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Parliament summons Health Minister over cholera and meningitis outbreak
Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has been directed to appear before Parliament within a week.
The summons is for Mr. Akandoh to provide a comprehensive...
Cholera outbreak in Effutu kills two children
The Effutu Municipality in the Central Region is currently grappling with a cholera outbreak, which has resulted in 356 reported cases and two fatalities,...
29 cholera cases reported in Winneba
The Effutu Municipal Hospital has confirmed 29 cases of cholera out of 356 recorded cases in the municipality.According to the hospital, one person has...
GHS to vaccinate health workers in cholera-affected areas
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced that all health workers involved in the cholera vaccination exercise in the Central Region will receive vaccines...
Ghana progresses in prevention and control of cholera
A study by WHO-AFRO evaluating the five-year progress of the implementation of the regional cholera prevention and control framework adopted in 2018, has shown...
Cholera threat looms in Cape Coast amid water crisis
The Central Regional Health Directorate has raised a critical alarm regarding a potential cholera outbreak in the Cape Coast Municipality, triggered by an ongoing...
Cholera kills three in Agona West Municipality
Three people have been reported dead in the Agona West Municipality following the outbreak of cholera in Agona Swedru and surrounding towns in the...
Cholera cases at Agona Swedru rise to 214
The number of suspected cases of Cholera recorded in the Agona West Municipality of the Central Region has risen to 214.Officials from the Ghana...
11 Cholera cases recorded in Agona West
The Ghana Health Service in the Agona West District of the Central Region is grappling with 214 suspected cases of cholera, with 11 cases...
Ghana: Death toll from cholera outbreak hit 37
The cholera outbreak in some parts of Ghana has claimed 37 lives as of December 26, 2024, with confirmed cases rising from 346 to...
Ashanti region confirms 5 cholera cases
The Ashanti region has for the first time recorded five confirmed cholera cases in three districts.The Sekyere South district has the highest number of...
35 dead as cholera outbreak spreads across five regions
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed 35 deaths from the cholera outbreak and 4,155 suspected across five regions nationwide.The Western Region according to GHS...
Minority demands urgent action on cholera outbreak
The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has criticized the government for its inadequate response to the ongoing cholera outbreak, which...
GHS administers 290,000 cholera vaccines in first two days in W/R
The Western Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has so far administered about 290,000 doses of cholera vaccines out of a targeted...
Western Region records 15 cholera deaths
The Western Region has so far recorded 15 deaths from the cholera outbreak with Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis and Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality as the epicentres.The Deputy Regional...
MMDAs directed to institute measures to curb Cholera outbreak in Western Region
The Western Regional Co-ordinating Council (WRCC) has directed Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to institute stringent measures to curb the surge in cholera...
GHS to begin Cholera vaccination in Western Region
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will launch a mass cholera vaccination campaign in the Western Region, beginning today, December 15, and running through Thursday,...
Cholera outbreak in Western region claims 10 lives
A cholera outbreak in the Western Region has claimed ten lives, with numerous others hospitalized in various healthcare facilities.As of December 7, 789 suspected...
Food vendors banned from selling vegetables to curb cholera outbreak in Western Region
The Western Regional Coordinating Council (WRCC) has announced immediate measures to combat a severe cholera outbreak that has gripped the region, with alarming infection...
Cholera outbreak: Central region records 7 deaths, 47 confirmed and 720 suspected cases
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has recorded seven fatalities, 47 confirmed cases and 720 suspected instances of cholera in the Central Region since Thursday,...
GHS recommends reinstating COVID-19 hygiene protocols to control cholera spread
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has urged the public to re-adopt COVID-19 hygiene practices to help curb the current cholera outbreak.Deputy Director of Disease...
Cholera outbreak: 16 dead, 115 infected in one month
A total of 16 people have died, and 115 others have been infected in the ongoing cholera outbreak in various parts of the country...
GHS sends important message to the public amid cholera surge [Listen]
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has urged Ghanaians to maintain a clean environment amid a surge in cholera cases.Director of Public Health at the...
Cholera outbreak in Kasoa: 56 cases reported as GHS intensifies control efforts
Authorities report that 56 cholera cases have been recorded since the outbreak began in the Kasoa area, where initial cases numbered around five.Currently, 46...
Ashanti Regional Health Directorate intensifies public education on Cholera
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has stepped up public education on preventive measures against the outbreak of cholera in the region.In recent weeks, the...
5 dead, 30 hospitalized over cholera outbreak in Kasoa
A cholera outbreak in Kasoa, located in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region, has claimed five lives, with 30 others hospitalized.The...
Cholera outbreak: 2 deaths recorded out of 43 cases
Ghana has confirmed 43 cholera cases with two fatalities so far.Currently, 12 people are receiving treatment, and nearly 200 suspected cases have been reported,...
Kpone-Katamanso confirms two cholera cases
The Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Health Directorate has raised a health alert after confirming two cholera cases within the municipality and awaiting the results of other...
GHS confirms Cholera cases in Greater Accra
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed cases of cholera in the Ada West and Ada East Districts of the Greater Accra Region.According to...
Cholera continues to claim 115 lives per hour across Africa – Report
Cholera, commonly known as a "disease of poverty," continues to claim 115 lives deaths per hour among marginalized communities in Africa that lack access...
Cholera outbreak in Sudan kills at least 22 people
Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities...
Zimbabwe conducts a cholera intra action review
The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) in Zimbabwe with support from the World Health Organization and UNICEF conducted an Intra Action Review...
Environmental Health Workers on the Frontlines of Zimbabwe’s Cholera Outbreak
The number of cholera cases in Zimbabwe is declining thanks to the expanded and decentralized cholera response activities undertaken by the Ministry of Health...
To win the fight against cholera, the approach must be changed
Zimbabwe is grappling with the second biggest outbreak of cholera in its history, with cases rapidly spreading across the country. It started on 12...
More than 2.1 million people vaccinated against cholera in Zimbabwe hotspots
Juliet Chikono, a resident of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, is now relieved since she is among the more than 2.1 million Zimbaweans who were vaccinated...
Global cholera vaccine stockpile runs empty as 16 countries report outbreaks
The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is extremely concerned about a recent announcement that the global cholera vaccine stockpile has been exhausted. As...
World Health Organization (WHO) sets up 17 Standard Cholera Treatment Centers in Ethiopia to...
Since the first reported cholera outbreak in Ethiopia on August 26, 2022, the Ministry of Health and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) have...
As cholera remains a concern in the region, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and...
Thirteen countries in Eastern and Southern Africa are currently responding to cholera, most recently Comoros, Zimbabwe and Zambia. In some countries, 52 per cent...
Cholera: Outbreak silences a once vibrant town in southwestern Zimbabwe
Swift action by health authorities and Red Cross volunteers saves lives as cholera shuts down community life and people focus on stopping the outbreak’s...
Mukuru partners with Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) to donate much needed aid...
Mukuru (www.Mukuru.com), Africa’s leading financial services platform, has partnered with the Zambia Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) under the Ministry of Health, to...