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500,000 Ghanaians living with HIV – Ghana AIDS Commission urges safe practices
The Ghana AIDS Commission has revealed that over 500,000 people in Ghana are currently living with HIV/AIDS, emphasizing the ongoing challenge the country faces...
Why people shy away from HIV treatment – AIDS Commission [Listen]
The Director General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Dr. Kyeremeh Atuahene, has revealed that some persons living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) shy away...
Ghana Aids Commission laments lack of funds to tackle HIV/AIDS
The Ghana Aids Commission has expressed deep concern over the insufficient funding available to combat HIV/AIDS in the country.
In an interview with JoyNews on Thursday, October...
AIDS Commission raises alarm over antiretroviral drugs stucked at Tema Port
The Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission has raised worry about the delays in clearing key healthcare products, particularly critical antiretroviral treatments (ARVs), at...
Ghana faces HIV crisis as AIDS Commission reveals rationing anti-retroviral drugs
The Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Dr Kyeremeh Atuahene, has revealed that the commission is sometimes forced to ration anti-retroviral drugs for persons...
AIDS Commission expresses concern over low funding
The Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC), Dr Kyeremeh Atuahene, has expressed concern over the dwindling funding of HIV and AIDS response programme...
Ghana AIDS Commission partners Hitz FM for High Skuuls Reunion
Ghana Aids Commission (GAC) is partnering with Hitz FM for this year's Skuuls Reunion to create awareness and sensitize the youth on HIV and AIDS.
The...
Bawumia inaugurates new Ghana AIDS Commission Board
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Thursday inaugurated a new Governing Board of the Ghana AIDS Commission.
The new Board is to ensure that...
Vals Day: AIDS Commission to distribute condoms
The Eastern Regional Office of Ghana AIDS Commission says it will reactivate the distribution of condoms to non-traditional condom sale outlets for the Valentine’s...
AIDS Commission warns against unprotected sex as HIV soars in Eastern Region
The acting Eastern Regional Technical Coordinator of the Technical Unit of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Ebenezer Appiah Agyekum Abrokwa, has disclosed that HIV infection...
AIDS Commission has this to say about LGBTQ controversy…
The Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Kyeremeh Atuahene, has revealed that homosexuals have globally been identified as persons to be of high risk...
AIDS Commission warns HIV patients against coronavirus
The Ghana AIDS Commission has appealed to Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV) to adhere to the safety measures put out by the Ministry of...
AIDS Commission reveals impact of virus on Ghana’s productivity
Officials of the Ghana AIDS Commission have revealed that Ghana’s working population is being lost to HIV and its related diseases.
Available statistics from...
80% of persons living with HIV/AIDS are Christians – AIDS Commission [Audio]
Ghana AIDS Commission has revealed that Christians constitute 80 percent of Persons Living HIV (PLHIV) in Ghana.
Officials attribute the trend to what they describe
as...
AIDS Commission to share condoms at NPP conference
The Ghana AIDS Commission is to distribute condoms at the New Patriotic Party (NPP) national delegates conference taking place in Koforidua this weekend.
Ms. Golda...
AIDS Commission intensifies door-to-door HIV testing
The Ghana AIDS Commission has intensified its door-to-door HIV Aids education and HIV testing across parts of the country.
The door to door campaign and testing...
AIDS commission cautions against unprotected sex
Ghana AIDS Commission has appealed to Ghanaians to take responsibility for self-protection and healthy lifestyles.
In addition, the commission urged every Ghanaian to test to...
Volta, Brong Ahafo Regions lead HIV prevalence – AIDS Commission report
Ghana’s overall fight to eliminate HIV/AIDS seems to be progressing steadily, but prevalence in the Volta and Brong Ahafo regions remain high and lead...
Social Welfare, AIDS Commission abandon 7-year-old HIV boy
Three months after Starr News reported on the plight of a 7-year-old HIV KG pupil abandoned by his family in the New Juaben Municipality...
Condom usage low – AIDS Commission laments
The Ghana AIDS Commission has explained that Ghana imports about 30 million condoms annually, but usage is low.
According to the acting Director of Technical...
Low condom use among young people in Volta Region disheartening – AIDS Commission
The low condom use among the youth, especially adolescent girls and young women, is posing a serious challenge to efforts to reduce HIV infections...
Ashanti Region struggling to meet HIV targets – AIDS Commission
The Ashanti Region is far from meeting national HIV testing targets as stigma and fear continue to keep thousands from knowing their status, according...
Over 15,000 persons infected with HIV last year – Ghana AIDS Commission
The Ghana AIDS Commission has revealed that more than 15,290 people were newly infected with HIV between January and December last year, marking a...
HIV does not kill, stigma does – Ghana AIDS Commission
The Ghana AIDS Commission has stated that People Living with HIV (PLHIV) do not die from the virus itself, but from the stigma society...
50 people get infected with HIV each day in Ghana – AIDS Commission
Fifty people get infected with HIV each day, while 34 people die of AIDS-related causes, the Ghana AIDS Commission has said.
According to Dr Kyeremeh...
Forestry Commission raids galamsey camp and arrests 4 in Subri Forest Reserve
The Forestry Commission's Rapid Response team has raided an illegal mining aka galamsey camp in the Subri Forest Reserve near Benso in the Western...
Adults aged 25 and above constitute majority of HIV population – AIDS Commission
The Ghana AIDS Commission has raised concerns about the rising rate of new HIV infections and the demographics most affected in the country.
The Commission...
Same-sex marriage, sex workers contribute to HIV fast-track infections – Ghana Aids Commission
The latest demographic survey on health by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) reveals that the country is classified as one of the HIV fast-track infections...
Forest Commission raids illegal miners’ camp in Oda River Forest Reserve [Photos]
The Forestry Commission in Bekwai, Ashanti, has raided the camp of illegal miners who were mining in the night in the Oda River Forest...
Gaming Commission aids Akosombo flood victims with items worth GH₵40,000
The Gaming Commission of Ghana has donated relief items worth GH₵40,000.00 to victims affected by the Akosombo Dam spillage in the North Tongu District...
Hook up business increasing spread of HIV/AIDS among young girls – Ghana AIDS Commission
Director General of Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC), Dr. Kyeremeh Atuahene has identified the “hook up“ business as one of the major causes of the...
Over 30% of HIV patients defer treatment due to lack of funds – AIDS...
The Ghana AIDS Commission says over 30 percent of persons living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) tend to defer their treatment due to lack...
Women now prefer anal sex – AIDS Commission
Director General of Ghana Aids Commission, Dr. Kyeremeh Atuahene has revealed that, majority of Ghanaian women prefer anal sex.
Contrary to claims that, it is...
Check your HIV status and that of your partner if you’re both sexually active...
The Ghana AIDS Commission has mounted an aggressive campaign to drive down new HIV infections in Ghana.
The Commission specifically wants persons engaging in sexual...
Over 100,000 people have HIV, unaware and are spreading it – Ghana AIDS commission
The Ghana Aids Commission has revealed that over 100,000 persons in the country are HIV carriers.
According to the Director General of the Commission, Dr...
Over $323m spent on HIV/AIDS response in 3 years – Ghana AIDS Commission
Ghana spent $323.7 million on HIV/AIDS-related activities over the last three years, the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has disclosed.
The total HIV/AIDS-related expenditure for the...
Passage of LGBTQ+ Bill will affect Ghana’s fight against AIDS – Commission warns
JoyNews/AdomNews · Ghana’s fight against AIDS will suffer if Parliament passes anti-LGBTQ+ bill - Commission warns
The Ghana AIDS Commission has warned that Ghana’s fight...