Ghana
Ghana’s estimated adult HIV/AIDS prevalence
was 2.3 percent in 2005. Currently, the country’s
epidemic is stable. 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. Prevalence data from antenatal care clinics
ranged from 2.3 to 3.6 percent between 2000 and
2006. UNAIDS estimates that 320,000 people in
Ghana are HIV positive.
USAID/Ghana’s key strategic priorities are preventing HIV in high-risk populations, 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, their partners, and families. The prevention of HIV in high-risk populations focuses on
commercial sex workers, men who have sex with men (MSM), and discordant couples. USAID is the only donor supporting MSM programs in Ghana, which include drop-in
centers, MSM-friendly sexually transmitted infection clinics, and peer education programs. These programs promote
access to services, correct and consistent condom and lubricant use, and partner reduction. In 2007, USAID targeted 10,136
MSM with its programs. Sex workers and their clients are another key at-risk target group. USAID reached 30,709 sex workers
and nonpaying partners in 2007, and 70,000 clients with HIV prevention programs. Programs provide comprehensive
prevention and care services, including voluntary counseling and testing, prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission, and Tuberculosis and palliative care, to promote the adoption of safer sexual behaviors, reduce HIV transmission, and provide
services for those infected and their partners and families.
View the USAID
HIV/AIDS Country Profile for Ghana - September 2008 [PDF,
102KB].
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