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HIV/AIDS 
Control of HIV/AIDS is one of the priority tasks in the Ghana health sector, though the 
prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in Ghana is relatively low at 3.6% in 2003 compared to 
other African countries.  The National HIV/AIDS control plan in cooperation with 
Family Health International (NGO) has just started a pilot project since 2003.   
The NMIMR has contributed to the control of HIV/AIDS by improving testing 
techniques, providing new technology and technical evaluation of imported test kits; 
although the impact is barely visible and not yet reflected in the health services.     
 
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Improving HIV Testing Techniques 
Under the NACP, the NMIMR conducts external quality assurance for the HIV 
screening tests examined by provincial and district hospitals.    In 2003, the NMIMR 
conducted a demographic and health survey (DHS) in collaboration with the Ghana 
Statistics Service and the Ghana Health Service (GHS).    Furthermore, the NMIMR 
was in charge of the external quality assurance for the HIV sentinel survey conducted 
by the NACP in 2003.     
As a part of the ICTP, national and regional workshops on Quality Control/Assurance 
(QCA) in HIV testing were also held by the NMIMR in collaboration with the MOH 
and GHS (see Table 3.10). 
 
Table 4.10    Number of Trainees of the ICTP for HIV/AIDS 
Title Period 
No. 
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