The Upper West Region has over 5,000 HIV Infected patients within the Upper West Region based on Records from the Ghana AIDS Commission.
The Population of 5,725 has placed Upper West Region at the 13th Position on the Table with Ashanti Region Leading in the Records with 73,245 infected Persons followed by Greater Accra with 70,855 people.
The North East Region was at the Button with least number of People 2,122 people. based on Records Gathered by Asaase Radio for the 2022 Records Year.
Full Details
Ashanti Region – 73,245
Greater Accra – 70,855
Eastern – 47,866
Western Region – 25, 620
Central Region – 24,881
Volta Region – 20,949
Bono – 19,173
Bono East – 14,273
Western North – 10,619
Ahafo – 8,405
Upper East Region – 7,953
Northern – 6,941
Oti – 5,877
Upper West – 5,725
Savannah – 3,135
North East – 2,122
Total Number of Infected patients are 346,120, with the Regional HIV Prevalence, Bono East has the highest Regional Adult HIV Prevalence of 2.5% whilst the North East has the Lowest which is 0.6%.
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Source: Upperwestmedia.net