According to renowned gospel singer Sonnie Badu, the majority of people in Ghana have unprotected sex, which is the main cause of the rising number of HIV/AIDS diagnoses in the country.
He observed that individuals dislike wearing condoms during intercourse, which causes them to become infected, rather than utilizing them to protect themselves from sexually transmitted illnesses like HIV/AIDS.
The gospel singer went on to say that people should take a lesson from this and engage in protected sex because the number of HIV/AIDS cases in Ghana is alarmingly high.
Speaking in an Accra FM interview that GhanaWeb was able to hear, Badu asked the Ghana AIDS Commission to step up public education about the risks of the disease.
“After the Christmas season, it appears that Ghana has one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS transmission in Africa, according to an article I read on the disease’s progress throughout the country. I think some of the foreign visitors who arrived in Ghana in December for the Year of Return were infected.
“We should be able to educate the public because it is concerning.” Some people are exceedingly careless and would rather engage in “raw” (i.e., unprotected) sexual activity. It will unintentionally spread if caution is not exercised.
New data on HIV infections in Ghana was made public by the AIDS Commission, and it shows that 16,574 new cases of the virus were reported in 2022.
This number is in contrast to the 18,036 infections that were reported in 2021.
Of all ages, 16,574 new cases of HIV infection were reported.
13,706 adults over the age of 15, 2,180 children under the age of 14, 645 adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19, and 739 young people between the ages of 15 and 24 were all reported to have infections.
The additional data showed that a total of 9,359 fatalities attributable to AIDS were reported for individuals of all ages.
There were 7,179 adults (15 years and older), 2,180 children (0–14 years old), 645 adolescents (10–19 years old), and 739 young people (15–24 years old).
The current overall number of HIV infections in Ghana is 354,927, with 330,215 infections occurring in those over the age of 15.
