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There are 160,000 women and girls living with HIV in Ghana - UNAIDS

A new report by UNAIDS on HIV prevalence in women has 
revealed that Ghana is 

among countries with the highest prevalence rate in West Africa. 
As many as 160,000 

women and girls in Ghana are living with the virus, the report said.


The 2017 report titled “When women lead, change happens – women advancing the end

 of AIDS” provides global statistics on the prevalence of HIV among women across the world.

The report also highlights the contributions, challenges, and successes of the UNAIDS in the

 fight against HIV/AIDS.


According to the report, 18.6 million women and girls are reported to be living with HIV in
 the world. The report said women accounted for 51% of people living with HIV worldwide,

 but with large regional differences—in western and central Africa, nearly 60% of all people
 living with HIV are women. As indicated in the UNAIDS report, nearly one million girls and

 women were newly infected with HIV in 2015.


In sub-Saharan Africa, women accounted for 56% of new HIV infections among adults.
 Young women aged 15–24 accounted for 25% of new HIV infections among adults and 
are at particularly high risk of HIV infection, despite accounting for just 11% of the adult

 population.


Speaking to Wendy Laryea on TV3 Midday Live on Thursday 8th June, the outgoing country 
representative of UNAID, Girmay Haile admitted that the fight against stigmatization of people

 living with HIV/AIDS has not been successful, largely because of social norms and cultures.




“If there is any area that we haven’t succeeded then it is that area of

stigmatization and discrimination.” He further explained that reproductive

health education and HIV/AIDS education are not friendly enough to sustain

the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Girmay Haile also explained that criminalization of sex work has not helped the
 issue either.
 “Even though we have made considerable progress we still haven’t been

able to arrest the situation because they are in conflict with the law and

the tendency is for them to go underground, so we are unable to reach

them to offer these services to get them out of it”.
The prevalence rate among female sex traders in Ghana is 11.1%. Aside the HIV
 prevalence,

 female sex workers also face challenges as physical violence and sexual violence.




Source: Ghana's 3news

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