Title: HIV / AIDS profile: Ghana.

POPLINE Document Number: 169048

Corporate Author(s):

United States. Bureau of the Census. Population Division. International Programs Center

Source citation:

[Unpublished] 2000 Jun. [8] p.

Abstract:

UNAIDS estimates that 4% of those 15-49 are HIV infected in Ghana. Sentinel surveillance revealed that, by 1998, anywhere from 2-12% of pregnant women were infected with HIV1 in the country. HIV2 infection levels ranged from no evidence of infection to 2%. This paper presents epidemiological data on HIV/AIDS prevalence in Ghana. Included are: HIV seroprevalence for pregnant women in Accra from 1995-98; HIV seroprevalence for pregnant women by age and site in Accra from 1997-98; HIV seroprevalence for pregnant women by region in urban sites in Southern Belt from 1994-98; HIV seroprevalence for pregnant women by region in rural and urban sites in Southern Belt from 1994-98; HIV seroprevalence for pregnant women by region in urban and rural sites in Northern Belt from 1994-98; HIV seroprevalence for pregnant women in urban and rural sites by age and belt in 1998; HIV seroprevalence for sexually transmitted disease (STD) patients in Accra in 1997 and 1998; HIV seroprevalence for STD patients by age in Accra in 1998; HIV seroprevalence for STD patients in Kumasi from 1994-98; and HIV seroprevalence for STD patients by age in Kumasi from 1994-96.

Keywords:

AIDS
Statistics
Africa, Western
Social Sciences
Measurement
Population Characteristics
Blood Supply
Reproductive Tract Infections
HIV Infections
Viral Diseases
Diseases
Research Methodology
Developing Countries
Africa, Sub Saharan
Africa
Demographic Factors
Population
Equipment and Supplies
Infections