Older people infecting younger ones with HIV/AIDS – Director-General, Ghana Aids Commission
The Director General of the Ghana Aids Commission (GAC), Mr. Kyeremeh Atuahene has bemoaned that older men and women are infecting younger ones with HIV/AIDS.
Speaking to some journalist, Mr. Atuahene, mentioned that 15 to 24-year-olds are getting infected by having sex with old men
While some of the older men and women take advantage of the vulnerabilities of some of the young people, many of the young people voluntarily have sex with older men and women for financial gains.
Reports from the Ghana Aids Commission 2020, indicates 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, which represents 28% of all new infections in 2020.
Out of the above statistics of the young people between the ages of 15 and 24 infected with HIV, 4,325 representing 83% are females, while 886 representing 17% are males.
He added the total HIV population in the country as at the end of 2020 stood at 346,120 and the prevalence rate is 1.68%.
Meanwhile, the Ashanti region tops the HIV population with 73,245 infected people, followed by the Greater Accra Region – 70,855, with North East Region having the least figure which is 2,122 infected people.
