swaziland is the african country that has the highest rate of hiv.
which african country has the highest rate of hiv?
swaziland
hiv prevalence is highest in the eastern region of ghana and lowest in the northern regions of the country. prevalence is generally higher in urban areas, in mining and border towns, and along main transportation routes. hiv-1 accounts for 92% of hiv cases in ghana; another 7.4% of reported hiv cases are dual infections with hiv-1 and hiv-2. only 0.5% of hiv cases were exclusively hiv-2. heterosexual intercourse is the mode of transmission for about 80% of hiv cases, with mother-to-child transmission accounting for another 15%. according to the 2003 demographic and health survey, hiv prevalence is very low among most younger age groups, as relatively few are infected during their youth (with the exceptions of infants infected through their mothers). the infection peaks late, compared to other countries, at 35–39 years for women and 40–45 years for men. the infection levels are highest in middle income and middle educational groups, with the poor and unemployed less affected. with 1.47% being ghana's adult prevalence rate it is the 34th country with the highest rate out of 196 countries in the world with swaziland having the highest rate. that means that ghana has a pretty good chance of not getting rid of hiv/aids from the whole country. maybe they would be able to get rid of hiv/aids but at least not all of it because it does not tell us the children's prevalence rate.
hiv/aids in ghana
hiv rates within the 25-million-individual nation varies drastically by region, with southern mozambique (city of maputo, maputo province, gaza, and ingambane) containing the highest rate of infection (21 percent), central mozambique (manica, sofala, tete, and zambézia) containing the second highest (18 percent), and northern mozambique (nampula, niassa, and cabo delgado) containing the lowest (9 percent). the highest rates within the country occur within sofala, a central province with a rate of 26.5 percent. rate disparities are attributed to numerous factors—such as population displacement after the mozambican civil war, ease of access to various regional provinces, similarities in health facilities, presence of groups with high risk of hiv infection in certain provinces, and similarities in social, cultural, economic, and educational levels that might impact the degree to which individuals are informed about the methods for transmission and prevention of hiv. further, urban and district hospitals tend to have much greater ease of access to the hiv medications nevirapine and zidofudine as opposed to more rural areas of the nations. moreover, the hiv/aids epidemic in mozambique is predominantly spread heterosexually (in nearly 90 percent of adult cases) and through vertical transmission. mozambique has the 8th highest hiv rate in the world, and according to unicef and cdc data, there is an 11.5 percent rate of hiv infection within adults aged 15 to 49, an estimated total of 34,000 aids-related deaths in individuals 15 years or older, and approximately 802,659 adults living with hiv on art.
hiv/aids in mozambique