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Ms. Cecelia Abena Dapaah, Minister of Aviation and Executive Supervision of the Ghana Commission on AIDS (GAC), said that Ghana is ready to reach the ambitious goal 90-90-90 AIDS by 2030.
She said that Ghana is already doing well in terms of activities and interventions put in place, but progress was at a slow pace coupled with the challenge of funding to implement some of the bright ideas to reach the targets.
Ms. Dapaah said this when she, along with the leaders of the Ghana AIDS Commission, met with UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Michel Sidibé at the 22nd International AIDS Conference here in Rai Amsterdam , The Netherlands to share the visions of Ghana.
She noted that the 90-90-90 goals were achievable and feasible, but Ghana needed to redouble efforts in the areas of infection prevention for babies and young people for generations. been taken care of and protected.
The 90-90-90 concept was introduced by UNAIDS in 2013. The idea was that by 2020, 90 percent of people infected with HIV would be diagnosed, 90 percent . One hundred per cent of those diagnosed would receive antiretroviral therapy and 90 per cent of those receiving antiretroviral therapy would be virally suppressed.
The strategy aims to control the HIV epidemic and is based on the principle The approach "test and treat" is that, if we can identify people at the early stage of the epidemic. infection, and start treatment so that they are removed virally, the subsequent transmission of HIV would be noted that another group of identified and requiring more attention was middle-income people who were infected but who, because of personal stigma, could not access medicatio. n, but in turn attract young people and infect them.
Ms. Dapaah explained that the country needed resources and funds to provide services to this group of people to protect them and prevent other infections. She said that with the means that the country had been able to reach, the country had no excuses to keep its promise and promised that Ghana was ready to work with the country. UNAIDS to reach the goal as a country and She also expressed concern over the decrease of the Global Fund and called on UNAIDS to reconsider funding for AIDS programs.
million. Steve Kyeremeh Atuahene, Acting Director General of the GAC, said the laudable measures put in place to combat HIV / AIDS had increased the coverage of prevention of mother-to-child transmission, but that it was not enough to prevent HIV infection. she had to increase again.
He thanked UNAIDS for its continuous technique. Dr. Stephen Ayisi Addo, Director of the National AIDS Control Program, added that for Ghana to reach the targets set, the UNAIDS Ghana office needed support, which had contributed to the success of Ghana. He said that as part of the measures planned for the country, AIDS Ambbadadors would be appointed to lead the crusade and put in place a combined prevention approach to ensure that Dr. Kwabena Twum-Nuamah, Chair of the Special Parliamentary Committee on health, said the unfortunate complacency had settled, which had affected the influx of funds and noted that Ghana would work He said that Ghana would continue to prioritize funding, in order to to ensure that the country had all the funds necessary for the proper implementation of "
Dr Sidibé congratulated Ghana for demonstrating exemplary leadership and achievements. so far and has urged them to work hard to make Ghana the number one in West Africa in matters of maternity and maternity. He urged the Ghana team to ensure that they integrate HIV into primary health care to achieve universal health coverage
"There were 1.4 million HIV-positive people who are untreated and continue to infect people and we need to focus on early prevention strategies for young people because, they are badually active and infect their peers and this keeps the cycle between them. "
Dr. Mokowa Blay Adu -Gyamfi, former GAC Executive Director and Ms. Leticia Adelaide Appiah, Executive Director of the National Population Council, Ms. Emma Fowlds, Executive Director of UNAIDS, was part of the meeting. urce: GNA
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