By Dennis Peprah, GNA
Wenchi, (Bono), March 01, GNA-Mr George Agyemang, the Acting Wenchi Municipal Director of Health in the Bono Region has cautioned adolescents to refrain from engaging in unprotected and multiple sex partners.
He said HIV infection was recording alarming figures in the municipality and cautioned couples to also remain faithful and avoid extra-marital affairs to protect themselves against new HIV infections.
Mr Agyemang gave the advice when speaking at the 2026 review meeting of the directorate at Wenchi on the theme: “Stakeholder’s engagement and efforts in achieving universal health coverage”.
He said the municipality had 2,153 Persons were living with HIV and AIDS now, with the municipality’s HIV and AIDS prevalence standing at 2.5 percent, the second third in the Bono Region.
Mr Agyemang said HIV infections did not discriminate, saying that people who engaged in promiscuous lifestyles exposed themselves to the virus, urging those who could not control their sexual desires to always wear condoms.
GNA
Edited by Linda Asante Agyei