Health
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Tanzania detects its first-ever cases of the highly fatal Marburg viral disease
Tanzania has confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg, a high-fatality viral hemorrhagic fever with symptoms broadly similar to those of Ebola, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. The WHO said…
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Mozambique records rise in cholera cases, Malawi sees decline – WHO
Mozambique recorded an increase in the number of cholera cases in the last few weeks, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, even as many other African countries reported a decline. The cou…
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World Health Organisation discloses that Ghana and 36 other African countries facing health worker shortage due to foreign recruitment
The World Health Organisation has revealed that Ghana is among 55 countries in the world losing its health workers due to international migration. This was contained in the WHO health workforce suppo…
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Ketu South reports ten measles occurrence
Acting Volta Regional Director of Health, Dr Kwasi Senanu Djokoto, has said the Ketu South Municipality has recorded 10 cases of Measles. He, however, disclosed to the Ghana News Agency on Monday tha…
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GHS has declared vaccination of kids kicks off today as govt receives first vaccine consignment
The Ghana Health Service has announced that vaccinations for children will begin today, Monday, March 13. 2023. Following months of shortage, some childhood vaccines arrived in the country over the w…
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AstraZeneca says cancer drug Imfinzi improves survival chances in late-stage trial
Lung cancer patients treated with AstraZeneca’s immunotherapy Imfinzi pre- and post-surgery in a trial lived significantly longer without the disease progressing or recurring than those treated with …
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[Photos] Health Committee from Parliament’s to toughen Larval Control Programme
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Health has assured that it would ensure the strengthening of the larval source management programme targeted at immature mosquitoes to support the elimination of…
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Government sets to deliver vaccines
The government is deploying all efforts and resources to fast-track the delivery of the routine child immunisation vaccines that are in short supply in the country. Three out of the 13 vaccines used …
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Pediatric Society of Ghana discloses over 500 suspected cases of measles
The Pediatric Society of Ghana has revealed that over 500 cases of measles have so far been recorded in the country due to the unavailability of essential vaccines. Dr Hilda Boye, the newly elected P…
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Doctors jilt Wa East as only one left to care for 90,000 inhabitants
Inadequate health infrastructure in the Wa East District of the Upper East Region has left the district with only one doctor, as others posted there have abandoned the area. With a population of over…