Fund for HIV/AIDS cure launched
A fund to help conduct further research into a potential cure for HIV/AIDS and other chronic diseases was launched in Accra yesterday.
The Centre of Awareness Global Peace Mission, which has developed an immune booster, COA FS, launched the fund to enable it to carry out further studies on the dietary supplement to establish its efficacy to cure the immuno-deficiency disease, HIV/AIDS.
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The further research is expected to be conducted into the locally manufactured COA FS to establish its HIV/AIDS and other chronic diseases curing ability and efficacy.
The initial research into the immune booster cost $20 million (GH¢108.1 million) and the further research is estimated at over $200 million, which the centre alone cannot finance.
The Executive President of COAfs, Prof. Samuel Ato Duncan, said the centre had plans to link up with national and international agencies “who have bought into our vision to achieve our dreams of saving lives.”
He said one of the organisations that was in the plans of the mission to support the cause was the Melinda Gates Foundation.
He said the mission alone could not continue to bear the financial burden of empirical scientific research and thus there was the need to reach out to resourced like-minded organisations.
He said one of the organisations in the plans of the mission to support the cause was the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
He said the mission alone could not continue to bear the financial burden of empirical scientific research, hence the need to reach out to resourced like-minded organisations.
The product has been registered with the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and undergone rigorous scientific laboratory analysis by internationally recognised research institutions, including the Mampong Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine (CSRPM), Akuapem-Mampong, and the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR).
A video documentary shown at the launch of the COA FS research fund had researchers from the NMIMR, the CSRPM, the University of Cape Coast, the University of Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa, and other institutions that had conducted research into the COA FS testifying that it had an 80 per cent ability of reducing viral load within 12 hours of administration.
Potential cure
Prof. Duncan said in spite of the high efficacy of COA FS and its potential to cure many chronic diseases in the future, it should be taken purely as a food supplement and not a substitute for anti-retroviral drugs until the current proposed further research was completed and scientifically established.
He described COA FS as preliminary and ongoing research, with the ultimate aim of finding a cure for HIV/AIDS and other chronic diseases.
He said being a purely herbal extract that comprised over 113 organic compounds (notably triterpenes, flavonoids, alkaloids, saponins, cardiac glycoside, reducing sugars and vitamins), COA FS had the ability to fight infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites to prevent inflammatory disorders and improve metabolic pathways.
He explained that maintaining a good immune system was crucial for the prevention of diseases and the restoration of damaged body organs and tissues, adding that everybody was at risk of immuno-deficiency disorders.
The COA FS is fast gaining grounds, both in Ghana and abroad, as a “miracle product” following testimonies that it has brought relief to persons living with various sicknesses, including cancers, diabetes and kidney complications.
He said circumstances such as ageing, lack of sleep and illnesses including HIV and diabetes resulted in the weakening of the immune system, such that it could no longer protect the body.
Prof. Duncan, therefore, advised all his clients who were on orthodox medications not to substitute them with the COA FS but consult their medical physicians on how to combine them with the COA FS.
Support
He called on the public, benevolent institutions and individuals to donate to the fund, which he said sought the interest of the many people living with chronic diseases, instead of his personal interest.
He said the initial research which produced the COA FS cost over $20 million, which he raised from personal sources.
Prof. Duncan potential contributors could make voluntary contributions through bank accounts, as well as a mobile money number the centre had provided.
The Omanhene of the Oguaa Traditional Area, Osabarima Kwesi Atta, who chaired the event and also launched the fund, appealed to the public to support the fund, which he described as a worthy cause.
He said the efforts of the COA would complement the government's efforts at reducing the burden of chronic diseases.