Ghana detects 34,000 new HIV infections within nine months of 2024
The National HIV and AIDS Control Programme of the Ghana Health Service has reported over 34,000 new HIV infections detected from January to the third quarter of 2024.
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Dr Stephen Ayisi Addo, the Programme Manager, emphasised the importance of public testing and screening, revealing that approximately 1.3 million people were screened during this period.
“Between January and the third quarter alone, the number of people we identified as positives through our testing activities was 34,000,” he noted.
Dr Addo disclosed this during the launch of the 2024 World AIDS Day, organized by the Ghana AIDS Commission, which included a solemn candlelight procession in memory of those who have lost their lives to AIDS.
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