Health News of Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Source: www.ghanaweb.live
2021-11-24Eastern Region has huge HIV/AIDS cases – Health Director
HIV/AIDS prevalent amongst youth
HIV/AIDS is prevalent amongst youth
The rise is recorded HIV/AIDS cases gradually becoming alarming
Youth have normalized active sex - Health director
Kwahu West Health Director, Celestina Asante, has stated that the Municipal capital, Nkawkaw, holds a huge share of the new HIV/AIDS cases recorded
Read full articlein the Eastern Region, Kasapafmonline reports.
The AIDS commission through its technical unit earlier this week, came out with some 2,128 new cases of HIV in the Eastern Region.
Madam Celestina Asante made this revelation when she appeared on Nkawkaw-based Agoo FM’s morning show, according to her, the virus persists mainly among the youth, solely because the youth have normalized partaking in casual sex.
She is reported to have said the first five big hospitals in the region including Holy Family hospital Nkawkaw, St. Dominic’s at Akwatia, Nsawam Regional hospital, Oda government hospital and Lower Manya krobo hospital are recording more cases.
According to Kasapafmonline, she indicated that pregnant women are encouraged to undergo mandatory HIV/AIDS test in the various health facilities to ensure the safety of the unborn baby.
She later revealed that some youth and teenagers contracted the virus from their parents and have started experimenting with sex hereby spreading it to innocent persons, Kasapafmonline said.
Mrs. Celestina Asante cautioned the youth to be careful due to the increasing spate of the virus amongst the youth
“In the past, HIV used to be contracted by middle-age people especially the rich men. With the youth, the young girls had it more but now it has changed, the virus is being contracted by both men and women being it adult and young,” she is quoted to have said.
Mrs. Asante however, noted persons are no more identified by the initial symptoms of one losing weight owing to drugs that conceal the recognizable symptoms.
She blamed decline in sexual health education to COVID-19 and cautioned the public against unprotected sexual activities.
