New HIV infections are fast spreading in the Berekum Municipality of the Bono Region, recording the highest HIV and AIDS prevalence of 3.34 per cent, Mark Kyeremeh Oppong, Bono Regional Technical Officer, Monitoring and Evaluation, Ghana Health Service (GHS), has said.
He said the figure as recorded in the 2023 HIV and AIDS sentinel survey of the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) was alarming, saying the Bono Region, in general, was recording disturbing figures too.
Oppong called on sexually active young people to abstain from premarital sexual practices and multiple sex partners and urged those who could not control their sexual desires to avoid unprotected sex.
He was speaking at the launch of the "Miss Elegance Tertiary Ghana 2025", a beauty pageant initiated by the Reproductive Needs and Fitness (RENEF) foundation, a health-centered Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO).
