Minister for Gender and Social Protection, Dr. Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, has announced plans by the government to intensify efforts to prevent the transmission of HIV from pregnant women to their babies.
She disclosed this at the launch of the Civil Society Strengthening Programme (CSSP) Strategy in Accra on Monday, December 1, 2025.
The CSSP Strategy is part of a broader effort to strengthen civil society participation in health initiatives and enhance community-based interventions.
The Minister assured that special attention is being given to supporting pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS, with interventions already yielding significant progress in reducing mother-to-child transmission.
Globally, approximately 1.3 million women with HIV become pregnant each year, with a 15–45% risk of transmitting the virus to their child if no interventions are applied.
In Ghana, Mother-To-Child Transmission (MTCT) is the second leading mode of HIV transmission and accounts for nearly all cases in children under 15, highlighting the urgency of targeted measures.
Ghana aims to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission by scaling up support for pregnant women living with HIV, aligning with global targets to eliminate new HIV infections among children.
According to the Minister: “We still have a long way to go. For anything at all, once someone contracts it, it’s not a death sentence. There is hope, but we don’t want mothers to transmit it to the children. It’s just reaffirming that our partnership is so significant going forward, especially if you want to shift power where you want to move it from the central to the local level so that local actors can own the impact of interventions,” she stated.
