Animal virology
Africa Development Bank Supports Ebola Countries With $60M
The Deputy Health Minister Dr Victor Bampoe says the Africa Development Bank has earmarked $60m for countries affected...
Doctor Dies of Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria’s Port Harcourt
A doctor in Port Harcourt who treated a primary contact of Nigeria's patient zero for the Ebola outbreak has died from...
Nigeria Successfully Contains Ebola Virus
The Nigerian Government has announced the successful containment of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Onyebuchi...
Sierra Leone Passes New Ebola Law Making It Illegal To Hide An Ebola Patient
Sierra Leone voted to pass a new amendment to its health act, imposing possible jail time for anyone caught hiding an...
Public and Private Universities To Re-Open Starting Aug. 27
The government has given the go ahead to public and private universities to re-open their institutions for the...
Dr Kent Brantly Scheduled to be Released From Emory’s Atlanta Hospital
The American doctor, Dr Kent Brantly, who was receiving treatment at Emory's University Hospital after contracting...
Korle Bu Doctors Demand Quick Construction of Ebola Isolation Centre
Resident doctors at the Medicine Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital are calling on authorities to expedite...
Virologist Warns of Animal to Human Mode of Ebola Transmission
A Virologist at the Ghana Veterinary Service, Dr. Joseph Adongo-Awuni has cautioned the public to place equal emphasis...
Ghana Government Squeezes Cash From Ebola Fund to Fight Cholera
Health Minister Kweku Agyemang-Mensah says government has had to squeeze money from the Ebola fund to fight the cholera...
Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana Responds To Allegations of Ebola Cover-up
Fear and ignorance have become obtrusive elements stymieing governmental and international efforts in the fight against...
This Might Have Just Completely Worsened The Ebola Epidemic In Liberia, 50,000 People May Be In Danger Now
There are conflicting reports over the fate of 17 Ebola patients who vanished after a quarantine centre in the Liberian...
Ebola-infected Nigerian Doctor Recovers
The first Nigerian Ebola patient has been discharged from the quarantine unit of the Emergency Operation Centre, EOC,...
152 New Cases of Ebola Recorded in Two Days – World Health Organization (WHO)
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said between 12 and 13 August, a total of 152 new cases of Ebola Virus...
Ghana Armed Forces to Help in Building Ebola Isolation Centres
Field Engineers of the Ghana Armed Forces have been deployed to speed up work on the three designated centers to be set...
Ebola Virus Particles Can Be Transmitted By Air – Consultant Virologist College of Medicine, University of Lagos
In an interview with Sahara TV, Professor Sunday Aremu Omilabu – the Consultant Virologist College of Medicine,...
Ghana Refuses Sierra Leone’s Request to Play 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier in Accra
The government of Ghana has refused a request by Sierra Leone’s national team to play its 2015 Africa Cup of Nations...
Suspected Ebola Patient Dies; Care Givers at Risk
Health workers at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital are praying and hoping that a suspected Ebola patient who they...
Tests on Kasoa Suspected Ebola Case Negative
According to the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Kasoa, Adam Nuhu, tests conducted on blood samples of two persons...
Foreign Nationals Report of Deficiences in Border Control Measures Against Ebola in Ghana, Niger and Mali
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), some foreign nationals who have sojourned in Ghana have disclosed...