The HIV population among children aged one to four years was 7,699 in 2020, while new infections in children of the same age group in 2021 were 443. “This is not good because most of these children got it from their mothers. They were mainly mother-to-child transmissions and that is something we have to avoid,” […]
Tag: Dr. Stephen Ayisi Addo
‘Churches demand for HIV status from potential couples illegal’
The Programmes Manager of the National AIDS/STI Control Programme, Dr Stephen Ayisi Addo, has stated categorically that it is illegal for churches and religious leaders to demand HIV test from potential couples before blessing their marriage. “Love is bigger than HIV; and no church or pastor has the right to deny a potential couple the […]