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SWAA GHANA ATTENDS USAID AWARE II END OF PROJECT MEETING
The President, Ms Nancy Ansah, and the Immediate Past President, Mrs. Cecilia Senoo participated in USAID AWARE II End of Project Meeting between June 11-13, 2012 at the Sakarawa Hotel, Togo.
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SWAA GHANA PARTICIPATES IN THE 16TH ICASA CONFERENCE
On 17 and 18 November, the President of SWAA Ghana, Ms. Nancy Ansah and the Immediate Pats President, Mrs. Cecilia Senoo,joined 129 people from 24 countries and 4 continents gathered
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The President Attends the International Female Condom Conference
On 17 and 18 November, the President of SWAA Ghana, Ms. Nancy Ansah and the Immediate Pats President, Mrs. Cecilia Senoo,joined 129 people from 24 countries and 4 continents gathered
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UNFPA and SWAA Ghana Organises Capacity Workshop For Kayayee
Accra, Oct. 12, GNA – Ms Nancy Ansah, President of the Society for Women and AIDS in Africa (SWAA) Ghana, has noted that the global population increase of seven billion has necessitated the need to improve women’s reproductive health.
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The President Participates in the 50th Ordinary Session of the African Commission
The President, Ms. Nancy Ansah, honoured an invitation to The Gambia to participate in a forum on the participation of NGOs in the 50th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights and the 24th African Human Rights Book Fair.
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SWAA Ghana HIV Clubs in Tertiary Institutions
SWAA Ghana, with support from the Global Fund, has formed 4 HIV clubs in four tertiary institutions in Ghana namely; University of Development Studies
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Sex work is universal phenomenon but illegal in many jurisdictions including Ghana. Activities are therefore clandestine. This makes it difficult to determine the true extent of the sex work industry although it is acknowledged to be substantial and has apparently been increasing in recent years.

Effectively addressing HIV and AIDS epidemic among sex workers and their clients, SWAA Ghana, since December 2008, started implementing HIV intervention with a focus on female sex workers (FSW) and their Non-Paying Partners (NonPP) at Sampa in the Jaman North District in the Brong Ahafo region.

The choice of Sampa was strategic and timely because of its proximity to La Cote D’Ivoire and the cashew nut harvesting, which attracts a lot of cross border activities between traders from Cote d’ivoire and producers in Ghana and other foreigners.

Activities implemented

  • A-four day training workshop was organized to train 8 FSW and 2 of their NonPP and SWAA staff to equip them with knowledge on HIV and AIDS and to educate their peers in the sex trade and their non paying partners within the district on the HIV and AIDS menace and encouraged them to protect themselves from getting infected. Additionally, they were to promote eight key HIV and AIDS behaviors.
  • Love and trust activity were organized to give education on STIs, HIV and AIDS to FSWs and NPPs and their peers. The programme also promoted condom use among FSWs and their NPPS and Counseling and Testing for participants.
  • SWAA collaborated with the district health directorate and organized community outreach activities to give education, screening and treatment services on STIs, HIV and AIDS to community members who could not afford the cost of transportation to the hospitals where they were referred
  • SWAA and the Sampa District hospital formed a network of people living with HIV from communities within the Jaman North District. Out of the 19 members, 12 are FSW.

Achievements

  • 56 condom outlets were opened and a total of  15,342 condoms distributed
  • 134 FSWs went for CT and received their results and 349 received treatment for STIs
  • 20 NPPs received STIs treatment and CT respectively
  • SWAA was the only NGO working on HIV in the Jaman North District

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