Cervical Cancer screening to be integrated into routine care for HIV patients
By Rachel Kakraba Ghana is to commence screening for cervical cancer with the use of Human papillomavirus with Genotyping Polymerase Chain Reaction, HPV PCR. This is the recommended way to screen as it is able to detect the presence of HPV, the virus that causes cervical cancer. Associate Professor of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology and Virology […]
Volta Region: Zero Malaria Deaths, Lower Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission
By Seraphine Nyuiemedi The Volta Region has maintained a zero malaria mortality rate for the second consecutive year with a reduction in the percentage of mother-to-child HIV transmission from 4.2 percent to 2.4 percent in the year under review. The Maternal Mortality Ratio in the region has also decreased from 103 to 82 deaths per […]
Stakeholders’ debriefing on the Mid-year review of HIV and TB National Strategic Plan for 2021-2022
By: Mavis Offei Acheampong It is estimated that there are over 350,000 people living with HIV in Ghana, with about 16,938 new infections and 10,000 AIDS-related deaths recorded in 2021. While current statistics show a higher trend in detected new infections which stand at 49 thousand 500 at the end of 2022, TB remains a […]
Need for intensive education on HIV self-testing Initiative- Akosua Hanson
By Rebecca Sedinam Affor An Activist, writer and creator of novel series Moon Girl, Madam Akosua Hanson says there is a need for intensive education on the initiative of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) self-testing. Madam Akosua Hanson’s comments come on the back of the Daily Graphic News, regarding the increase of Thirty- three thousand HIV […]
Rise in activities contributing to HIV infections – Ghana Aids Commission Coordinator
The Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regional Coordinator of the Ghana Aids Commission, Ahmed Ibrahim Bambila, has expressed worry about the upsurge of activities contributing to HIV infections in the country. He said the unemployment situation is pushing a lot of young girls into sex work, while young men are also engaged in homosexual activities. […]
