The Ride” Launched To Help Combat Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
The initiative is aimed at ensuring that the commodities and information that will help address Sexually Transmitted diseases are available to all and sundry...
Ghana stands steadfast in breaking HIV epidemic course
Ghana has recorded significant progress over the last five years in key target areas of fighting HIV/AIDS.
Between 2009 and 2014, the country recorded a...
Joyce Dzidzor admits her regret for disclosing her HIV status
Former HIV/AIDS ambassador Joyce Dzidzor Mensah has disclosed that she regrets disclosing her status and taking up the ambassadorial mantle.
“There are many people who...