Ghana has cut HIV-related deaths nearly in half, dropping from close to 24,000 to around 12,000, and reduced mother-to-child transmission by almost 90 per cent. Those are real numbers representing real lives, and they deserve to be said out loud.
Four decades into the fight, the country's progress is a testament to sustained public health commitment. The infection rate has also fallen to 4 per cent, a figure that reflects years of education, treatment access, and community-level work that rarely makes headlines.
But the story is not finished. Thousands of people are still dying each year, and the gap between progress and victory remains wide enough to demand continued urgency. The question now is what it takes to close it.
Originally published by AllAfrica.