During a media briefing in Accra the previous day, Dr Mokowaa Blay Adu, the Director General of the Commission, restated that the only operative way of managing the HIV and AIDS utbreaks by adhering to the anti-retroviral treatment.

Cure Not Yet Found

The Medic observed that similar accounts had concluded that a Centre of Awareness (COA) food supplement was currently being used to treat HIV but she was swift to drive the public’s attention to the point that the supposed food supplement had not been approved as a HIV Medication.

Only permitted drugs for HIV treatment , she said, was the Anti-retroviral Drug adding that People Living With HIV (PLHIV) are, for that reason, encouraged to adhere to it.

She urged all people, particularly PLHIV, not to be fooled by people who hyped the alleged COA food supplement as a treatment and cure for HIV and AIDS, warning that failure to observe the prescribed medication upshots in negative outcomes such as ill-health, deterioration, resistance to treatment and eventually death.

Dr Adu observed that it was imperative for to know their HIV status as testing services for HIV were regarded as the best way to preemptively manage HIV diagnoses, along with support, care, and general avoidance.

More Funding For Research Needed

Under the fresh GAC Act 938, 2016, she revealed, plans were ongoing to launch a HIV and AIDS fund for related study, HIV avoidance, stigmatization lessening and treatment, care and also support for the PLHIV.

She revealed that the world aims to identify a viable treatment and cure for HIV by 2030.  To achieve the target, the Common United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has set up the 90-90- 90 ambitious management target adopted by Ghana.

“The target envisions that 90 per cent of all PLHIV will establish their HIV status; 90% of all individuals diagnosed with HIV contagion will get sustained ARVS; and 90% of all people getting anti-retroviral therapy will have viral subdual,” Dr Adu stated. Ghana has at present started with the primary 90% target to warrant that majority of Ghanaians established their HIV status.

The Commission estimates that Ghana’s population will increase from 13.5 million to 31 million by 2020. This surge in population growth will require more comprehensive screenings over the 5-year period of 2016 to 2020. HIV treatment and counseling will also be a necessity as part of the NSP HIV/AIDS strategic plan.

Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, The Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), added that the deceptive information in the public domain about a potential HIV treatment and cure had aggravated conditions of PLHIV and discouraged the efforts to manage the disease.

Hopefully, as research progresses, a viable cure can be identified within the next few years. To learn more about comprehensive and accurate testing for HIV, contact STDLabs today. 

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