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There has been an increase in HIV/AIDS in Ghana this year, in spite of increased education on preventive measures to curb the prevalence of the disease.
The Ghana AIDS Commission statistics for the 2007 Sentinel Survey shows that the rate of HIV infection among pregnant women has increased from 2.7 to 3.2%.
The national prevalence rate has also gone up from 2.1 to 2.2%.
Speaking to Joy News, the Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Awuku-Amoah, said the Commission is aware of the challenges of reducing the infection.
He also said an amount of ¢30 billion will further be disbursed in the fight against the spread of the disease.
He however, expressed worry about the fact that most young people are not yielding to the education campaigns for safe sex. He argues that most young people have not been using condoms and the cause of the increase can be attributed to refusal among young people, mostly to change their behaviour.
He said further that so much have been done in terms of education campaigns to encourage behaviour change.
He said the Commission will not relent in its efforts in educating the public to adopt behaviour change to curtail the spread of the disease in the country.
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