My Status, a JoyNews’ Hotline Documentary, tells the story of a 20-year-old girl who became HIV positive after she had unprotected sex with a man who promised to pay for her exam registration fees.
Akosua, not her real name, needed some money to resit her West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) final exams after she failed in two core subjects.
A man, twice her age, offered to help but demanded a “night under the sheets”.
The under-pressured 20-year-old Akosua succumbed to the demand from her helper but little did she know that her benefactor was HIV positive.
“Later on he invited me to his house, I went to his house, I did not know what came and we had sexual intercourse,” Akosua recounted.
Now she is one of the over 335,000 people living with the virus in Ghana. She has been sharing her story with JoyNews Fostina Sarfo in our latest hotline documentary ‘’MY STATUS.’’
’MY STATUS’’ airs Monday, September 23, 2019, on the JoyNews channel on Multi TV at 8:30 pm do make a date.
Latest Stories
-
‘Liars won’t go to heaven’ – Mahama jabs Akufo-Addo on dumsor claims
5 mins -
Coalition of District Assembly Members endorse Mahama
14 mins -
Thaddeus Sory: Of bat wisdom and cry babies
41 mins -
COCOBOD trains technical staff in soilless technology
1 hour -
Barker-Vormawor urges GRA, OSP to probe Rev. Kusi Boateng on money laundering grounds
1 hour -
Election 2024: Ghana Mineworkers’ Union calls for transparent, peaceful electoral process
1 hour -
Entrepreneurship with Bola Ray winners walk away with GHC20k & phone
1 hour -
Pass new Labour Bill before leaving office – Ghana Mineworkers’ Union to Akufo-Addo
1 hour -
I like Mahama; give him another chance – Nigerian actor RMD
1 hour -
We need immediate dissolution of National Cathedral Secretariat – Ablakwa
1 hour -
Sinapi Aba Savings and Loans honoured at maiden AGI Ghana Industry and Quality Awards
2 hours -
PMMC puts Ghana’s gold on top of Africa and the world
2 hours -
Bawumia pledges to complete Agenda 111 in first year if elected
2 hours -
NDC V/R campaign logistics member rallies Keta residents for unity and progress
2 hours -
NDC V/R Campaign Logistic Committee member calls for support for party’s vision
2 hours