HIV cases

Ghana Recorded 17,774 New HIV Infections In 2023
20 Jun

Ghana Recorded 17,774 New HIV Infections In 2023

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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 “The data indicates that Ghana has not been able to achieve its annual…
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12 Dec

Electronic Tracking System For People Living With HIV To Be Introduced

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The National AIDS/STI Control Programme (NACP) will next year deploy an electronic medical recording system that will track people who test positive for HIV from the first day of testing positive to the time they attain viral suppression. Also known as case-based surveillance, people who test positive for HIV would be given unique identity (ID) numbers that would be linked to access to treatment and laboratory tests, including viral load. The Programme Manager of NACP, Dr Stephen Ayisi Addo, said the essence was to get the accurate number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the country and also correct discrepancies…
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Over 100 HIV Positive Cases Recorded Through Self-Testing So Far
30 Nov

Over 100 HIV Positive Cases Recorded Through Self-Testing So Far

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Over 100 HIV positive cases have so far been recorded since the distribution of self-testing kits in July 2023, Dr. Stephen Ayisi Addo, Programme Manager, National Aids Control Programme (NACP), has told the Ghana News Agency (GNA). He said “as we speak, patronage has been massive and we have more than a hundred thousand to two hundred thousand people subscribing to the test and quite a number of people are positive out of the self-test”. “We are now collating data from our constituencies….we have picked not less than hundred positive cases, who would have been missed if the self-test kits were not…
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