THE HEALTH SECTOR - Ghana Health Service

6.0 Disease Control
6.1 HIV Prevalence among pregnant women attending ANC clinics by Region
Region 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Ashanti 3.8 3.7 3.0 3.0 4.7 3.9
Brong Ahafo 3.3 2.8 3.3 4.5 4.0 3.3
Central 2.9 2.5 2.9 3.5 5.4 2.6
Eastern 4.2 4.9 4.7 6.5 6.1 7.9
Greater Accra 3.4 3.4 2.1 3.9 4.3 4.1
Northern 1.7 1.3 1.2 1.8 2.1 2.0
Upper East 2.5 3.2 2.6 3.1 3.5 3.9
Upper West 3.3 2.5 2.6 1.7 2.2 2.7
Volta 2.0 3.0 1.9 3.5 2.9 3.2
Western 3.2 4.3 2.9 4.6 4.2 5.1
National 2.6 3.2 2.7 3.1 3.6 3.4
Source: NACP/ PHD
6.2 HIV Prevalence among pregnant women by Age Group
Age
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Group
15 – 19 Yrs 1.6 1.4 0.8 2.0 1.9 2.3
20 – 24 Yrs 2.9 2.9 2.4 2.7 3.5 3.8
25 – 29 Yrs 3.5 4.2 3.6 4.5 4.4 4.5
30 – 34 Yrs 2.9 3.7 3.2 4.4 4.7 4.0
35 – 39 Yrs 3.5 2.8 2.4 3.9 4.5 3.4
40 – 44 Yrs 1.7 3.3 3.7 2.3 3.3 2.8
45 – 49 Yrs 1.3 2.5 5.0 0.0 6.0 3.8
15 – 24 Yrs 2.9 2.5 1.9 2.5 3.0 3.4
Source: NACP/ PHD
6.3 Guinea Worm Cases
Region 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Western 2 2 2 4 28 1
Central 0 0 0 0 0 9
Greater Accra 2 1 3 3 3 3
Volta 22 86 286 27 37 45
Eastern 7 8 17 1,604 1,511 305
Ashanti 18 53 59 85 45 39
Brong Ahafo 42 204 289 336 492 779
Northern 3237 3679 2973 4,979 5,999 4,207
Upper East 5 6 7 222 152 128
Upper West 23 90 322 15 23 29
National 3,358 4,129 3958 7,275 8,290 5,545
Source: Guinea Worm Eradication Programme
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