In data released in November 2025 by the Ghana AIDS Commission, the Wenchi Municipality was identified as having 2,153 persons living with HIV and AIDS, with a prevalence rate of 2.5 percent. This places the municipality as third in the Bono Region, Mr George Agyemang, acting Director of the Wenchi Municipal Health Directorate revealed.
He strongly urged couples to remain faithful to their partners to avoid spreading the virus.
To the unmarried individuals Mr Agyemang urged them to use condoms to help prevent them from contacting the virus.
He further explained that the municipality has also recorded 11 percent of tuberculosis cases.
Mr George Agyemang, acting Director of the Wenchi Municipal Health Directorate revealed this at the just ended annual Health Performance Review held in Wenchi.
The review was under the theme: “Stakeholders engagement and efforts in achieving universal health coverage”.
