The Kadjebi District Health Directorate in the Oti Region has recorded 55 HIV/AIDS cases in 2024.
The figure includes 41 females and 14 males.
Eric Nana Takyi, Kadjebi District Director of Health Services, disclosed this at the 2024 Annual Performance Review Meeting at Kadjebi.
He also disclosed that 262 patients are on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART).
Nana Takyi advised residents, especially women, to be mindful of their sexual orientation, as they were more prone to the virus than men.
Regarding maternal mortality cases, he said that for three successive years, the district had recorded zero maternal deaths.
The District Director stated that the Kadjebi District placed second in the Oti Region at the 2023 Districts Performance Review Meeting.
He said the District was also declared as the Best Maternal Care District in the Oti Region.
Thirty staff were awarded for their meritorious contribution to the healthcare delivery in the District.
Latest Stories
-
M&S website completely down, leaving users unable to browse
1 hour -
Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead in attack at DC Jewish museum
1 hour -
CJ removal: ‘When the Constitution says ‘shall’, it means ‘shall’ – Kwaku Ansa-Asare
1 hour -
‘CJ should have gone to Judicial Council first not Supreme Court’ – Kwaku Ansa-Asare
2 hours -
‘CJ’s Supreme Court move a provocation of committee’ – Ansa-Asare blasts Justice Torkornoo’s action
4 hours -
Ramaphosa survives mauling by Trump over ‘white genocide’
5 hours -
Ramaphosa keeps cool during Trump’s choreographed onslaught
5 hours -
Veep of National House of Chiefs criticises governance culture of abandoning state projects
5 hours -
Ex NYC Governor Andrew Cuomo under investigation for Covid testimony
5 hours -
OKESS firearm case: Student, stepfather granted GH¢80,000 bail
6 hours -
Ghana throws open its doors with visa processing slashed to 5 days in dramatic policy reset
6 hours -
Italy tightens rules for Italian descendants to become citizens
6 hours -
Trump ambushes S African leader with claim of Afrikaners being ‘persecuted’
6 hours -
Judge says US deportations to South Sudan violate court order
7 hours -
US accepts gifted Qatari plane to join Air Force One fleet
7 hours