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Developments:
Since the beginning of the conflict in neighbouring Cote d'Ivoire, HIV infection rates in northern Ghana have shot up. Truck drivers from Mali and Niger used to offload their goods in Cote d'Ivoire's ports. Now they use Ghana's instead, and the sex trade around the Burkina Faso border has flourished. HIV rates in Ghana are low relative to the rest of the region, with around 3% of adults infected (in Cote d'Ivoire over 10% are infected). The Ghanaian government wants to keep it that way, and has intensified its impressive education campaigns aimed at young women in high-risk border areas.
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