How many people in Ghana are living with HIV/Aids?
Currently, the national adult prevalence rate is 3.4 percent. This is almost a 50 percent increase in the last two years. In 2000, the recorded prevalence rate was 2.6 percent. In 2001, it was 2.9. And now were talking about 3.4. So, overall, weve seen a 50 percent increase in the prevalence rate. The most vulnerable age group is between 15-49, as you find in other places. And in Ghana here, particularly you find that 63 percent of all the Aids cases are women. So the infection rate among women is very high. This is followed by the infection rate among young girls and the youth. Again between the ages of 15 and 24, we also find that the prevalence rate has gone up by 50 percent. And that is something that should worry us, because it means that the most productive age group is being affected by this disease. And we have to do all that we can to make sure that we can either reduce the prevalence rate or just make sure we keep it where it is for the time being. What are you doing to bring
