Bechem (Brong Ahafo) - A round-table conference has been held at Bechem to discuss the effective means of waging a crusade against the spread of the HIV/AIDS menace

The one-day programme organized by the Coalition of Life Preservers, a community-based organization (CBO) in conjunction with the Bechem Traditional Council, was to educate the participants on ways to prevent the spread of the HIV/AIDS.

Addressing the participants, the Omanhene of the Bechem Traditional Council, Nana Fosu Gyeabour Akoto II, expressed the need for Ghanaians to consider the education on HIV/AIDS as a matter of paramount importance.

He said old customs like puberty rite and others that helped to promote morality and self-control among the youth must be revisited.

H.D. Offei-Akoto, the Tano District Director of Health Services, who traced the history of HIV/AIDS and its impact on society spoke against pre-marital sex and reminded married couples of the need to remain faithful to each other.

Nicholas Anane-Adjei, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Tano, condemned some of the advertisements about HIV/AIDS on the television, especially those involving the use of condoms describing such adverts as obscene and culturally not Ghanaian