Dr. Mokowa Blay Adu-Gyamfi, the presidential advisor on HIV/Aids, has hinted that the country will soon have to deal with an HIV/AIDS epidemic if measures aren’t put in place.
To her, an HIV/AIDS epidemic might be eminent because even though the number of cases of the disease keeps rising and the fact that it is a fatality, there is very little education on it.
She explained that because Ghanaians are not aware of the mode of transmission of the virus, they fail to take the necessary precautions, which is making a lot of people get the disease.
“HIV/Aids is still a problem. With COVID now, we don’t even hear about HIV/Aids at all. I’m sure we are going to have a big epidemic very soon; because we don’t hear of it [HIV/Aids]. People are not being cautious of it …people need [continuous] education on HIV.
“HIV/Aids cannot be cured. You can only suppress it … once you are positive, you are positive till you die,” Dr. Adu-Gyamfi is quoted to have said on Asaase Radio.
Also, the presidential advisor on HIV/Aids said that another issue facing the fight against HIV/AIDS is the issue of funding.
“We’ve talked about it [funding for Aids]. We need funding and I hope very soon the president will consent to the Aids fund because now money is not coming from outside.
“The Global Fund is there but that’s not sufficient for our needs. So very soon we shall be having the Aids fund launched. I’ll be at the Presidency [to ensure] it’s launched quickly because he [the president] is the head of the Ghana AIDS Commission,” she stated.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom/Joseph Asare