Monkeypox

30 Jan

Monkeypox Outbreak: Ghana Records Four Deaths, 116 Cases

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Ghana recorded four deaths and 116 confirmed cases of the Monkeypox disease in 2022, in 14 out of the 16 regions. Two deaths were recorded in Upper East and one each in the Greater Accra and Central regions. The Savannah and Ahafo regions did not record any cases, Dr Farida Abdulai, the Deputy Director, Ghana Health Service (GHS), disclosed during a community stakeholder engagement at Ningo-Prampram in the Greater Accra Region. It was organised by the GHS, in collaboration with the USAID Breakthrough Action-Ghana programme, to educate the public on measures to overcome the disease. Dr Abdulai said Monkeypox could…

28 Sep

Monkeypox Outbreak: 55 Cases Recorded In Greater Accra, One Dead

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The Ghana Health Service has disclosed that up to 55 people in the Greater Accra Region have contracted the Monkeypox disease. The Greater Accra Regional Director of Health, Dr. Charity Sarpong, who disclosed this at the 2022 annual meeting of the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council, added that one of the victims had died. According to Dr. Charity Sarpong, most of the cases were recorded in communities in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, citinewsroom.com reports. “33 percent of the cases were recorded in the Accra metropolis,” the director is quoted to have said by citinewsroom.com. Ghana recorded its first five cases of Monkeypox…