Cholera Outbreak Declared In Cape Coast; 36 Cases Confirmed
Health authorities have declared cholera outbreak in the Cape Coast metropolis in the Central Region as scores of residents have ...
Tag: Intestinal infectious diseases
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 capital ...
Dirty Food Vendors To Be Prosecuted
Environmental health officials in the Ashanti Region have warned they will not hesitate in prosecuting food vendors who sell in ...
Typhoid Kills Three In Takoradi
Typhoid fever, an acute illness associated with fever caused by the salmonellatyphi bacteria, killed three out of the 43 people ...
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 Regional ...
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 recent weeks ...
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 ...
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 (CRCC) to ...
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 Ciprofloxacin ...
#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 ...
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 charge. ...
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 over ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 of the ...
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 sanitation and overcrowded ...
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 ...
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 (AMA) and other sanitation ...
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 outbreak in ...