The Chief Executive Officer of Send Ghana and Chief Party, People for Health (P4H) project Saphia Kamara has expressed concern about the rising HIV infections in the Eastern Region
An estimated 2,128 new HIV infections have been recorded in the Eastern region, according to the Ghana AIDS Commission.
The situation has been attributed to reckless and risky sexual behaviours including unprotected sexual intercourse involving young men and women in the region.
Already, People living with HIV in Eastern Region are 47,8166, but only 30,538 are accessing the antiretroviral drug.
The Chief Executive Officer of Send Ghana and Chief Party, People for Health(P4H) project, Saphia Kamara says said through the implementation of the Peoples for Health project in Eastern and Greater Accra regions, public education and activities of HIV/AIDS were reignited.
“The level of stigmatization is high, but now the education, the sensitization and the awareness have increased.
Our district and regional monitoring members should be up to the task and make sure the stigmatization against people living with HIV and AIDS is reduced. They shouldn’t be stigmatized, people should treat them as citizens, they are citizens and are entitled to quality health care.”
According to him “People for health has established infrastructures here in the region that we will be able to help the region to reduce stigma and to encourage people who are positive to go for treatment and receive the needed health careas well”.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/ Obed Ansah
