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Chief Alhassan Amadu, the Northern Regional Director of the National Population Council has cautioned women not to allow men to fondle as well as suck their breasts anyhow because it could cause cancer. He said this when addressing a seminar on relationships and reproductive health in Tamale on Monday organised by the Women Commissioner�s Office of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale Campus. The seminar, which was sponsored by the Ghana Developing Communities Association, an NGO amongst other institutions, formed part of initiatives of the Women Commissioner�s Office aimed at helping to find solutions to challenges facing ladies at the university Mr Nuhu Musah, Northern Regional Coordinator of the Technical Support Unit of the Ghana AIDS Commission, said HIV and AIDS prevalence among the youth in the country was decreasing but at a slower rate. He said in 2013, the percentage of youth in country infected with HIV and AIDS was 1.2, down from 1.4 per cent in 2012. Maame Abena Ntow Oduro, Women�s Commissioner of the Tamale Campus of UDS, said her office would continue to undertake programmes that would seek to improve the welfare of the ladies of the university.