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Here’s How The Number of People Who Have Been Killed By The Ebola Virus – 2000

More than 2,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the World Health Organization said on Friday,...

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Sierra Leone Fights Ebola With Nationwide Lockdown, Experts Warn It Won’t Work

Sierra Leone's proposed countrywide "lockdown" will not help control an Ebola outbreak and could lead to the disease...

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Central Region Records 20 Cholera Deaths

(Cape Coast, GNA) - Twenty people have died since cholera broke out in the Central Region in July, Dr. Kwaku Anin...

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Cholera Outbreak in Ghana Reaches Alarming Heights; Over 10,000 Cases Recorded

Efforts to control the cholera outbreak seem to proving futile as the disease keep spreading to other parts of the...

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Cholera Outbreak 2014 – President Mahama Orders Free Public Toilet Use for Kids

President John Mahama has directed operators of public toilets in accra to allow children use their facility free of...

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The Cholera Outbreak in Accra Is Far from Over, More Than 300 Cholera Cases Are Recorded Each Day in Greater Accra Region Alone

Greater Accra Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service has indicated that the fast killing cholera is far from...

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Nigeria Successfully Contains Ebola Virus

The Nigerian Government has announced the successful containment of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Onyebuchi...

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Nigeria Postpones Start of School Year Over Ebola Outbreak

Authorities in Nigeria reported that classes in all public and private schools will be delayed by a month to put in...

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First Cases of Ebola In Congo, Two Deaths Confirmed

Congo’s health minister Felix Kabange Numbi said today that two deaths have been confirmed to be caused by Ebola, the...

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The Situation is Dire – Cholera Claims Two More Lives in the Volta Region

Two people have died and 53 are currently on admission at various hospitals in the Ketu South Municipality in the Volta...

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Worst Cholera Outbreak in 4 years over 4,000 Confirmed Cases

Ashanti Region has recorded its first cholera death while 21 others are in critical conditions since renewed outbreak...

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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...

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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...

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Over 3,000 Cholera Cases Recorded in Accra Alone since July

More than 3,000 cholera cases have so far been recorded in the Greater Accra region alone since July. Sixteen deaths...

Africa & World

10 Confirmed Cases of Ebola In Nigeria

Nigeria's health officials have confirmed 10 cases of Ebola in Africa's most populous country. Of the 10 confirmed...

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Cholera Kills 4 in Ghana and Surges in Cameroon Killing over 75 and infecting some 1,400

The Acting Director of Medical Affairs of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, David Nortey, has described the Cholera...

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Cholera Outbreak in Accra and Tema Blamed on Delays in Garbage Collection

Some residents within the Accra and Tema metropolis are blaming the recent outbreak of cholera on the delay in their...

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Gay Ghanaian Granted Asylum in the US

A federal immigration court on Wednesday agreed to grant asylum to Amidu Fredrick Sinayor, a gay Ghanaian who has sat...

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The Ebola Handshake – How To Stay Safe From Ebola

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended to people to find different ways of greeting, apart from handshake,...