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Ghana's HIV epidemic and PEPFAR's contribution towards epidemic control
BACKGROUND: The aim of this review was to summarize the data on HIV/AIDS epidemiology and affected populations in Ghana and to describe the United States President's Emergency Plan for Emergency Relief's (PEPFAR) response to the epidemic. DESIGN: We conducted a literature review focusing o...
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Ghana Medical Association
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6527824/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31138945 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v53i1.9 |
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author | Ali, Hammad Amoyaw, Frank Baden, Dan Durand, Lizette Bronson, Megan Kim, Andrea Grant-Greene, Yoran Imtiaz, Rubina Swaminathan, Mahesh |
author_facet | Ali, Hammad Amoyaw, Frank Baden, Dan Durand, Lizette Bronson, Megan Kim, Andrea Grant-Greene, Yoran Imtiaz, Rubina Swaminathan, Mahesh |
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description | BACKGROUND: The aim of this review was to summarize the data on HIV/AIDS epidemiology and affected populations in Ghana and to describe the United States President's Emergency Plan for Emergency Relief's (PEPFAR) response to the epidemic. DESIGN: We conducted a literature review focusing on PEPFAR's contribution to the HIV response in Ghana. Additionally, we summarized the epidemiology of HIV. We searched both peer-reviewed and grey literature. SETTING: Ghana RESULTS: Overall, HIV prevalence in Ghana is 1.6% with regional variation. Key populations (KPs) are disproportionately affected by HIV in the country. FSW and their clients, and MSM, account for 28% of all new infections. PEPFAR provides technical assistance (TA) to Ghana to maximize the quality, coverage and impact of the national HIV/AIDS response. To ensure adequate supply of antiretrovirals (ARVs), in 2016–2017, PEPFAR invested $23.7 million as a onetime supplemental funding to support Ghana's ARV treatment program. In addition, the National AIDS Control Programme in collaboration with PEPFAR is implementing a scale up of viral load testing. PEPFAR is also implementing a comprehensive package of prevention services in five regions to help reach MSM and FSW and to expand HIV testing services for KPs. CONCLUSIONS: Ghana is making changes at both policy and program level in the fight against HIV/AIDS and is working towards achieving the UNAIDS' 90-90-90 targets. PEPFAR is providing TA to ensure these goals can be achieved. FUNDING: This manuscript has been supported by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). |
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spelling | pubmed-65278242019-05-28 Ghana's HIV epidemic and PEPFAR's contribution towards epidemic control Ali, Hammad Amoyaw, Frank Baden, Dan Durand, Lizette Bronson, Megan Kim, Andrea Grant-Greene, Yoran Imtiaz, Rubina Swaminathan, Mahesh Ghana Med J Special Article BACKGROUND: The aim of this review was to summarize the data on HIV/AIDS epidemiology and affected populations in Ghana and to describe the United States President's Emergency Plan for Emergency Relief's (PEPFAR) response to the epidemic. DESIGN: We conducted a literature review focusing on PEPFAR's contribution to the HIV response in Ghana. Additionally, we summarized the epidemiology of HIV. We searched both peer-reviewed and grey literature. SETTING: Ghana RESULTS: Overall, HIV prevalence in Ghana is 1.6% with regional variation. Key populations (KPs) are disproportionately affected by HIV in the country. FSW and their clients, and MSM, account for 28% of all new infections. PEPFAR provides technical assistance (TA) to Ghana to maximize the quality, coverage and impact of the national HIV/AIDS response. To ensure adequate supply of antiretrovirals (ARVs), in 2016–2017, PEPFAR invested $23.7 million as a onetime supplemental funding to support Ghana's ARV treatment program. In addition, the National AIDS Control Programme in collaboration with PEPFAR is implementing a scale up of viral load testing. PEPFAR is also implementing a comprehensive package of prevention services in five regions to help reach MSM and FSW and to expand HIV testing services for KPs. CONCLUSIONS: Ghana is making changes at both policy and program level in the fight against HIV/AIDS and is working towards achieving the UNAIDS' 90-90-90 targets. PEPFAR is providing TA to ensure these goals can be achieved. FUNDING: This manuscript has been supported by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Ghana Medical Association 2019-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6527824/ /pubmed/31138945 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v53i1.9 Text en Copyright © The Author(s) This is an Open Access article under the CC BY license. |
spellingShingle | Special Article Ali, Hammad Amoyaw, Frank Baden, Dan Durand, Lizette Bronson, Megan Kim, Andrea Grant-Greene, Yoran Imtiaz, Rubina Swaminathan, Mahesh Ghana's HIV epidemic and PEPFAR's contribution towards epidemic control |
title | Ghana's HIV epidemic and PEPFAR's contribution towards epidemic control |
title_full | Ghana's HIV epidemic and PEPFAR's contribution towards epidemic control |
title_fullStr | Ghana's HIV epidemic and PEPFAR's contribution towards epidemic control |
title_full_unstemmed | Ghana's HIV epidemic and PEPFAR's contribution towards epidemic control |
title_short | Ghana's HIV epidemic and PEPFAR's contribution towards epidemic control |
title_sort | ghana's hiv epidemic and pepfar's contribution towards epidemic control |
topic | Special Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6527824/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31138945 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v53i1.9 |
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