The acting Director of the Commission, Mr. Kyeremeh Atuahene, who made this
known in Accra on Thursday, said that of the 1,600,000 pregnancies for that
year, 71 percent of them tested for HIV and 67 percent received
Anti-retroviral treatment.
He made this known at the launch of the “Free-to-Shine Campaign” by the First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo in Accra.
The campaign seeks to increase awareness on HIV, enhance advocacy, foster
stronger partnerships and mobilise resources towards the prevention of
mother-to-child HIV transmission in the country.
For her part, the First Lady, urged expectant mothers to take the bold
step of checking for their HIV status to help save the lives of innocent
unborn children.