{"id":464389,"date":"2018-02-14T20:33:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T20:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/14\/girl-17-infected-with-hiv-by-mother-sacked-from-home-by-father\/"},"modified":"2018-02-14T20:33:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T20:33:24","slug":"girl-17-infected-with-hiv-by-mother-sacked-from-home-by-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/14\/girl-17-infected-with-hiv-by-mother-sacked-from-home-by-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl 17, infected with HIV by mother, sacked from home by father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 14 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-14<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/83896671.295.jpg\" alt=\"AIDS55\" title=\"AIDS55\" width=\"295\" height=\"150\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>File Photo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518640404_613_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> A 17-year-old HIV AIDS sufferer says her father has sent her out of the house because of her status.<\/p>\n<p>Naana [pseudonym], who claims she was infected by her late mother says her estranged father is unwilling to check his status.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, he does not take care of her needs and only goes to town to buy food and other things he needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven when he brings the food home, he eats alone and leaves me hungry\u2026he does not give me water or soap to take my bath,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Her father, she claims, does not allow her to sleep in the house so she sleeps outside without a mosquito net.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the development, the Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Dr Mokowa Blay Adu-Gyamfi, has requested a formal complaint on the case for investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Mokowa Blay Adu-Gyamfi stressed that the Commission&#8217;s Act 938 criminalises stigmatising people with the virus.<\/p>\n<p>She told Joy News that cases of stigmatisation have been reported to the various security agencies to deal with when brought to their attention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have had issues of people who have been sent out of their jobs because they have tested positive and those organisations have been asked to reinstate them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Director-General has urged such victims to make their complaints formal and not only report them to the media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just cannot take the issues up just because they are legitimate,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/1TWmKS3U-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: 55 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 14 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-14 File Photo A 17-year-old HIV AIDS sufferer says her father has sent her out of the house because of her status. Naana [pseudonym], who claims she was infected by her late mother says her estranged father is unwilling to check his status. 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