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Cholera Outbreak Hits Cape Coast; 10 Infected

The victims mostly adults are said to have eaten contaminated food with element of faecal matter The Central regional...

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Dirty Food Vendors To Be Prosecuted

Environmental health officials in the Ashanti Region have warned they will not hesitate in prosecuting food vendors who...

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Typhoid Kills Three In Takoradi

Typhoid fever, an acute illness associated with fever caused by the salmonellatyphi bacteria, killed three out of the...

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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...

Africa & World

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...

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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...

Health

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

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...

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#NoChobo, The Give Free Hand Sanitizing Initiative Against Cholera and Ebola In Ghana.

There are those who talk and those who act. Some have decided to be action figures to fight against the current cholera...

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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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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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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...

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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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Ghana Cholera Outbreak At ‘Staggering’ Level, Over 3100 Infected

A cholera outbreak in Ghana's capital has reached "staggering" levels, an official said on Friday, blaming poor...

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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...

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Sanitation Improves In Accra After Cholera Outbreak

The 10-day ultimatum issued by the Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, to the Accra Metropolitan Assemblies...

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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...