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Ghana records 2 suspected cases of Marburg virus disease
Ghana has recorded two suspected cases of the Marburg virus disease, the Ghana Health Service has disclosed.
The Ghana Health Service in a statement the two persons met the case definition of acute hemorrhage fever in two different…
Ebola outbreak officially over in DR Congo
The latest Ebola outbreak has been contained within three months thanks to a "swift" and "robust response" in the Democratic Republic of Congo, says the World Health Organization (WHO).
Four people have died since this outbreak - the…
The completion of Phase II of UGMC will reduce the number of…
The Minister of Health Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has asserted that the commissioning of the second phase of the University of Ghana Medical Centre will help resolve the frequent travels abroad for medical care by a section of the Ghanaian public.…
Manage UGMC prudently – Prez to management as he commissions…
President Akufo-Addo has appealed to hospital authorities at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), to as a matter of priority, ensure that they manage the facility under a prudent business model that will keep it running as one of…
WHO cautious on Africa CDC declaring health outbreaks
The World Health Organization (WHO) says plans by the Africa CDC to have the power to declare public health outbreaks within Africa require further discussion.
The health body says that such a pronouncement will likely lead to confusion…
Covid-19 cases rising again, get vaccinated- GHS warns
The Ghana Health Service has admonished Ghanaians who were to be vaccinated to get vaccinated as our Covid-19 cases have started rising again, especially in the Greater Accra Region.
The Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health…
There’s no shame in menstruation- Girls told
The Chief Executive Officer of Abronoma Foundation, a non-profit making organization, Mrs. Linda Nyarko Yeboah has urged girls in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region not to be ashamed when they menstruate.
She said this at an…
An outbreak of Hanz virus confirmed in Ghana
An alert has been issued by the Ghana Health Service over the outbreak of Hanz virus in the country.
Also known as the H3N2vs, the Hans virus is a non-human influenza virus that normally circulates in pigs and has infected humans.
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North Korea: More than a million Covid cases feared
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has lambasted health officials and ordered the army to help distribute medicine, as a wave of Covid cases sweeps through the country.
More than a million people have now been sickened by what Pyongyang…
Maternal mortality moves from 776 cases in 2020 to 875 cases in…
The Minister of Health Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has revealed that eight hundred and seventy-five maternal deaths were recorded in the country last year.
Speaking at the opening of the 2022 National Health Sector Annual Summit, Mr Agyeman-Manu…