Tuesday, September 11, 2012

COLLABORATION WITH CITY OF REFUGE MINISTRIES JUNE 14th-20th

  • Medical personnel from both the City of Refuge Ministries and WAAF conducted HIV and Hepatitis B tests for members of deprived communities in the Volta and Greater Accra regions.

  • General medical checks, wound dressings as well as in kind donations in the form of clothing supplements and spritual healing through prayers was also provided.

  • Total number of 720 people were tested for HIV and 108 for Hepatitis B across the areas:
    • Adult (18-90 years old) male tested=149
    • Adult male negative=142
    • Adult male positive=7

    • Children (0-17 years old) male tested=200
    • Children male negative=193
    • Children male positive=7

    •  Adult female tested=322
    • Adult female negative= 306
    • Adult female positive=16

    • Children female tested=157
    • Children female negative=154
    • Children female positive= 3

  • It was a good collaboration as we were able to reach groups of persons who otherwise would never have access to such programs.

  • A continuous partnership looks encouraging and something we, as an organisation can look forward to developing.