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Adults aged 25 and above constitute majority of HIV population – AIDS Commission

Adults aged 25 and above constitute majority of HIV population – AIDS Commission

Ghana News, Health & Wellbeing
The Ghana AIDS Commission has raised concerns about the rising rate of new HIV infections and the demographics most affected in the country. The Commission underscored the urgent need for Ghana to implement strategies to achieve epidemic control. From 2013 to 2023, Ghana experienced a 9.0% increase in its HIV population, with projections indicating a further 6.8% increase by 2030. Despite a 14.8% reduction in new HIV infections, totaling 17,774 cases, the country also recorded 12,480 deaths due to AIDS, representing a 20.5% decrease in annual AIDS-related deaths from 2013 to 2023, with an anticipated further decline of 58.1% from 2023 to 2030. Currently, Ghana’s total HIV population stands at 334,095, with the highest number of cases in Accra, the Ashanti region, and the Easter...
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Ghana recorded 17,774 new HIV infections in 2023

Ghana recorded 17,774 new HIV infections in 2023

Ghana News, Health & Wellbeing
Data from the 2023 national and sub-national HIV and AIDS estimates and projections showed 17, 774 people- 6,457 males and 11, 317 females- became newly infected with HIV in that year.  The number comprises 4,869 youth between 15 and 24, 1,698 children under 15, 1,520 adolescents between 10 and 19, and 16,076 adults above 15.  Dr Kyeremeh Atuahene, Director General of the Ghana AIDS Commission who disclosed this in Accra on Wednesday, said that the projection showed a 14.8 per cent decrease in new infections between 2013 and 2023  “The data indicates that Ghana has not been able to achieve its annual target of a 17 per cent reduction in new HIV infections in the last ten year,” he said.  Dr Atuahene said Ghana was expected to achieve a 41 per cent increase i...
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Man’s Greatest Need Is Wisdom – Apostle Nyamekye Reveals

Man’s Greatest Need Is Wisdom – Apostle Nyamekye Reveals

Ghana News, Pent TV, Pentecost News
The Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, has averred that wisdom is man’s greatest need on earth. He made this revelation on Sunday, June 16, 2024, during the climax of the 2024 Pentecost Men’s Ministry Week celebration at the Kaneshie Central assembly auditorium. Speaking on the topic, ‘Man, Be Strong and Courageous,’ Apostle Nyamekye indicated that God created man to manage the earth. However, for man to effectively manage the earth, God blessed them with wisdom. To exemplify this wisdom needed to manage the world, God created everything man needs on earth before creating them. The Chairman explained that to be blessed does not mean a person does not need to do any work. Rather, a person who has been blessed by God needs to work hard to activate this bless...
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Top doctor alarmed by weight-loss drug misuse

Top doctor alarmed by weight-loss drug misuse

Health & Wellbeing, International
NHS England's medical director says he is alarmed by reports that people are using weight-loss drugs as "a quick fix" to lose a few pounds and get "beach-body ready" this summer. Professor Stephen Powis said the side-effects of the drugs could be dangerous, and they needed to be used under medical supervision. Interest in Wegovy, for treating obesity, surged after studies suggested users could lose over 10% of their body weight. Drug treatments are now seen as an important tool in tackling obesity. Wegovy, a weight-loss injection, can be prescribed on the NHS in England to people at the top end of the obesity range through specialist weight management clinics. It contains the drug semaglutide, which makes people feel full and reduces their appetite. Another anti-obesity drug...
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Apostle Dr Koranteng Sensitises School Proprietors On Child Health & Well-Being

Apostle Dr Koranteng Sensitises School Proprietors On Child Health & Well-Being

Ghana News, Health & Wellbeing, Pent TV, Pentecost News
The Director of the Pentecost Hospital-Madina, Apostle Dr Edward Arkoh Koranteng, has sensitised proprietors of Christian private schools on the need to ensure child health and well-being in their schools. According to Dr Korangteng, proprietors and school managers are part of God’s plan in nurturing great destinies (children) for God’s glory. He disclosed that since every child’s glorious future and destiny revolves around sound health and well-being, there is the need for proprietors to place premium on it, saying, ‘Proprietors need to ensure that every child in their schools is fit holistically in terms of their social, mental and physical well-being.’ Apostle Dr Koranteng was speaking at the maiden Conference for Proprietors of Christian Private Schools organised by the Children’...
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Child Training Is Shared Responsibility – General Secretary

Child Training Is Shared Responsibility – General Secretary

Ghana News, Lifestyle & Social, Pent TV, Pentecost News
Apostle Samuel Gyau Oboubi, the General Secretary of The Church of Pentecost, has indicated that the training of children is a shared responsibility between parents, schools, the community and the church. Speaking on the topic, ‘Train a child the way he should go,’ Apostle Oboubi noted that even though it is the primary responsibility of parents to train a child, schools and churches also have a key role to play in that regard. The General Secretary said this when speaking at the closing ceremony of a three-day conference organised by the Children’s Ministry of The Church of Pentecost for proprietors of Christian private schools at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC), on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Referencing Proverbs 22:6, Apostle Obuobi intimated that the foundation of every ch...
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