The Greater Accra region is now leading with the highest HIV prevalence rate in the country.<\/p>\n
The region has now taken over the Eastern Region which topped the ranking consistently for several years with a 3.2 percent prevalence rate in 2015.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”LGrisz8KNJh76ROlH2a3zCwIsaZWTpyJ”]Launching the 2015 HIV survey in Accra, Programme Manager of the National AIDS Control Programme (NACOP), Dr.\u00a0Stephen Ayisi Addo said this development is as a result of growing urban centres and increasing slums in Accra.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhereas Eastern Region is declining, the Greater Accra prevalence has\u00a0 been increasing for two or three years. If you look at the trend analysis , 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 \u2026There is a game change, we are transitioning to the highest prevalence in Greater Accra region,\u201dhe said.<\/p>\n
Dr. Addo said NACOP however noticed a drop in the prevalence rate among children.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 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\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
UN approves $25m grant to fight HIV\/AIDS <\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile the Minister of Health, Alex Segbefia says the United States has approved a global fund of 25 million dollar grant to facilitate Ghana\u2019s fight against HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n \u201cMy Ministry and indeed the government of Ghana is committed to ensuring that HIV\/AIDS prevention and control remains a priority issue within these broad frameworks for incremental resource allocation despite the current economic challenge.<\/p>\n \u201cTo this extent, Ghana has adopted the NEW UN AIDS 1990 and the WHO Treat All Policy to ensure a fast track approach to ending the epidemic through accelerated ART enrollment with particular emphasis on pediatric care.\u201d<\/p>\n Mahama pledges to focus on HIV\/AIDS reduction<\/strong><\/p>\n In February, President John Dramani Mahama gave the assurance that African leaders would in the coming years focus on the total reduction of incidence<\/strong><\/span> of HIV and AIDS on the continent.<\/p>\n The President said the continent was already battling illiteracy and poverty and would therefore not allow the prevalence of the HIV and AIDS to gain centre-stage in their political progress.<\/p>\n He made this known when he launched the seventh African Conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Accra.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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