Three Die of Rabies In A/R
Three people have died of rabies in the Ashanti Region since the beginning of the year, the regional directorate of Veterinary Services has said. It added that the figure could be high as many cases...
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Meningitis Caused Almost 180 Deaths In Niger Since January
At least 179 people, almost half of them children, have died of meningitis since January in Niger, where some 3,000 suspected cases have been reported, the United Nations said Wednesday. "From...
Nigeria Meningitis Death Toll Tops 1,000
More than 1,000 people have died in an outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria, the Centre for Disease Control said Thursday, but added that the spread of the disease is slowing. The outbreak has mostly...
Nigeria Starts Vaccination Drive Against Meningitis Outbreak
Nigeria has started a mass vaccination programme in a bid to stop an outbreak of meningitis. More than 300 people have died of the disease since late last year. Medical officials are focusing efforts...
Nigeria Starts Vaccine Drive To Stop Meningitis Outbreak
Health workers in Nigeria on Wednesday began a mass vaccination programme to try to halt a mass outbreak of meningitis that has killed nearly 340 people since late last year. The Nigeria Centre for...
2 Students Dead, 11 Admitted In Suspected CSM Cases
Two students in Bawku are reported dead from a suspected case of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM), while eleven are on admission at the Bawku Presbyterian Hospital. The two deceased were second-year...
Two Yellow Fever Cases Detected In 2016
The Jirapa District Health Directorate detected one suspected measles and two yellow fever cases in 2016. Specimen from the patients had been sent to Accra for testing and results yet to be received,...
Two Yellow Fever Cases Detected In 2016
The Jirapa District Health Directorate detected one suspected measles and two yellow fever cases in 2016. Specimen from the patients had been sent to Accra for testing and results yet to be received,...
Measles Jab Saves 20 Million Young Lives
Measles jab saves more than 20 million young lives in 15 years, but hundreds of children still die of the disease every day, United Nations health agencies report has revealed. According to the...
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 has prompted the international medical organisation Médecins Sans...