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Health Ministry draws up plan against HIV

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    Ghana’s Health Ministry has drawn up a five-year plan to combat HIV/AIDS at a cost of about US $45 million, the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) reported on Monday.

    The plan includes the earmarking of about US $30 million for the treatment of people living with HIV, about 120 of whom die daily, GBC reported the deputy director-general of the Ghana Health Service, Sam Adjei, as saying.

    Adjei said the plan focuses on reducing HIV transmission, promoting care and support for people with HIV, developing the information and research needed to fight the virus and setting up an HIV/AIDS programme for the some 28,000 health workers in Ghana.

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