Egypt cancer deaths and Ghana HIV infections both see steep declines

Age‑standardised cancer mortality in Egypt fell 23.5% between 2022 and 2024, dropping annual deaths from about 95,300 to 80,500. New cancer cases fell 17.2% over the same period, with the biggest impact coming from a 22.1% reduction in liver‑cancer deaths after a nationwide hepatitis‑C eradication campaign and a 19% drop in bladder‑cancer cases following long‑term schistosomiasis control. Breast‑cancer mortality also fell 15% as the Presidential Initiative for Women’s Health screened more than 20 million women, reducing advanced diagnoses from 70% to 20%.

In Ghana, the 2025 National HIV Estimates report a fall in new infections from 16,189 in 2024 to 13,951 in 2025 and a 14% decline in AIDS‑related deaths, from 13,429 to 12,051. Adult HIV prevalence among ages 15‑49 dropped to 1.40% from 1.79% in 2015, and the total number of people living with HIV stands at about 337,000. Officials attribute the gains to expanded testing, treatment and retention programmes and set targets to halve new infections and deaths by 2030.