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Lack of privacy inhibits HIV counselling and screen in Krowor Municipality
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Lack of privacy is one of the factors driving residents of Nungua from active participation in HIV counselling and screening in the Krowor Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.
This has compelled health personnel who conduct health screening in the area to passionately appeal to the Krowor Municipal Assembly to provide them with screen to ensure privacy and funds for drugs during such exercise.
They have again pleaded with the Krowor Municipal Health Directorate for the creation of more wellness clinics in the communities.
In an interview with The Spectator at HIV counselling and screening, Ms Cynthia Adongo, HIV Focal Person of Krowor Municipal Assembly said that many people were relunctant to offer themselves for screening because of the prying eyes of their colleagues “since there are no screens to ensure their privacy.”
She stressed that need for intensification of education on HIV and tuberculosis to reduce the infection rate as well as increase case detection.
“Another challenges we have identified are lack of drugs and clients’ refusal to go to the hospital when they are referred for further management,” she said.
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Christians have been urged to demonstrate a living faith in Jesus Christ by allowing their confession of Him as Lord and Saviour to reflect in their daily lives.
According to the Kaneshie District Pastor of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana (EPCG), Rev. Dzidzor Nathaniel Affram, a genuine Christian’s confession should go beyond words and be demonstrated through obedience to God, love for others and service to the Church.
He made the call at the 40th anniversary remembrance service for the late Wesley Kwasi Kwadzo at the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, Maranatha Congregation at Awudome Avenui in the Volta Region.
Speaking on the theme, “The Church Built on a Living Confession,” Rev. Affram said life would continually present challenges capable of testing Christians’ faith, making it necessary for believers to hold firmly to their confession that Jesus Christ is Lord.
He explained that accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour required Christians to live according to His teachings, stressing that their faith must be evident in their conduct.
“A living confession listens to God and not man,” he said, urging Christians to remain obedient to God even when faced with difficulties and pressures.
Rev. Affram further encouraged the congregation to care for vulnerable people and demonstrate concern for others, adding that such acts were practical expressions of Christian faith.
He also urged Christians to identify and use their God-given gifts to build the Church.
He said every member of the Church had a role to play and cautioned Christians against looking down on others because of their status or abilities.
The remembrance service brought together family members, friends, members of the congregation and sympathisers to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the late Wesley Kwasi Kwadzo.
By Lizzy Okai
