HIV/AIDS sufferers attend workshop

Techiman (B/A), Nov. 23, GNA - Divine Faith Association, an NGO operating in Techiman municipality has organised a three-month training workshop for 30 persons living with HIV/AIDS in Techiman. The participants, who were selected from Techiman, Akomadan and Kintampo, were taken through the manufacturing of liquid soap, powder and bar soap to help them to become self-reliant. Briefing the Ghana News Agency in Techiman, Mrs Dorcas Armstrong Fordjour, vice president of the Ghana Registered Midwives Association, noted that people living with HIV/AIDS often died due to poverty and poor nutrition.

She stressed the importance to help them gain employable skills to enhance their livelihood.

Mrs Doris Mensah-Sarfo, Municipal Director of Health Service, advised the participants to eat nutritious meals to build their immunity to control opportunistic infections of the disease. Madam Bagrmwin Clementia, Municipal Disease Control Officer, advised them against sharing used needles, syringes and razor blades and urged them to embrace training schemes to become productive in order to generate income to enhance their longevity. The participants expressed appreciation for the training and gave the assurance that they would not relent in efforts and would work tirelessly to achieve their training objectives. One of the participants registered her displeasure about the stigmatization of victims by the general public.