Fate of people living with HIV: Do you know your status?
As programs marking World AIDS Day took place in Ghana on Thursday, the question of what will happen to the nearly 49,000 people living with HIV echoed, while in Sierra Leone people have been saying how much they know about the disease and whether they know their HIV status.
All of this comes amidst reports of cut support to the giant Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
World AIDS Day, which is an annual celebration on 1 December, was set aside by the United Nations to highlight the problems of HIV/AID, which has killed thousands of people since the disease was first discovered in the 1980s.
Although there is no cure yet for the disease, some inroads have been made in care and treatment. Up to the end of last year, the UNAIDS says some 34 million people were living with HIV around the world.
In Ghana, programs marking World AIDS day in Ghana included a forum attended by stakeholders, who discussed a number of funding opportunities for People living with the disease, after the Global Fund withdraws its support.
Many are asking what will happen to the thousands of people living with HIV in the country.
The fund’s five-year support for the treatment of the thousands of people living with HIV in Ghana ended in April this year, but as WADR’s Accra Correspondent Kofi Agyepong reports, it was extended.
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In Sierra Leone, World AIDS Day was observed with a march through the streets of the capital, Freetown and other activities, including sensitization programs.
But how much do people know about their HIV status?
In the wake of the World AIDS Day celebrations, WADR’s Freetown Correspondent Mohamed Konneh has been gauging the views of Sierra Leoneans about the disease.
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