AIDS Commission encourages public to access HIV testing service

Director-General of Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC), Mr Kyeremeh Atuahene, has urged Ghanaians to make use of HIV testing services for comprehensive care as the country strives to meet the global target of ending AIDS by 2030.

Mr Kyeremeh Atuahene called on Ghanaians to make a difference by contributing their quota to eradicate the deadly disease.

He said his outfit is committed to fighting HIV adding, “We have got to do more to achieve the 90-90-90 targets and we encourage every Ghanaian to do AIDS test,” Mr Kyeremeh Atuahene told Lawyer Ohene Gyan on ‘Pae Mu Ka’ on Accra-based Kingdom FM 107.7.

“The commission recognizes the need to support everybody who is affected by the disease, particularly those who have been abandoned by families after their parents died of HIV but we are constrained by funds."

Mr Atuahene admitted the country’s inability to meet the 90-90-90 HIV targets of 90 per cent of the population knowing their status, 90 per cent of those who are HIV positive getting ART treatment and 90 per cent of those on ART treatment having viral suppression.

He said, as Ghana strived to achieve epidemic control, it was important stakeholders worked together to achieve what he called a fast track target by 2020.