Attitude, Perception And Psycho-social Barriers To Hiv And Aids Voluntary Counselling And Testing: A Case Study Of Expectant Mothers In The Cape Coast Metropolis

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) have been a major health problem worldwide. Many world health bodies since the discovery of HIV and AIDS have been reporting frightening increases in the prevalence rates of the virus and the syndrome. According to the UNAIDS (2004) global summary of the AIDS Epidemic, 39.4 million people worldwide were living with HIV and AIDS. This body reported categorically that half of newly HIV infected persons who were about 15,000 to 16,000 per day were aged 15-24 ye…