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Rev. Dr. Lawrence Tetteh, founder of Worldwide Miracle Outreach, has apologized to the University of Ghana (UG) following statements he made on GTV’s Breakfast Show on October 24, 2024. In his comments, Rev. Dr. Tetteh claimed that a significant number of UG students were HIV-positive, attributing this to alleged promiscuous …

According to the Ghana AIDS Commission, an estimated 50 persons get HIV every day. The majority of the new infections have been identified as persons between 15 and 49 years old, the economically active population. The data announced during the release of the 2023 national and sub-national HIV and AIDS …

The Acting Public Relations Officer of Birim Central Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region, who also doubled as the Monitoring and Evaluation Focal Person on HIV/AIDS, Jesus Alodina Abolunga Awireba, revealed that a total of 2,720 people in the municipality are estimated to be living with HIV. He asserts that …

Since the first cases were reported in the early 1980s, Ghana has been grappling with the impact of HIV/AIDS on its population. Over the years, significant strides have been made in raising awareness, expanding access to treatment, and combating stigma. However, challenges persist, particularly in addressing the needs of different …

A drug that stops HIV from infecting the body has proved to be a highly effective “real-world” preventative treatment, a study has confirmed. The results of the research on 24,000 people taking it across England, have been described as “reassuring”. Thousands of people are already taking PrEP through sexual health …

A total of 72,429 people in the Ashanti Region are estimated to be living with HIV, according to the Ghana Aids Commission 2022 report. Out of this number, only 26,006 are currently on Anti-Retroviral (ARV) medication at health facilities, leaving a gap of 46,421 who cannot be accounted for in …

Some people argue that marriage is a rewarding experience, while others believe that it’s a completely useless enterprise. In my young adult life, I have found myself swinging between these two conflicting positions on marriage. Sometimes when I emcee weddings, I become fascinated by the colourful nature of the ceremony …

The Central Region had 18,127 persons living with HIV in the region as of December 2021. Out of the number, 12,119, representing 66 per cent, were women, with 4,365 being men. Children aged from zero to 14 with HIV were 1,443. The region also had 863 new infections in the …

The HIV population among children aged one to four years was 7,699 in 2020, while new infections in children of the same age group in 2021 were 443. “This is not good because most of these children got it from their mothers. They were mainly mother-to-child transmissions and that is …

There are more than 5,700 people estimated to be living with HIV in the Upper West Region, Steve Kyeremeh Atuahene, Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has revealed. He said this is out of the national estimated figure of 346,000 Persons Living With HIV (PLWHIV) in Ghana as at …