latest news
|
 |
|
|
|
Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the constitution in 1981 and a ban on political parties. A new constitution, restoring multiparty politics, was approved in 1992.
Location:
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo
Population:
22,409,572 note:
estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in
lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates,
lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution
of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
(July 2006 est.)
Infant
mortality rate:
total: 55.02 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 59.56 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 50.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
HIV/AIDS
- people living with HIV/AIDS:
350,000 (2003 est.)
Major
infectious diseases:
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria and yellow fever are high risks in some locations
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis (2007)
Life
expectancy at birth:
total population: 58.87 years
male: 58.07 years
female: 59.69 years (2006 est.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
