Treat AIDS patients with love, official

Aprede-Akwapim (Eastern Region), 5th May ?99 ?

A project assistant of the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG), Mr Elvis Billa has advised Ghanaians to treat HIV/AIDS patients with love and care to enable them to live longer.

He explained that very often the attitude of people towards HIV/AIDS patients rushed them to death because it gives them more stress and pain than the disease does.

Mr Billa gave the advice at a lecture and film show on HIV/AIDS organised by the Aprede Billion Club, a social club, at Aprede-Akwapim at the weekend.

He advised hairdressers to use gloves when styling the hair of their clients to avoid contracting the HIV virus from infected clients and sterilise their towels in boiling water for about 20 minutes before using them on their next clients.

Mr Alex Asare, a peer Educator of PPAG said AIDS could be contracted by anybody irrespective of the person's status or material resources and asked for compassion towards victims.