I was the primary lead person working on the layout and graphical aspects of this PP deck. I also contributed information for 12 slides of this advocacy presentation.
1. Ghana’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaigns: Education and Awareness At All Ages Africa and Communication Jamie Randall, Christina Shull, Brenda Stice, Martin Wojnar
7. “AIDS is a problem now, not just out there in Africa, it is here in our cities and in our villages… right on this camp, there is AIDS here. Plenty of people are getting this disease… 200 people everyday in Ghana!” - Jeremiah Burgess “ By the start of 2000 an estimated 3.6% of the population – 340,000 adults and children – were living with HIV, more than 33,000 had died of AIDS or a related illness in 1999 alone and 170,000 children had lost their mother or both parents to the emerging epidemic (MEASURE/ Ghana AIDS cases in the country is unknown and unknowable, and the vast majority of those infected do not know that they are’ (Antwi & Oppong, 2003: 2).” -Caroline Faria
8. Women as percent of Ghanaian adults estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS, 2003 was 56% 2.1-3.9% of Ghanaian young women, ages 15-24, are estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS (2001) People between the ages of 25-34 are the hardest hit, accounting for over 40% of AIDS cases reported in Ghana during (2002)
9. Needs for Help and Change (2003) The estimated number of AIDS orphans in Ghana was 170,000! Number of people estimated to be receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART), June 2005 was 2,500 – 3,000 !
10. Thousands and thousands you've killed, Spoiled the beauty of our continent curse no meaning to life Yet you are no sacrifice. AIDS do you have Mercy? AIDS, oh AIDS, You are a deadly monster, you've taken our fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters, homes left full of grace, why? Just because of Mr. Slim. Others call me Mr. Kill me quick, Scientists have gone to the moon, made nuclear weapons, yet you are no sacrifice. AIDS, do you have mercy? Dear brothers and sisters, Friends and relatives, Sons and daughters And my loving parents, Lend me your ears And get this message right, With your broken heart I am asking you, Please take care of the youth, Stop bad habits, be faithful to each other. This monster never sleeps, there is no cure For AIDS, oh AIDS, do you have mercy? Boniface Kinywa Boniface Kinywa is a 12-year-old AIDS orphan
11. Numbers crunch HIV/AIDS in Ghana Population, 2007 23,000,000 People living with HIV/AIDS, 2005 320,000 Women (aged 15+) with HIV/AIDS, 2005 180,000 Children with HIV/AIDS, 2005 25,000 Adult HIV prevalence (%), 2005 2.3 New HIV infections, 2005 nd AIDS deaths, 2005 29,000 nd = No data Source: Population Reference Bureau & UNAIDS
12. It is believed that only an estimated 40% of all HIV positive cases are reported to the authorities increasing the ambiguity with regards to the real situation of HIV/AIDS in Ghana. But there is hope…..