Good evening my fellow family and friends, this is Dannicom once again in your way with an update about my country Ghana, I'm worried and bored when i heard this happening to Africa, Ghana.
According to Ghana news agency, adomonline and 3news.com,
Data from the 2023 national and sub-national HIV and AIDS estimates and projections showed 17, 774 people- 6,457 males and 11, 317 females- became newly infected with HIV in that year.
The number comprises 4,869 youth between 15 and 24, 1,698 children under 15, 1,520 adolescents between 10 and 19, and 16,076 adults above 15.
Dr Kyeremeh Atuahene, Director General of the Ghana AIDS Commission who disclosed this in Accra on Wednesday, said that the projection showed a 14.8 per cent decrease in new infections between 2013 and 2023.
Dr Atuahene said Ghana was expected to achieve a 41 per cent increase in the decrease of new HIV infections between 2023 and 2030.
He said Ghana and the rest of the world are dedicated to reaching the 95-95-95 targets, which set goals such as having 95 per cent of people living with HIV aware of their status, 95 per cent of those receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) attaining viral suppression, and 95 per cent of those receiving ART knowing their status by 2025.
Dr. Atuahene said that despite the availability of treatments that prevent the disease’s progression and the deaths it causes, mortality due to AIDS continued to occur when it should not.
