Tropical diseases

Opinion

Ghana Makes Gains Since 2000 But Still Lags In Progress Toward The Sustainable Development Goals

- Rates of HIV, malaria, and TB diseases have decreased since 2000; suicide and binge drinking have become greater...

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Read Mahama’s Full Speech At UN General Assembly

President John Mahama on Wednesday addressed the United Nation’s 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly....

Health

GHS Training on Ebola and Cholera Surveillance Ends

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has held an Ebola and Cholera surveillance and contact tracing training for health...

Africa & World

World Health Organization: Nigeria and Senegal – Model Test Cases for Effective Ebola Control

(Geneva,GNA) – The World Health Organisations (WHO) says Senegal and Nigeria offers a test case for the world on how...

Africa & World

United States Ambassador to the United Nations visits Ebola Stricken Countries

(Accra, GNA) - In a communique released by the United States Embassy in Ghana, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,...

Feature

An Anti-Ebola March in South West Philadelphia “I’m a West African – Not a Virus.”

Practically everyone at the march had a story about someone who refused to shake hands or moved to a different bus seat...

Health

Drugmakers to Join Forces to Make Millions of Ebola Vaccine Doses

(Africa,Reuters) - Leading drugmakers plan to work together to speed up the development of an Ebola vaccine and hope to...

Health

The Fight Against Ebola – VICE News

The international news organization VICE News visited Liberia to provide a front line perspective of the uphill battle...

Africa & World

Travel Restrictions Imposed: U.S. to Funnel Travelers from Ebola-hit Region Through Five Airports

(Reuters, Africa) - Travelers to the United States from Ebola-stricken Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea must fly into...

Africa & World

President Mahama on Ebola and Investment in Africa

(The Presidency, Accra)President John Mahama has expressed optimism that there will be a positive turnaround in the...

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President Mahama urges Ghanaian soldiers to join in efforts to fight Ebola

President John Mahama has urged Ghanaian soldiers to complement efforts of their counterparts in the West African...

World News

More Ebola Outbreaks outside Africa – Nurse Infected in Spain

Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato has confirmed that a nurse who treated two victims of Ebola in Madrid has tested...

Africa & World

President John Mahama Visits West Africa Hardest Hit Ebola Countries – Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea

Mr. Mahama, Chairman of ECOWAS, left Accra on Monday for Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, to discuss with the...

Health

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,...

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Kofi Annan on Ebola – Travel Ban on Ebola Countries May Hinder Eradication

The Chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, Busumuru Kofi Annan has warned that if measures are not put in place now to...

Africa & World

Sudan Just Banned Reporting on Ebola

The Sudanese authorities have prohibited local media from covering any news related to the Ebola virus. Press sources...

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US Universities Screening African Students for Ebola

College students from West Africa may be subject to extra health checks when they arrive to study in the United States...

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Ghana’s to Open It’s doors for the dispatch of supplies and personnel to the Ebola-Hit Nations – President Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has lamented the ostracism and neglect countries affected by the deadly Ebola virus have...

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The World Health Organization Estimates Over 20,000 People Could Get Ebola Before It is Brought Under Control

The World Health Organization says the current deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as...