{"id":13042,"date":"2018-11-02T22:18:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T22:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=13042"},"modified":"2018-11-02T22:18:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T22:18:19","slug":"hiv-aids-among-youth-up-by-45-due-to-risky-sex-aids-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=13042","title":{"rendered":"HIV\/AIDS among youth up by 45% due to \u2018risky sex\u2019 \u2013 AIDS Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hiv-aids.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hiv-aids.png 626w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/hiv-aids-410x269.png 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Ghana AIDS Commission says the prevalence of HIV\/AIDS amongst the country\u2019s youth in 2017, particularly those below the age of 24, rose to about 45% nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission attributed the upsurge to unprotected sex as well as low knowledge of the youth about the infection.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the launch of the 2018 World AIDS Day, the acting Director of the Commission, Steve Kyeremeh Atuahene, bemoaned the prevalence rate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYoung people take a lot of risks that expose them to HIV infection, but they do not protect themselves. Protection is use of condoms during high risk sex. Knowledge of HIV prevention is also low among young people. And so whilst they are taking risk they do not seek the knowledge that will enable them protect themselves, neither do they use the protective methods available to them. This is the reason why we are seeing high number of new infections among young people under 24 years,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>As part of efforts to reduce the spread of the infection, Atuahene said the Commission has adopted multiple approaches including intensive education.<\/p>\n<p>He also encouraged the youth to check their HIV status.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are doing to prevent new infections is that, we are using multiple approaches. For us to do effective prevention, everybody who lives with HIV must know his or her status. If you don\u2019t know your status, then you will be spreading the virus unaware. The other thing is to promote condom use,\u201d Atuahene added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New infections jumped up by 70% in 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2016, new HIV infections in Ghana\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/15\/hiv-new-infections-jump-up-by-70\/\">went up by 70.15<\/a><\/strong>%.<\/p>\n<p>The figure increased from 12,000 new infections in 2015, to 20,418 in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>A Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) report also revealed that in 2016, a total of 15,116 people in Ghana died of HIV and AIDS-related illness.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: Citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana AIDS Commission says the prevalence of HIV\/AIDS amongst the country\u2019s youth in 2017, particularly those below the age of 24, rose to about 45% nationwide. The Commission attributed the upsurge to unprotected sex as well as low knowledge of the youth about the infection. 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