{"id":32979,"date":"2021-11-14T17:47:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T17:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=32979"},"modified":"2021-11-14T17:47:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T17:47:55","slug":"more-than-142000-ghanaians-are-hiv-positive-but-dont-know-aids-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=32979","title":{"rendered":"More than 142,000 Ghanaians are HIV positive but don\u2019t know \u2013 AIDS Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As many as 142,000 Ghanaians are HIV positive but do not know their status, Dr Cosmos Ohene-Adjei, Acting Director of the Ghana AIDS Commission has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a collaborative virtual media interaction between the Ghana AIDS Commission and the United Nations Programme on AIDS, about stigma and discrimination against persons living with HIV (PLHIV), on Friday, 4 August 2020, Dr Ohene-Adje said: \u201cFrom the recently released 2019 national and sub-national HIV estimate and projections, we realised 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\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, Dr Ohene-Adjei said: \u201cMore than 46,000, who know their HIV status, are not on life-saving treatments; that is: they are not on ARVs\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, last year alone, 20,068 new infections were recorded across Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, 13,616 HIV\/AIDS-related deaths occurred in the same year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said stigmatisation is a major factor that prevents people from testing for HIV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Send your news stories to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dannyboy744@gmail.com\">dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0and via WhatsApp on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As many as 142,000 Ghanaians are HIV positive but do not know their status, Dr Cosmos Ohene-Adjei, Acting Director of the Ghana AIDS Commission has said. 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