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More Cholera Deaths – Kills 12 in Cape Coast
Twelve persons including a medical doctor and three student nurses have died from cholera in Cape Coast, the Central...
President Mahama Attends Memorial Service of Ebola Victim Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh
A requiem mass was held at the Christ the King Church on Friday, September 12, 2014 for Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, the...
Doctors Abandon Achimota Hospital over suspected Ebola Patient
Health workers at the Achimota Hospital in Accra have reportedly abandoned the facility over a suspected Ebola case...
Gates Foundation Pledges $50m to fight Ebola
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $50m on Wednesday to support emergency efforts to contain West Africa's...
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,...
South Sudan: MSF Reduces Cholera Activities after Treating 3,300 Cases
(South Sudan,Médecins Sans Frontières) A significant decline in the number of new cholera cases in South Sudan in...
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...
Hospital Appeals for Support to Handle Cholera Cases
(Cape Coast, GNA) - The Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) has appealed to the Central Regional Coordinating Council...
Health Warning Against the Use of Ciprofloxacin as a Vaccine Against Cholera
(Ho, GNA) - Dr Atsu Seake-Kwawu, Ho Municipal Director of Health Services on Wednesday warned the public against taking...
Third American Doctor Tests Positive For Ebola In Liberia
Another American doctor who works as a Missionary in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia. He is...
Africa Has Lowest Tobacco Use in Pregnant Women
A study published in the September edition of the Lancet Global Health Journal shows that the Africa Region, has the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
70% Of Women Deliver on the floor – Tema Hospital
According to reports from the Finder newspaper, about 70% of women in labour deliver on the floor of the Tema General...
Cabinet Approves Funds for 15 New Polyclinics in Greater Accra, Central Regions
Cabinet has approved €37 million for the construction of 15 new polyclinics in the Central and Greater Accra...
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...
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...