{"id":442826,"date":"2011-06-17T07:15:53","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T07:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2011-06-17T07:15:53","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T07:15:53","slug":"unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Unsafe sex, cause of HIV and AIDS pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

You Are Here: Home<\/a> \u00bb General News<\/a> \u00bb Unsafe sex, cause of HIV and AIDS pandemic<\/p>\n

\n

Page last updated at Friday, June 17, 2011 7:07 AM \/\/ <\/span><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>Nana Owusu Boatey, Head of Occupational, Health and Safety at the Trade Union Congress, has noted that 85 per cent of People Living with HIV\/AIDS were infected through unsafe sex.<\/p>\n

He said workers in the transport sector were very vulnerable to the disease because they spent a lot of time away from home and embarked on long distance journeys, exposed to administrative delays at the border crossing and often\u00a0 lacked proper accommodation and security.<\/p>\n

He also expressed worry that although trade union education on HIV and AIDS was high at the workplaces compliance was not impressive.<\/p>\n

Mr Boatey called on stakeholders especially the youth to change their attitude towards sex.<\/p>\n

In an interview with the Ghana News Agency at a two-day workshop to sensitise transport workers in Accra on HIV and AIDS, he said the disease had triple impact on the transport sector spanning the workers, their families and communities.<\/p>\n

Nana Boatey said the disease also threatened economic productivity.<\/p>\n

He noted that prevalence was at present very high in Sub-Saharan Africa, which was the centre of the disease and it needed to be halted before the situation got worse.<\/p>\n

He said it was crucial to empower members of organised labour to negotiate comprehensive HIV and AIDS clauses into their collective bargaining agreements, hence the need for the workshop.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believed that by strengthening the capacity of our members they will be committed to the successful implementation of HIV and AIDS programmes based on co-operation of management, employees and their representatives at their workplaces,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Source: GNA<\/p>\n

Comments<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

View original post here:
\nUnsafe sex, cause of HIV and AIDS pandemic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You Are Here: Home \u00bb General News \u00bb Unsafe sex, cause of HIV and AIDS pandemic Page last updated at Friday, June 17, 2011 7:07 AM \/\/ Nana Owusu Boatey, Head of Occupational, Health and Safety at the Trade Union Congress, has noted that 85 per cent of People Living with HIV\/AIDS were infected through unsafe sex. He said workers in the transport sector were very vulnerable to the disease because they spent a lot of time away from home and embarked on long distance journeys, exposed to administrative delays at the border crossing and often\u00a0 lacked proper accommodation and security. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":402417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-442826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"\nUnsafe sex, cause of HIV and AIDS pandemic - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Unsafe sex, cause of HIV and AIDS pandemic - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"You Are Here: Home \u00bb General News \u00bb Unsafe sex, cause of HIV and AIDS pandemic Page last updated at Friday, June 17, 2011 7:07 AM \/\/ Nana Owusu Boatey, Head of Occupational, Health and Safety at the Trade Union Congress, has noted that 85 per cent of People Living with HIV\/AIDS were infected through unsafe sex. He said workers in the transport sector were very vulnerable to the disease because they spent a lot of time away from home and embarked on long distance journeys, exposed to administrative delays at the border crossing and often\u00a0 lacked proper accommodation and security.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Unsafe sex, cause of HIV and AIDS pandemic\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-17T07:15:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/\"},\"wordCount\":299,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/\",\"name\":\"Unsafe sex, cause of HIV and AIDS pandemic - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-17T07:15:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Unsafe sex, cause of HIV and AIDS pandemic - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Unsafe sex, cause of HIV and AIDS pandemic - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"You Are Here: Home \u00bb General News \u00bb Unsafe sex, cause of HIV and AIDS pandemic Page last updated at Friday, June 17, 2011 7:07 AM \/\/ Nana Owusu Boatey, Head of Occupational, Health and Safety at the Trade Union Congress, has noted that 85 per cent of People Living with HIV\/AIDS were infected through unsafe sex. He said workers in the transport sector were very vulnerable to the disease because they spent a lot of time away from home and embarked on long distance journeys, exposed to administrative delays at the border crossing and often\u00a0 lacked proper accommodation and security.","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Unsafe sex, cause of HIV and AIDS pandemic","datePublished":"2011-06-17T07:15:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/"},"wordCount":299,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/","name":"Unsafe sex, cause of HIV and AIDS pandemic - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2011-06-17T07:15:53+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/unsafe-sex-cause-of-hiv-and-aids-pandemic\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}