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GHANA: Law to combat AIDS

Integrated Regional Information Networks - June 6, 2000

ABIDJAN, 6 June (IRIN) - A Ghana-based Canadian AIDS project manager, Thomas Agyarko-Poku, has called for a law that would compel religious and other identifiable bodies to contribute effectively to creating awareness of HIV/AIDS, 'The Chronicle' of Accra reported on Monday. Agyarko-Poku said given the scope of the AIDS problem, religious leaders could preach health, better governance and tolerance, instead of wealth. Agyarko-Poku said 37,000 Ghanaians had AIDS, and one out of every 20 Ghanaians were living with HIV. This, he added, had reduced the countryÆs food production and caused a drain on the economy. Six killed in plane crash Six passengers died when a commercial plane operated by Ghana's air force crashed on Monday at Accra's Kotoka International Airport, according to news reports. The director general of Ghana's Civil Aviation Authority, Andy Mensah, said the plane, a F-27 turboprop flown by the domestic carrier, Airlink 2000, was carrying 52 passengers and crew. The surviving 46 people are being treated at city hospitals. The plane was on an internal flight from Tamale, 420 km north of the capital, and crashed on landing in torrential rain. PANA, citing the Ghana News Agency, reported that heavy rain had forced the pilot of the Dutch-built aircraft to abandon attempts to land in Lome, Togo, and Takoradi, Ghana. AFP reported on Monday that all Fokker 27s in Airlink's fleet had been grounded. Due to a shortage of planes, the state-owned Ghana Airways has for years ceded domestic flights to the air force.
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