Brong Ahafo: HIV/AIDS rise in Sunyani

She said HIV/AIDS infection is recording high figures in the district, and called for intensified HIV awareness creation and campaign to reverse the trend.

The Sunyani West District Director of Health, Mrs Eva Aryee, has said that HIV/AIDS is on the rise in the Sunyani metropolis.

She made this revelation amid advising adolescents against unprotected and premarital sex.

Mrs. Ayee said this at the 2017 Annual Review of the Directorate at Odumase in the Brong Ahafo Region.

She said HIV/AIDS infection is recording high figures in the district, and called for intensified HIV awareness creation and campaign to reverse the trend.

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Mrs Aryee expressed satisfaction with the high coverage in family planning acceptance in the district, but regretted about the rise in teenage pregnancy in the district.

Mr Martin Obeng, the Sunyani West District Chief Executive said alcoholism, drug abuse and its peddling among the youth in the area remained a huge challenge that required concerted efforts to control.

She said HIV/AIDS infection is recording high figures in the district, and called for intensified HIV awareness creation and campaign to reverse the trend. Read Full Story