HIV/AIDS awareness campaign must be intensified before it affects nation’s workforce – Aba Oppong

Mrs Oppong identified stigma associated with HIV/AIDS as another factor contributing to the spread of the disease, saying intensified public education would help reduce discrimination against people living with HIV.

Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Kumasi, Mrs Oppong said although Ghana had made significant progress in expanding access to HIV testing and treatment, public education on HIV prevention had declined compared to the vigorous nationwide campaigns conducted some years ago.

She noted that some people also believed HIV/AIDS was no longer a serious public health threat compared to other diseases, a perception she said contributed to its continued spread and placed more young people at risk of infection.