Persons Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (PLWHIV) in the Ashiaman Municipality of the Greater Accra Region has received some personal protective equipment (PPE) worth Ghc15,000 towards the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic among persons living with HIV/AIDS.
The presentation was made on Tuesday by the leader of the ActionPlus Foundation in charge of health advocacy globally at an impact workshop on coronavirus for some persons living with HIV in Accra. It was in collaboration with the Ghana Aids Commission and the Ashiaman Municipal Health Directorate with the objective of educating the patients on their health conditions.
The workshop which took place at the Joy City Chapel Auditorium in Lashibi (Accra) saw Apostle Fred Osei Annin, Founder of Actionplus Foundation joining the workshop virtually from the United Kingdom. He explained that his organization is a world-renowned Non-Governmental Organization that has led the campaign and fight against HIV/AIDS across the globe over the past two decades. He said organizing the impact workshop and delivering essential items is very timely because of the level of relief it brings to persons living with HIV/AIDS.
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“Our mandate here this morning is not only to talk about HIV/AIDS, rather support persons living with such medical conditions with food items, vitamins, Veronica Buckets, Hand Sanitizers, Liquid Soaps, Tissue Papers, Nose Masks, and cash amount to help improve the living conditions of these people who have been adversely hit by the effect of the COVID- 19 pandemics”.
Madam Rita Afriyie, Technical Coordinator of the Ghana Aids Commission at the workshop debunked the rumor that Ghana has run out of Antiretroviral drugs that are administered to persons living with HIV/AIDS. She said her outfit has adopted what was known in their circles as rationing – explaining that the Health Facilities in the country were administering one-month drug because the person living with HIV/AIDS needs to be monitored and be encouraged to be visiting health facilities for further checks, hence it was not advisable to have given them three months’ drug because of the COVID19 lockdown restrictions.
She reiterated that the Ghana Aids Commission has been working closely with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and have adopted the use of dispatch to deliver the medications to various persons at their respective locations to help suppress their load and also cause them to adhere to the safety and preventive measures of Covid-19 protocols.
Mrs. Patience Mamattah, the Municipal Health Director of the Ashiaman Health Directorate made a humble call to all corporate organizations supporting the COVID-19 relief fund to channel part of their resources to the Ghana Aids Commission to help them improve on what they are currently doing in their fight against the HIV/AIDS virus.
She called on all persons living with HIV/AIDS to adhere strictly to all the health protocols outlined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and also make sure they eat a balanced diet at all times to keep their immune system strong and functional.
Source: William Dei-Gyau
