HIV/AIDS Caregivers urged to provide quality care

Ho, July 24, GNA- People giving care to HIV/AIDS victims have been urged to offer quality care in order to uplift the flagging spirits of those victims and improve their health.

Mr Victor Ntumi-Attah, Executive Director of AFRIWEB Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), gave the advice at a workshop on home- based management for People Living With Aids (PLWAs) and their caregivers in Ho on Wednesday.

The workshop attended by 40 PLWAs and their caregivers, was organized by the Ghana AIDS Commission in collaboration with the Department of Women, to educate the caregivers on how to approach their work. Mr Ntumi-Attah urged the caregivers to provide nutritious food under hygienic conditions to the PLWAs in order to improve upon their health. "The real risk is that PLWAs rather catch infectious diseases from people in the household but not the other way round," he observed. They were taught how to use various nutritious local foods and herbs such as the moringa leaf, kontomire, soya bean and local rice to improve the diet of the victims and strengthen them. Ms Thywill Dordor, Program Officer of the Department of Women, said children of PLWAs also required special care in terms of feeding, cleanliness and friendly environments. 24 July 08