Ebola Virus Disease

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Surveillance In Place To Prevent Outbreak of Dengue Fever

The Ghana Health Service has a assured it has put in place a strong surveillance system to prevent outbreak of dengue...

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Sierra Leone Marks First Anniversary Of End To Ebola

UK stands by Sierra Leone on first anniversary of the end of Ebola UK support will help develop resilient health...

International

The Lingering Shadow of Ebola Outbreak In Sierra Leone

The lingering shadow of Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone Hassan sits silently and stares into the distance, he has tired...

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Read Mahama’s Full Speech At UN General Assembly

President John Mahama on Wednesday addressed the United Nation’s 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly....

Opinion

Medical Laboratory Science, Key To Public Health And Safety

The last decade has seen a very challenging period for public health in Africa especially. There have been outbreaks of...

Africa & World

New Case of Ebola Confirmed in Liberia

A new case of Ebola has been found in Liberia, a country declared free of the disease on Sept. 3, a senior United...

Africa & World

Sierra Leone to Be Declared Free of Ebola

The Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone is expected to be declared over as a crucial milestone is reached. It is due to be...

Africa & World

Sierra Leone Bans Christmas and New Year’s Celebrations Over Ebola Concerns

The government of Sierra Leone has banned all public celebrations of Christmas and New Year's as the nation continues...

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Suspected Case of Ebola Recorded at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Hospital – Awaiting Test Results from Noguchi.

A suspected Ebola case at the University Hospital of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is...

Health

GHS Training on Ebola and Cholera Surveillance Ends

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has held an Ebola and Cholera surveillance and contact tracing training for health...

Africa & World

World Health Organization: Nigeria and Senegal – Model Test Cases for Effective Ebola Control

(Geneva,GNA) – The World Health Organisations (WHO) says Senegal and Nigeria offers a test case for the world on how...

Africa & World

United States Ambassador to the United Nations visits Ebola Stricken Countries

(Accra, GNA) - In a communique released by the United States Embassy in Ghana, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,...

Feature

An Anti-Ebola March in South West Philadelphia “I’m a West African – Not a Virus.”

Practically everyone at the march had a story about someone who refused to shake hands or moved to a different bus seat...

Africa & World

Ivory Coast Launches Manhunt for Ebola Suspect From Guinea

The Ivory Coast, currently free of the Ebola epidemic ravaging its neighbours, has launched a hunt for a Guinean health...

Feature

A Story of Sacrifice – How Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh Saved Nigeria from Ebola Catastrophe and Died Doing It.

A day after the World Health Organization declared Nigeria free of Ebola, the doctor who treated the country's first...

Health

Drugmakers to Join Forces to Make Millions of Ebola Vaccine Doses

(Africa,Reuters) - Leading drugmakers plan to work together to speed up the development of an Ebola vaccine and hope to...

Health

The Fight Against Ebola – VICE News

The international news organization VICE News visited Liberia to provide a front line perspective of the uphill battle...

Africa & World

Travel Restrictions Imposed: U.S. to Funnel Travelers from Ebola-hit Region Through Five Airports

(Reuters, Africa) - Travelers to the United States from Ebola-stricken Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea must fly into...

Africa & World

President Mahama on Ebola and Investment in Africa

(The Presidency, Accra)President John Mahama has expressed optimism that there will be a positive turnaround in the...