Factsheets on the status of national PMTCT responses in the most affected countries.

Each of these 22 country-specific factsheets sets out strategic information on the state of PMTCT service-delivery and policy development, while also highlighting bottlenecks that must be tackled to reach national targets.

Ghana

Country Situation

Adult HIV prevalence (ages 15-49) in Ghana, estimated at 1.8% in 2009, has declined over the past decade[1]. There are considerable regional variations, with the highest rates in the Eastern (4.2%) and Ashanti (3.9%) regions[8].

Between 2009 and 2011, Ghana saw a 31% decline in the number of new paediatric HIV infections—from 3,900 to 2,700[3]. HIV prevalence among pregnant women was 1.7% in 2009.

Although PMTCT services have been initiated in all regions, very few ANC facilities (5.6%) offered PMTCT services in 2010[9]. HIV testing among pregnant women increased from 4% in 2005 to 68% in 2010[10], and the majority (75%) received ARVs for PMTCT in 2011[3].

Ghana has adopted WHO Option A regimen for prophylaxis and a costed national PMTCT scale-up plan (2011-2015) is in place[11].

Link to the Ghana_National PMTCT Plan_2010.

Link to the Ghana Ministry of Health.

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