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AIDS in Ghana
AIDS, or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, has devastated much of Africa, hitting this continent worse than any other in the world. In fact, in the year 2000, 80% of the world's total AIDS-related deaths were within Africa. (BBC 2000) One of the areas hit the hardest by this virus has been the Sub-Saharan region. Ghana, within that region, has also been ravaged by AIDS, but it has a significantly lower percentage of AIDS cases than much of the rest of Africa. While the AIDS within Ghana has many of the same causes and effects on the people who are infected with the disease, it is a unique situation within Africa because of its particular effects on the women of the country, and the fact that there are comparatively fewer AIDS cases within this country.
The first reported cases of AIDS in Ghana were in 1986, mostly appearing in women who had traveled outside of the country. The AIDS problem quickly escalated, and by 1999 there were nearly 40,000 cases were recorded. (Ghana AIDS Commision [1] 2003) This problem has rapidly increased. "Currently, the national adult prevalence rate is 3.4%. This is almost a 50% increase in the last two years." (Quist-Arcton 2003) Like most of Africa, the most vulnerable age group is between 15-49, due in large part to those being the most sexually active years. Contrary to common misconceptions that AIDS is a homosexual disease, in Ghana heterosexual transmission accounts for 75-80%. Transmission...
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