Oral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhoea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread, the World Health Organization has said. It warns that if someone contracts gonorrhoea, it is now much harder to treat, and in some cases impossible. The sexually transmitted infection is rapidly developing resistance to antibiotics. Experts said the … Read more
Oral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhoea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread, the World Health Organization has said. It warns that if someone contracts gonorrhoea, it is now much harder to treat, and in some cases impossible. The sexually transmitted infection is rapidly developing resistance to antibiotics. Experts said the … Read more
The generic version of the most advanced drug against HIV has been introduced in Kenya, a first in Africa where more than 25 million have the disease, the NGO Unitaid said Wednesday. The drug, Dolutegravir (DTG) is the anti-retroviral drug of choice for those living with HIV in developed countries, but its high price has … Read more
Kenya is the first African country to start using a new generic Aids drug that can improve and prolong the lives of people who suffer severe side effects and resistance to other treatments, the Reuters news agency reports. Dolutegravir (DTG), which was first approved in the US in 2013, is being given to 20,000 patients … Read more
Tanzania has threatened to arrest and deport those campaigning for gay rights and de-register organisations protecting homosexual interests, local media reported Monday. “I would like to remind and warn all organisations and institutions that campaign and pretend to protect homosexual interests … we are going to arrest whoever is involved and charge them in courts … Read more
The U. S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador-at-Large, Deborah L. Birx, M.D., Thursday signed the Nigeria HIV/AIDS Country Operational Plan (COP 2017). “Right here, right now, in this effort, Nigerians working with the United States can change the course of Nigeria’s history for ever when it comes to health,” Ambassador Symington said. The Country Operational Plan … Read more
Mr Victor Attah Ntumi, Chairman of the Civil Society Forum, a group of organisations that are active players in HIV and AIDS education, has expressed commitment to the fight against HIV stigmatisation in the country. He said stigmatisation and discrimination, which remained major challenges in the prevention of HIV, had affected efforts to prevent the … Read more
A UNAIDS report on HIV prevalence in women shows that Ghana is among countries with the highest prevalence rate in West Africa. As many as 160,000 women and girls in Ghana are living with the virus, the report said. The 2017 report titled “When women lead, change happens – women advancing the end of AIDS” … Read more
The Eastern Regional Coordinating Council (ERCC) and the Regional AIDS Committee have ordered the Centre for Awareness (COA), a food supplement marketing firm to stop all adverts on a cure for HIV/AIDS in the media. The management of COA have also been asked to use the same platform in deceiving the public that it had … Read more
Lack of financial and logistical support for PLHIV are some challenges that needs to be resolved Stigmatisation and discrimination against Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV) remain the major challenge hindering fight against the disease in the Upper West Region. The act which exists in communities and Antiretroviral (ART) Facilities across the region is limiting people’s … Read more
The Host of Abusua Mmre Ekow Mankatah popularly called ‘Mr Katah’ has entreated the youth to stick to condoms when engaging in sexual bouts saying condoms are way cheaper than diapers. This, he admonished the youth in the country to stay away from unprotected sex which will bring untold hardship to them and their families. … Read more
A total of 5051 persons is confirmed to be infected with HIV virus in the Upper West region. 2453 of the number are on treatment in various health facilities in the region whilst 63 of them died of the disease as at December last year. Yakubu Dramani, Upper West Regional Technical Coordinator for the Ghana … Read more
2453 of the number are on treatment in various health facilities in the region whilst 63 of them died of the disease as at December last year. The meeting was to share the outcome of Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) site visits embarked upon by the Regional Social Accountability Monitoring Committee in 2016. He said the figures … Read more
Ghana has become the second country in Africa, after Lesotho to launch a Blood Safety Information System (BSIS). The BSIS is an open source information system designed to manage donor and blood safety information from the point of donor registration to donation collection, through to laboratory testing, component processing and labelling, storage, and distribution to … Read more
A blood safety and information (BSIS) system has been launched for the National Blood Service, Ghana (NBSG), in Accra. The electronic information management system will help track blood donor information from the point of donation, through laboratory testing, processing, storage and distribution to health facilities. The system is being operated with support from the US … Read more
The HIV prevalence rate in the Kumasi Metropolis increased from 2.8 per cent in 2015 to 3.4 per cent in 2016, making Kumasi the third city in the country with a high HIV prevalence rate. The metropolis, therefore, tops the Ashanti Regional HIV prevalence rate, taking over from the mining town of Obuasi which had … Read more
The Kumasi Metropolis has topped the Ashanti regional HIV prevalence rate, taking over from the mining town of Obuasi, which has over the years, been topping the region. The metropolis’ prevalence rate moved from 2.8 per cent in 2015 to 3.4 per cent in 2016, thus making Kumasi, the third town in the country with … Read more
The 2016 HIV sentinel survey report has revealed that Volta and Brong Ahafo Regions jointly top the list of prevalence rate. According to the report, the two regions recorded the highest prevalence rate of 2.7 per cent for 2016 which is above the national HIV prevalence of 2.4 per cent. The Northern Region registered the … Read more
Per the report, the two regions recorded the highest prevalence rate of 2.7 per cent for 2016, which is above the national HIV prevalence of 2.4 per cent. The Northern Region registered the lowest prevalence rate, recording 0.7 per cent. The prevalence rate for the other regions are: HIV prevalence was higher in urban areas … Read more
Young people on the latest HIV drugs now have near-normal life expectancy because of improvements in treatments, a study in The Lancet suggests. Twenty-year-olds who started antiretroviral therapy in 2010 are projected to live 10 years longer than those first using it in 1996, it found. Doctors say that starting treatment early is crucial to … Read more