Ebola Virus Disease
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...
AIr France Cancels All Flights to Sierra Leone
Air France has canceled all flights to Sierra Leone. The cancellation of the flight is a result of fears and numerous...
The Current State of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak.
Ebola still has the "upper hand" in the outbreak that has killed more than 1,400 people in West Africa, but experts...
Nigeria Successfully Contains Ebola Virus
The Nigerian Government has announced the successful containment of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Onyebuchi...
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...
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...
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...
Here’s How Many People Have Died From Cholera So Far
Cholera has killed at least 67 people in Ghana since June and infected more than 5,000 others in an outbreak that...
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...
Liberia Riot Police and Soldiers Use Scrap Wood and Barbed Wire to Seal off 50,000 People To Contain Ebola
Riot police and soldiers acting on their president's orders used scrap wood and barbed wire to seal off 50,000 people...
Nancy Writebol On a Steady Road Map to Recovery
The second American missionary doctor, Nancy Writebol, who was medically evacuated from Liberia on August 4th to Emory...
Ghana To Close Airspace To “Ebola countries”
Ghana could be forced to ban flights from Ebola affected countries once the spillover rate becomes threatening in West...
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...
Ebola Outbreak In West Africa: Only 4 of Ghana’s 42 Entry Points Secured
It has emerged that as the Ebola epidemic spreads quickly across the sub-region, only four of Ghana’s 42 legitimate...