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HIV/AIDS among Youth up by 45% Due to ‘Risky Sex’ – AIDS Commission

The Ghana AIDS Commission says the prevalence of HIV/AIDS amongst the country’s youth in 2017, particularly those...

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HIV/AIDS among Youth up by 45% Due to ‘Risky Sex’ – AIDS Commission

The Ghana AIDS Commission says the prevalence of HIV/AIDS amongst the country’s youth in 2017, particularly those...

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HIV/AIDS among Youth up by 45% Due to ‘Risky Sex’ – AIDS Commission

The Ghana AIDS Commission says the prevalence of HIV/AIDS amongst the country’s youth in 2017, particularly those...

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Drama: Mallam Claims AIDS Is Caused By Dog Bites

A 37 year old herbalist, Mallam Abdul Razak Mohamed, resident at Suhum in the Eastern Region, claims to have found cure...

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Everything You Should Know As Outbreak HIts Ghana

The medical terms may have been ambiguous for the layman but the Influenza H1N1 said to have led to the demise of...

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Journalists From West and Central Africa Schooled On New HIV Plan

About 30 journalists from 25 West and Central African countries have undergone capacity training on a new HIV Catch-Up...

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275 People Die of HIV-AIDS In Ashanti

Two hundred and seventy-five (275) people died of HIV/AIDS in the Ashanti Region, last year. Mr. Dennis Bandoh, the...

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275 People Die of HIV-AIDS In Ashanti

Two hundred and seventy-five (275) people died of HIV/AIDS in the Ashanti Region, last year. Late reporting to the...

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Swaziland Turns Around World’s Highest HIV Infection Rate

Swaziland, which bears the world's heaviest HIV burden, has halved the rate of new infections in five years by boosting...

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Headway On AIDS Threatened By Funding Slowdown

Progress in beating back the AIDS epidemic risks being eroded by a funding shortfall set to grow under Donald Trump's...

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Aids Deaths Halve As More Get Drugs

Aids deaths halve as more get drugs Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The...

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AIDS Deaths Halve As More Get Drugs

Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The condition, which is caused by HIV, used to...

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Amid Turning Tide, AIDS Claimed 1 Million Lives In 2016

AIDS claimed a million lives in 2016, almost half the 2005 toll that marked the peak of the deadly epidemic, said a UN...

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Transport of Pigs To Be Banned After Swine Flu Outbreak

The Veterinary Services Department intends to ban the transfer of pigs following reports of an outbreak of Swine flu in...

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160,000 Women and Girls Live With HIV In Ghana

A UNAIDS report on HIV prevalence in women shows that Ghana is among countries with the highest prevalence rate in West...

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ERCC Orders COA To Stop Advertising Cure For HIV/AIDS

The Eastern Regional Coordinating Council (ERCC) and the Regional AIDS Committee have ordered the Centre for Awareness...

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Stigma Remains Major Challenge Against HIV Fight

Lack of financial and logistical support for PLHIV are some challenges that needs to be resolved Stigmatisation and...

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Over 5000 HIV Cases Recorded In Upper West Region

A total of 5051 persons is confirmed to be infected with HIV virus in the Upper West region. 2453 of the number are on...

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Over 5000 HIV Cases Recorded In Upper West Region

2453 of the number are on treatment in various health facilities in the region whilst 63 of them died of the disease as...