In order to achieve the 90-90-90 target in the HIV and AIDS response, the Ghana Health Service (GHS), is ensuring that\u00a0HIV testing is offered to all out and in patients, emergency room patients and mothers and infants attending child weighing at special clinics.<\/p>\n
These special clinics include nutritional rehabilitation, STI and dermatology clinic, and these strategies are expected to maximize provider initiated testing within health facilities in the country under the \u2018treat all\u2019 policy adopted in 2016.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”Pd51qpCLIdmVuezot3C4T4a0jxYqwffD”]The 90-90-90 targets that by 2020, 90 per cent of people living with HIV should be aware of their status, 90 per cent of all Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV) receive ART, and 90 per cent of people on ART achieving viral suppression within 12 months.<\/p>\n
According to a statement signed by Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, Director-General, GHS, \u201cthese targets indicate a rapid scale-up between 2017 and 2020, as a critical opportunity to lay the foundation to end the AIDS epidemic in 2030\u201d.<\/p>\n
The statement urged all facilities to utilize the pediatric HIV formulations instead of breaking up adult tablets to children, and cautioned that \u201cthis is not and should not be construed as an endorsement of coercive or mandatory HIV testing\u201d adding that, it was in the interest of achieving the targets set to end the AIDS epidemic.<\/p>\n
The statement noted that, the \u201ctreat all\u201d policy require that viral load measurement is used in monitoring HIV clients on treatment, therefore facilities should engage the district health administrations through the district HIV focal persons for sample transport to the regional testing site and result transmission to request facilities.<\/p>\n
The statement added that, additional commodities had been made available at the Regional Medical Stores (RMS), to support the policy, and urged managements of the RMSs and health facilities across the country to strategize to implement the policy.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In order to achieve the 90-90-90 target in the HIV and AIDS response, the Ghana Health Service (GHS), is ensuring that\u00a0HIV testing is offered to all out and in patients, emergency room patients and mothers and infants attending child weighing at special clinics. These special clinics include nutritional rehabilitation, STI and dermatology clinic, and these […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[7002,3,1727,1756],"yoast_head":"\n