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After Ghana’s first case of HIV was reported in 1986, the disease spread slowly but steadily until 2003, when prevalence peaked at 3.1 percent. In 2007, the estimated adult HIV/AIDS prevalence was 1.9 percent, and the epidemic is currently considered stable. Among the general population, married women are nearly three times as likely to be HIV-infected than women who have never been married, while mobility appears to be a risk factor among men. HIV prevalence differs very little between urban and rural areas in Ghana. However, regional differences are more apparent; prevalence among pregnant women ranged from 1.2 percent in the northern region to 4.7 percent in the eastern region, according to the Joint United Nations Program on AIDS (UNAIDS). UNAIDS estimates 260,000 people in Ghana were HIV positive in 2007.

USAID/Ghana’s key strategic priorities are preventing HIV in high-risk populations such as Female sex workers (FSW), men who have sex with men (MSM), and discordant couples, reducing HIV transmission from high-risk individuals to the general population, addressing stigma and discrimination, and providing comprehensive prevention and care and access to treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), their partners, and families. The USG has developed multiple evidence-based, comprehensive behavior change support materials for FSW, their clients and partners, MSM, and PLWHA. Additional programs provide comprehensive prevention and care services, including voluntary counseling and testing, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, and TB and palliative care.

View the full USAID HIV/AIDS Country Profile for Ghana - September 2010 [PDF, 126KB].

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