2000 homosexuals registered in Western Region
May 30, 2011 at 8:26am 2000 homosexuals registered in Western Region The Western Regional HIV and AIDS Focal Person, Dr. Ronald Sowah, has announced that 2000 people have officially been registered as homosexuals in the region. He has, therefore, charged health workers in the region not to discriminate against them when they visit the various health facilities with health complications for treatment. “Dispense health services to them without prejudice to their work because it is their fundamental human right to be taken care of when they are sick, “he said. Dr Sowah was addressing over 200 health workers drawn from the 17 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in the Western region at a day’s workshop on “Focus Region Project” in Takoradi. The workshop, which was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was aimed at training health workers to be abreast with the basic facts about HIV and AIDS, as well as manage post exposure prophylaxis of blood