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Perception of Voluntary Counselling and Testing among people living in Tumu Sub-district in northern Ghana |
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Rasmus Bo Hansen, IMCC, Roskilde University, 2007
This study is about the perception of Voluntary HIV/AIDS Counselling and Testing (VCT) among people living in the Sissala East District, which is situated in the northwestern part of Ghana. VCT is a national intervention towards prevention of HIV/AIDS. Sissala East District is present the only district in the region without a VCT centre. I got to know of this problem area due to my 16 month as a volunteer at the IMCC primary health project in Ghana, were I worked as an integrated part of the District health administration. The study makes use of focus group interviews and key-informant interviews. It is a qualitative study with a phenomenological approach together with theories from UNAIDS and empowerment theories from medical sociology. Many recommendations emerge from the results concerning the areas: Education and sensitisation of people, structures, education of health staff, economy and moving the service closer to the people.
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