iv)
operated
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Anti-‐retroviral
Sites
v)
Developed
HIV/AIDS
Alert
School
Model
to
promote
HIV
education
among
children
aged
10-‐14
vi)
Supported
the
implementation
of
the
Lagos-‐Abidjan
Corridor
Project
Respondents
(29.1
percent)
indicated
that
there
has
not
been
any
change
in
people’s
attitude
towards
HIV/AIDS.
Respondents
cited
reports
of
increased
teenage
pregnancies
as
evidence
that
the
youth
were
not
practising
safe
sex.
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Combating
Malaria
and
other
Communicable
Diseases
The
fight
against
malaria
was
given
a
boost
with
the
launch
of
the
President’s
Malaria
Initiative
(PMI)
in
December
2007.
The
initiative
will
distribute
Insecticide
Treated
Nets
(ITN)
to
more
than
1
million
Ghanaians
in
2008
and
conduct
indoor
insecticide
spraying
programmes
in
selected
districts
to
benefit
about
100,000
households.
In
addition,
PMI
will
work
with
the
Ghana
Health
Service
(GHS)
to
increase
access
to
malaria
drugs.
Tuberculosis
Approximately,
45,000
new
TB
cases
are
recorded
every
year
at
the
health
centres
across
the
country
with
a
relatively
high
mortality
rates.
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