The Shame of Lavender Hill -Accra's Greatest Shame
Poor sanitation and the inefficient human waste disposal has always been a problem in Accra, Ghana's largest city.
It is not uncommon to see storm...
The second American missionary doctor, Nancy Writebol, who was medically evacuated from Liberia on August 4th to Emory University’s Hospital in Atlanta, is making great strides on a strong road to...
Resident doctors at the Medicine Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital are calling on authorities to expedite action on the construction of the isolation area to enable them handle suspected...
More than 3,000 cholera cases have so far been recorded in the Greater Accra region alone since July. Sixteen deaths have also been recorded in just one week.
Joy News’ Joseph Opoku Gakpo, who...
In an interview with Sahara TV, Professor Sunday Aremu Omilabu – the Consultant Virologist College of Medicine, University of Lagos, speaks on theEbola outbreak in Nigeria.
And although the...
Doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers who form the first medical response team at the epicenters of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa are being infected and dieing from the disease.
The loss...
Shama, a fishing community in Ghana's Western Region with a population of close to 24,000 could possibly become one of the epicenters of an Ebola outbreak in Ghana.
The fishermen of Shama have made...
The medical health personnel on staff at some of Ghana's hospitals have expressed growing resentment about the Ministry of Health's (MOH) selection of certain health centers in the country as...
One of the WHO protocols against the spread and transmission of pathogens includes frequent washing of hands.
With growing anxiety over the spread of the Ebola virus across West Africa and into...
Nigeria's health officials have confirmed 10 cases of Ebola in Africa's most populous country.
Of the 10 confirmed cases, 2 of the infected patients have died from the disease. The two deceased...
Nestle Ghana has introduced paternity leave for its male employees to support exclusive breastfeeding for infants within their first 1000 days in life.
“As a recognised leader in Nutrition, Health...
What should happen if a massive viral outbreak appears out of nowhere and the only possible treatment is an untested drug? And who should receive it? The two American missionaries who contracted the...
West Africa is being plagued by a new outbreak of Ebola — a terrifying disease that causes its victims to bleed to death from the inside out. Ebola has no cure, and the latest epidemic is spreading...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended to people to find different ways of greeting, apart from handshake, to reduce the chances of contracting the Ebola virus.
It also advised people to...
It is with a heavy heart that we report the death of Dr Sheikh Umar Khan, Sierra Leone's leading virologist in the battle against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
He died under the care of the...
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has expressed its weariness about Ghana’s preparedness to combat the spread of Ebola in the sub-Saharan region.
The GMA is of the opinion that despite the...
At least 10,250.000 Ghanaians, predominantly women, are suffering from mental distress and depression, the Chief Psychiatrist of the Ghana Health Service, has said.
The number represents 41 per cent...
Mine workers in sub-Saharan Africa have the highest rates of TB in the world, with more than 760 000 new cases per year connected to the mining industry. The video give an exposure of the current...
The ECOWAS Heads of State and Government summit held in Accra on Thursday has directed the establishment of a solidarity fund to support the fight against the deadly Ebola virus.
Africa's biggest...
Reports reaching the front desk of The Accra Report indicate that a suspected case of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has been reported at the Nyaho Clinic in Accra, Ghana.
This latest suspected case...
