Ernest Amoabeng Ortsin, President of the Ghana HIV and AIDS Network (GHANET), has revealed that about 45 people contract HIV every day in Ghana.
The GHANET president detailed that out of the 45 people who contract HIV every day in Ghana, approximately 68.5% are women, with men making up 31.5%.
Speaking on Neat FM, Ernest Amoabeng Ortsin stated, “About 45 people contract HIV every day in Ghana if you look at our records as of 2024”.
“Our National data unfortunately show that our mothers, women, and young girls are mostly infected with HIV. The data shows that about 68.5% of new infections are females, and 31.5% are men.
In Ghana, unfortunately, HIV is skewed against our mothers, sisters and females”.
Ernest Amoabeng Ortsin further disclosed that one of the reasons why females have a higher HIV rate in Ghana stems from the Ghana HIV and AIDS Network having more data on women than men.
He disclosed that when women are pregnant and visit the hospital, they are required to conduct an HIV test, which provides them with more data.
The GHANET president also highlighted that the female organ is a receptor, which leads to more females contracting HIV during sex when the man is infected with the virus.
He further disclosed that their data show Ghanaian men engage in numerous relations, citing data that detailed that in a year Ghanaian men sleep around with between 7 and 9 women on average.
In related news, Dr Fred Nana Poku, the Director of Technical Services, Ghana AIDS Commission, has raised alarm over hookups amid rising HIV infections.
According to Dr Fred Nana Poku, Hookups a major contributor to the rise in HIV infections in Ghana.
In a news card shared on X, Dr Fred Nana Poku is quoted to have said, “Hookups are a major contributor to the recent rise in HIV infections in Ghana”.
The development comes on the heels of the Interior Minister, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, announcing that about 1,300 applicants who participated in the recent security services recruitment exercise tested positive for HIV.
According to the Interior Minister, the revelation informed the government’s decision not to send medical results directly to unsuccessful applicants.
He disclosed that there is a need for proper counselling and adherence to international health guidelines.
Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak explained that applicants who fail the medical examination were provided with contact details to enable them to voluntarily seek further information.
Speaking before Parliament’s Public Assurance Committee, the Interior Minister stated, “I remember the recent recruitment we had. I think about 1,300 also were on HIV. Can you imagine sending somebody a result telling the person that you have HIV? That’s not the procedure. The person has to go through some orientation”.
Also, he asserted that several of the medical conditions identified during the screening are treatable.
“Some of the things that we realised are treatable. People need to know and then also get treatment so that subsequent recruitment they could join,” he stated.
He further encouraged unsuccessful applicants to request their medical results, “It may be something minor, it may be something major. Whichever it is, if you get to know, it will be of great interest to you”.
The Interior Minister also disclosed that the government did not contact the HIV applicants directly but had instead provided a channel for them to voluntarily request their results.
“We provided contact for people to call who were interested in knowing why they failed… We are obliged to give them the results, but we can’t send them to you on the phone,” he explained.
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“About 45 people contract HIV every day in Ghana, with women accounting for approximately 68.5% of new infections, while men make up 31.5%.”
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— Ernest Amoabeng Ortsin, President of the Ghana HIV and AIDS Network (GHANET), shared the figures while emphasizing the continued impact… pic.twitter.com/hVHcxj0V5Z
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