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. 2019 Mar;53(1):59–62. doi: 10.4314/gmj.v53i1.9

Table 1.

HIV epidemiologic indicators, Ghana

HIV epidemiological
indicators
Publication
Year
Ghana n or %
HIV prevalence5 2017 1.7% [1.4 – 2.0]
Women ages <15 years5 2017 0.9% [0.4 – 1.4]
Men ages <15 years5 2017 0.3% [0.1 – 0.4]
Women aged 15–49 years5 2017 2.3% [1.9 – 2.8]
Men aged 15–49 years5 2017 1.0% [0.7 – 1.2]
MSM7 2017 18.1%*
FSW8 2015 6.9%*
Pregnant women9 2015 2.4% [2.18 –
2.62]%
Prison inmates10 2014 2.3%*
Number of people living with
HIV5
2017 310,000
[260,000
370,000]
<15 years5 2017 28,000 [21,00034,000]
≥15 years5 2017 280,000
[240,000
340,000]
HIV incidence rate5 2017 1.05 [0.82 –
1.32]
Number of new infections5 2017 19,000 [15,00024,000]
On ART (total population)5 2017 125,667*
Pregnant women needing
ARVs5
2017 18,000 [14,00022,000]
AIDS deaths5 2017 16,000 [12,00019,000]
Notified TB cases11 2015 14,999*