NGOs Urged to Fight HIV/AIDS Stigma

The Ghanaian deputy upper regional minister, Lucy Awuni, has underscored the need for NGOs working in the areas of HIV/AIDS to focus more on behavioural change for society to treat people living with HIV/AIDS with compassion and respect.

Speaking during the Ghana AIDS Commission Small Grants Disbursement to Local Partner NGOs in that country, Awuni noted that many people fail to report to health facilities because of the stigma attached to HIV positive people.

She asked the NGOs to do more advocacy programmes and encourage people to go for voluntary counseling and testing to know their HIV/AID status so as to enable them manage their health status and also take the antiretroviral drugs where they are diagnosed to be positive to prolong their lifespan.

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