iv) operated  48  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.         6.22  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.     144    

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