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As many as 142,000 Ghanaians are HIV positive but they are not aware– AIDS Commission

by The Ghana HIT

The Acting Director of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Dr. Cosmos Ohene-Adjei, has stated that More than 142,000 Ghanaians are HIV positive but they are not aware of their status.

On Friday,4 August 2020, Dr. Ohene-Adje Speaking about stigma and discrimination against individuals infected with HIV (PLHIV) at a collaborative virtual media interaction between the Ghana AIDS Commission and the United Nations Programme on AIDS, He said: “From the recently released 2019 national and sub-national HIV estimate and projections, we realized two striking features: one is; more than 142,000 persons in Ghana are living with HIV but they do not know their HIV positive status because they have never tested”.

Furthermore, Dr. Ohene-Adjei stated: “More than 46,000, who know their HIV status, are not on life-saving treatments; that is: they do not take ARVs”.

As stated by Dr. Ohene-Adjei, 20,068 new infections were recorded across Ghana in 2019 alone.

Besides, 13,616 people passed away because of HIV/AIDS in the same year.

He said that the main factor that stops persons from testing for HIV is stigmatization.

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