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Why is the fight against HIV slowing in Ghana?

Michael Oti
February 23, 2022

Four decades after the HIV/AIDS was discovered, young Ghanaians are opting to have unprotected sex. That choice makes them vulnerable to a potentially deadly disease that Ghana successfully curbed in the past. On this edition of The 77 Percent, we find out why the youth would disregard HIV/AIDS.

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