The Ghana Health Service(GHS) has launched two new innovations to help improve medical care for children and help further reduce child mortality in the country. The innovations are Point of Care (POC), a technics for early infant diagnosis of HIV among children and the Scaling Pneumonia Responses Innovation (SPRINT) at Koforidua in the Eastern Region. … Read more
People in Nigerian prisons are two times more likely to be living with HIV than people in the general community, a new study has revealed. According to a National HIV Assessment Study, HIV among inmates of Nigerian prisons is 2.8 per cent, compared to 1.4 per cent reported in the general population. The study was … Read more
A rising Ghanaian female Afro-Pop artist, Ct Baby has stated boldly in an interview that its better for a lady to have HIV-AIDS than to date a poor guy to the shock of her host and manager present. According to the young lady who is making waves with her hit song, POP, if a … Read more
It is alleged that Joyce Dzidzor Mensah, former HIV/AIDS Ambassador of Ghana has stabbed herself to death. According to a video making rounds on social media, a lady who looks 99% like Dzidzor is seen lying in a pool of her own blood with a knife buried in her belly. From the video, it appears … Read more
A fetish priest based in Duayaw-Nkwanta in the Tano North Municipality of the Brong Ahafo region has offered to be an ambassador for HIV/AIDS. Nana Sakumba popularly known as Gyataba claims his deities have directed him to embark on an HIV/AIDS campaign since a majority of the youth especially in the area have been infected. … Read more
The Ghana AIDS Commission says the prevalence of HIV/AIDS amongst the country’s youth in 2017, particularly those below the age of 24, rose to about 45% nationwide. The Commission attributed the upsurge to unprotected sex as well as low knowledge of the youth about the infection. READ ALSO: CALL FOR WRITERS: PITCH FACTORY 2018 OPENS FOR … Read more