Dr. Angela El-Adas, Director General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, has stated that the Commission did not have the financial capacity to conduct experiment on drugs that would permanently cure HIV and AIDS. She noted that though various quarters within the traditional and religious circles had proclaimed one cure or the other for the epidemic, … Read more
The Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Dr Angela El-Adas, has cautioned People Living with HIV (PLHIV) not to be swayed by claims and stories by some people and organisations parading as having a cure for the pandemic. “There are many series of tests that substances must be subjected to before a claim of cure … Read more
Ghana has recorded a total of about 11,000 HIV AIDS deaths with 12,635 new HIV infections in 2015, the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has stated. According to the Commission, there are 274,562 persons living with HIV in the country, out of which 89,113 are on Anti Retroviral (ART) drug. The number represents only 32.4 percent … Read more
The Ghana AIDS Commission has revealed that the Greater Accra region now has the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in the country. Greater Accra has overtaken the Eastern region with a prevalence rate of 3.2 percent in 2015. “Whereas Eastern region is declining, the Greater Accra prevalence has been increasing for two or three years,” Programme … Read more