The Ghana AIDS Commission has launched a strategy to help fight HIV/AIDS in Ghana, the Director General for the Ghana Aids Commission, Mr. Steve Kyeremeh Atuahene has revealed.
This strategy comes after alarming figures of new HIV infections among young people between the ages of 15 and 24 were recorded by the commission.
Figures from the Ghana Aids Commission (GAC) revealed that out of the 18,928 new HIV infections in 2020, a total of 5,211 are young people between the ages of 15 and 24, representing 28% of all new infections in 2020.
4,325 representing 83% are females, while 886 representing 17% are males.
The report also indicates that out of the 18,928 new infections recorded in 2020, adults of 25 years and above constitute 10,032, representing 53%.
The total number of new infections of children from ages 0-14 mother to child transmission was 3,596, representing 19%.
Steve Kyeremeh Atuahene, revealed that the high rate of infections among young people pose a big threat to the fight against the HIV-AIDS in Ghana.
He noted that the 15 to 24-year-olds are getting infected by having sex with old men.
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Speaking to host of Atinka FM’s AM Drive, Kaakyire Ofori Ayim, the Director General for the Ghana Aids Commission, Mr. Steve Kyeremeh Atuahene explained that the strategy dubbed “95-95-95” aims at ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
Describing the strategy as an ambitious one, Mr. Atuahene said it will strive to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 by achieving 63.2% diagnosed among all people living with HIV (PLHIV), 95% on antiretroviral therapy (ART) among diagnosed and 73% virally suppressed (VS) among treated.
He added that the objective of prevention is to reduce new HIV infections by 85% in general population, key populations, adolescent girls and young women and eliminate mother-to-child transmission.
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