{
  "id": 766363,
  "title": "HIV prevalence among drug users in Ashanti Region hits 6.6% – NACOC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/hiv-prevalence-among-drug-users-in-ashanti-region-hits-6-6-nacoc",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-13T11:59:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/hiv-prevalence-among-drug-users-in-ashanti-region-hits-6-6-nacoc/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Major General Maxwell Obuba Mantey, has raised concerns over the high HIV prevalence among people who use drugs in the Ashanti Region, saying the rate is significantly higher than the national average.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "3News",
        "title": "Ashanti Region records Ghana’s highest maternal deaths",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/ashanti-region-records-ghanas-highest-maternal-deaths",
        "published": "2026-08-14T09:35:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}