hiv aids – Adomonline.com https://www.adomonline.com Your comprehensive news portal Fri, 12 Jul 2024 22:43:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.adomonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-Adomonline140-32x32.png hiv aids – Adomonline.com https://www.adomonline.com 32 32 Most youth fear pregnancy more than HIV/AIDS – GHS https://www.adomonline.com/most-youth-fear-pregnancy-more-than-hiv-aids-ghs/ Fri, 12 Jul 2024 22:43:19 +0000 https://www.adomonline.com/?p=2421592 The HIV/AIDS Coordinator for the Ada East District, Mr. Anani Adator, has disclosed that most Ghanaian youth fear and prevent pregnancy more than HIV/AIDS.

Mr Adator, speaking in an interview, noted that contraceptives often run out at pharmacies and health facilities, while condoms stay on the shelves and expire without being purchased.

He based his statement on data from the 2023 national and sub-national HIV/AIDS estimates.

According to the Ghana AIDS Commission, 17,774 people, comprising 6,457 males and 11,317 females, became newly infected with HIV in 2023, indicating that the HIV population increased by nine per cent between 2013 and 2023, which is projected to increase by 6.8 per cent by 2030.

Additionally, the data also revealed that 12,480 Ghanaians died from AIDS-related illnesses in 2023.

Mr. Adator stated that “the regional data is not looking too good. It’s very scary because when you juxtapose the national figures, especially in Ada, from the ages between 10 and 19 years, people who are affected by the deadly disease are about 11 per cent, while the national rate is just five per cent, and that’s why I said the regional data is scary.”

He revealed that even though the report captured 1,151 people living with HIV/AIDS in Ada, the reality on the ground might be around 1,800 affected people, as some who did not report to the health facilities might not have been captured by the statistics.

He added that sometimes health officials must chase victims and compel them to go for their medications.

“Some even give us the wrong contacts so that we can’t reach out to them, and so they end up spreading the virus to others. I’m scared that if care is not taken, it will get to a point where in every family, there will be people testing positive for HIV and AIDS,” he lamented.

Mr. Adator applauded the Naana Kakie Foundation, an NGO, and stakeholder in Ada for their initiative to help with HIV/AIDS education for the public, schools, organizations, and religious organizations to prevent the spread of the virus and promote safe sex practices.

He added that their sensitization programme, which is done in the local language, significantly helped in fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS.

He urged HIV/AIDS patients to take their medication regularly while cautioning the youth against engaging in unprotected sex, and emphasized the need for more education on the disease as a tool to curb the spread of the disease.

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]]> Lady tattoos HIV+ on private part to announce status https://www.adomonline.com/lady-tattoos-hiv-on-private-part-to-announce-status/ Fri, 01 Nov 2019 13:16:43 +0000 https://www.adomonline.com/?p=1717324 A Caucasian lady has done the unimaginable by tattooing “HIV+” on her private part in a bid to announce her status.

Katie K, unbothered about stigmatization tweeted photos of her undergoing the inking process.

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She apologized to all the men whom she has affected with the HIV virus through their encounters.

 “F**k it might as well get a tattoo now since I have the shit… recently found out I’m HIV positive sorry to everyone affected by this,” she tweeted.

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Most twitter users reacting to her announcement condemned rather than appraise her bold actions.

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Source: Adomonline.com | Abigail Bonney

]]> Stigmatization of HIV patients by medical staff increase in Ashanti region https://www.adomonline.com/stigmatization-of-hiv-patients-by-medical-staff-increase-in-ashanti-region/ Thu, 19 Apr 2018 13:54:02 +0000 http://35.232.176.128/ghana-news/?p=1072421 Health experts have discovered high levels of stigmatization against HIV patients by medical staff at the various health institutions in Ashanti Region.
Emergency and Out-Patient Department attendees also suffer similar treatments.
The revelation contradicts public education by health workers to relatives of HIV patients to show them love.
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The survey was carried out on 268 HIV patients in five hospitals.
They include Obuasi Government, Edwin Cade Memorial, Bekwai Municipal, Suntreso and Komfo Anokye Teaching hospitals.
Local NGO, Hope for Future Generation, which undertook the initiative to ascertain challenges of people living with HIV in the region.
Suntreso Government and Komfo Anokye Hospitals were ranked first and second most friendly respectively, with Obuasi government Hospital as the last.
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The findings again indicate patients wish they were injected rather than given oral medication.
They also complained some facilities extort money from patients.
Daniel Ampong, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at Hope for Future disclosed that the findings indicate health personnel extort money from patients.
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A Nursing officer at Komfo Anokye Hospital, Agnes Owusu Bempah, proposed free or reduced cost of laboratory charges for patients.
Stakeholders also want HIV covered by National Health Insurance.
Project Co-ordinator, Roseline Lodonu, points out, it’s the way to go to ease the burden of patients and their relatives.
 
 
 
 

]]> HIV/AIDS rise in Sunyani West District https://www.adomonline.com/hiv-aids-rise-sunyani-west-district/ Thu, 01 Mar 2018 06:03:32 +0000 http://35.232.176.128/ghana-news/?p=972131 Mrs Eva Aryee, the Sunyani West District Director of Health has cautioned adolescent people against unprotected and premarital sex.
She said HIV/AIDS infection is recording high figures in the district, and called for intensified HIV awareness creation and campaign to reverse the trend.
Mrs Aryee was speaking at the 2017 Annual Review of the Directorate at Odumase in the Brong-Ahafo Region.
Although the District Health Director could not immediately support her claim with statistics, she said the promiscuous lives of adolescent people remained the leading cause in the spread of HIV in the area.
Mrs Aryee expressed satisfaction with the high coverage in family planning acceptance in the district, but regretted about the rise in teenage pregnancy in the district.
She lauded the increase in male involvement in the provision of maternal and child health activities, and commended staff of the Directorate for their dedication and commitment to duty.
That notwithstanding, Mrs Aryee identified inadequate funding, ageing vehicles, and late reimbursement of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) claims as some of the challenges that faced the Directorate.
Mr Martin Obeng, the Sunyani West District Chief Executive said alcoholism, drug abuse and its peddling among the youth in the area remained a huge challenge that required concerted efforts to control.

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