The 2015 HIV/AIDS survey in Ghana shows that the Greater Accra region is now leading with a 3.2 percent prevalence rate in the country, the Ghana AIDS Commission has revealed.
The Greater Accra has overtaken the Eastern region which used to top the ranking for many years.
Launching the 2015 HIV survey in Accra, Programme Manager of the National AIDS Control Programme (NACOP), Dr. Stephen Ayisi Addo said: “Whereas Eastern region is declining, the Greater Accra prevalence has been increasing for two or three years.”
According to him, the trend analysis suggest the Greater Accra prevalence is almost a plateau compared to all the regions including Eastern Region which is on the decline.
“Eastern Region has the highest gradient of decline, now…there is a game change, we are transitioning to the highest prevalence in Greater Accra region,” he added.
Dr. Addo said NACOP however noticed a drop in the prevalence rate among children.
“In children we noticed a drop from 1.8 previously to 1.1. Prior to this it was 1.3 in 2013 and it jumped to 1.8 but we need to continue to intensify our efforts…”
Ghana’s HIV prevalence rate continues to decline as it currently stands at 1.37 with women making 57 percent and 43 percent made up of men.
