The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has assured the public that no cholera outbreak has been recorded following the devastating June 29 floods, while urging Ghanaians to continue observing proper sanitation and hygiene practices to prevent the spread of waterborne diseases. The Service said that although the floods created conditions that could trigger disease outbreaks, ongoing […]
Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday. The deaths last month are among the first to be directly attributed to cuts imposed by U.S. President Donald […]
The death toll from the cholera outbreak in parts of Ghana has shot up to 37, with the number of confirmed cases also increasing from 346 to 359, as of December 26, 2024. The two new deaths were recorded in the Western region. This has prompted the Ghana Health Service to undertake mortality audits. Out […]
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed a case of cholera in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra region. The incident was recorded on October 4, 2024. The GHS in a statement dated October 14, this year, said public health emergency management committees at all levels, district, regional and national have been activated. […]
