Under the auspices of the Ministry of Health (MoH) and National AIDS/STI Control Programme (NACP), Ghana piloted an HIV Self-Testing (HIVST) project in 2023. The implementation took place in 50 HIV high burden districts and it was spearheaded by Ghana HIV and AIDS Network (GHANET), a ...
Similarly, Aboagye-Sarfo et al., [27] used the same approach to predict the incidence of HIV in Ghana within the coming 3 years. They found that the forecasted incidence exceeded the national HIV control program predicted incidence. Moreover, the ARIMA model was used to forecast the ...
Statistics from the GAC show that in 2020, Ghana achieved 63.2% in the first 90, 60.3% in the second 90 and 44.0% in the third 90, with key challenges such as stigma, discrimination, abandoning of treatment for prayer camps and false claims of cure [13]. Attempts to reach this ...
HIV/AIDS-associated neurocognitive impairments negatively affect treatment adherence, viral load suppression, CD4 count, functionality, and the overall quality of life of people with seropositive status. However, huge variability is observed across prima
In this case, weights need to be applied when tabulations are made of statistics to produce the proper representation") were included in this study (Fig. 1). The samples were selected using a two-stage stratified cluster sampling technique. Each region was stratified into urban and rural ...
Health systems have improved their abilities to identify, diagnose, treat and, increasingly, achieve viral suppression among people living with HIV (PLHIV). Despite these advances, a higher burden of multimorbidity and poorer health-related quality of li
Asiedu's (2007) study conducted in Ghana found that many intervention programmes did not consider the stigma family members experienced and the influence it had on their relationships with PLWH. A study conducted in Vietnam by Gaudine, Gien, Thuan, and Dung (2010) concluded that experiences ...
which were a determinant of HIV/AIDS-related services, similar to other health care practises [150,151]. Different axes of intersectionality prevent women from accessing HIV care [152]. Effective strategies are needed to address them. For example, implementation study in Ghana revealed that peer ...
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This study therefore aims to examine the determinants of ART adherence among PLHIV in the Tamale Metropolis, Ghana. Methods A facility-based cross-sectional study design was conducted from November 2023 to February 2024 to recruit 418 PLHIV using consecutive sampling from three healthcare facilities ...