Liberian refugees teach HIV awareness in Ghana
BMJ 2003; 327 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0310385 (Published 01 October 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;327:0310385
- Mareeni Raymond, fifth year medical student1
- 1University College, London
Alfred Gizzie is an HIV/AIDS counsellor and educator in a village in Ghana, visiting schools, churches and traditional providers of medicine to educate on prevention of HIV transmission in his village. But he is not Ghanaian, and this is no ordinary village. Gizzie is a Liberian refugee. He lives and works in the Buduburam settlement, a refugee camp with a population of about 40 000, which was set up by United Nations High Commission for Refugees in 1989 to house people fleeing from war torn Liberia.
Fierce stigma
On the camp, HIV is a problem. No records exist to measure the true extent of its prevalence, but stigma is fierce. People do not want to admit that they have the disease, and families try to ensure that their loved …
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