vaccination
50 Percent of Children Born In Ho Not Immunised
Dr. Senanu Kwesi Djokoto, Municipal Director of the Ghana Health Service, has noted that less than 50 percent of...
US To Run Out of Yellow Fever Vaccine Later This Year
The United States will run out of vaccine for yellow fever by mid-2017, and travelers may find it hard to get...
Asokore-Mampong Records Low Immunization Coverage
The Asokore-Mampong Municipality has been recording poor immunization coverage – ranked the lowest nationwide. In...
Ghana Among Three Countries For First Malaria Vaccine
The world’s first vaccine against malaria will be introduced in three countries – Ghana, Kenya and Malawi –...
New Malaria Vaccine To Be Tested In Ghana, Kenya, Malawi
A new malaria vaccine will be tested on a large scale in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi, the World Health Organization said...
Ghana Gets First Vaccine
The world's first vaccine against malaria will be introduced in three countries - Ghana, Kenya and Malawi - starting in...
Malaria: Kenya, Ghana and Malawi Get First Vaccine
The world’s first vaccine against malaria will be introduced in three countries – Ghana, Kenya and Malawi –...
First Large-Scale Malaria Vaccine Trials For Africa
A new malaria vaccine will be tested on a large scale in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi, the World Health Organization said...
Media Must Desist From Giving Unsubstantiated Statistics On CSM Deaths
Dr Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, the Head of Disease Surveillance at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has cautioned media...
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...
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...
Vaccine Cost Cripples Response To Outbreak
Nigeria needs as many as 800,000 doses of the type C meningitis vaccine to deal with the outbreak Nigeria does not have...
Vaccine Shortage For Nigeria Meningitis Outbreak
Nigeria is facing a major shortfall in vaccines to contain an outbreak of meningitis that has claimed 282 lives since...
Meningitis Outbreak Kills At Least 140 In Nigeria
An outbreak of meningitis in several states of Nigeria has killed at least 140 people, officials say. It has been...
Alarm As Measles Spreads Across Europe
Measles is making its way across Europe at an alarming rate, shocking new figures reveal. Cases of the highly...
UN, WHO Plan To Eradicate Polio In Africa
The campaign, one of the largest ever conduct in Africa, will run from march 25-28 The World Health Organization and...
Cerebrospinal Meningitis Kills Two Senior High School Students
Eleven others who have also been infected with CSM are in hospital for treatment At least two Senior High School...
116 Million African Children To Get Polio Vaccines
The World Health Organization said Friday 116 million children are to receive polio vaccines in 13 countries in west...
Is Yellow Fever the New Zika Virus?
Health experts fear a random outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil could affect millions if it isn't contained. The entire...