{"id":319238,"date":"2024-04-15T09:05:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T09:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/?p=319238"},"modified":"2024-04-15T10:54:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T10:54:27","slug":"hiv-aids-womens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/general\/hiv-aids-womens\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s groups urged to join fight against stigmatisation of people living with HIV\/AIDS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
By Patience Bumbom<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Co-Founder and Executive Secretary of the International Women Empowerment Network<\/a> (IWEN-Ghana), Celestina Andoh, has entreated women\u2019s groups to relentlessly work in support of the fight against the stigmatisation of People living with HIV (PLHIV).<\/p>\n\n\n\n She also asked them to collaborate with health officials to mount an intensive public education campaign to help control the spread of the disease. Ms. Andoh said this in an interview with JoyNews at Sunyani, the Bono regional capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She pointed out that women could not be ignored in society if Ghana seriously wanted to tackle the fight against any epidemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI strongly believe that if women decide to play active roles in public education on HIV and AIDS, we will eventually win the fight because women are focused on whatever they decide to do, and they do it well,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n