At least 1,775 people died from the H1N1 virus, also known as the swine flu, in Brazil between Jan. 1 and Aug. 13, the Ministry of Health announced Thursday. According to the data, Brazil is seeing the highest level of deaths from the virus since 2009, when the World Health Organization declared a swine flu … Read more
About 25 people have reportedly died under strange circumstances over a period of time at Ejuratia, a community in the Ashanti Region. Odikro of Ejuratia, Nana Antwi Boasiako Kwakye Piagyi II, believes a black stool belonging to the people of Mami which is close to Ejuratia, is responsible for the deaths. He consequently ordered for … Read more
Twelve persons including a medical doctor and three student nurses have died from cholera in Cape Coast, the Central Regional capital. A total of 922 cholera cases have been reported in various health facilities in the metropolis since the disease broke out in the region a few weeks ago. Some reported sick with diarrhea and … Read more
(Cape Coast, GNA) – Twenty people have died since cholera broke out in the Central Region in July, Dr. Kwaku Anin Karikari, the Central Regional Deputy Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has said. Between Monday, July 21, when the first suspected case was reported at Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East the disease … Read more
President John Mahama has directed operators of public toilets in accra to allow children use their facility free of charge. He gave the directive on Saturday when he toured parts of the Greater Accra Region to urge residents to clean their environment, as part of measures toward curbing the spread of cholera. The disease has … Read more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has raised red flag over the increasing deaths of whales along the coast, saying Ghana risks oil sanctions if adequate measures are not instituted to curb the trend. It said there has been a remarkable increase in the incidence of the beaching of whales and dolphins on the coast of … Read more
Two people have died and 53 are currently on admission at various hospitals in the Ketu South Municipality in the Volta Region following an outbreak of cholera. There are fears the numbers may rise due to the insanitary conditions in most communities in the municipality. Joy News’ Volta Region Correspondent Ivy Setordjie reports the situation … Read more
Field Engineers of the Ghana Armed Forces have been deployed to speed up work on the three designated centers to be set up in the treatment of Ebola in the country in case of an outbreak. The centers are to be set up in Tema, Kumasi and Tamale as part of measures taken by the … Read more
A plant has been found to halt the deadly Ebola virus in its tracks in laboratory tests, scientists have said. They used a compound from Garcinia kola, a plant commonly eaten in West Africa. Compounds from the plant have also proved effective against some strains of flu. If the anti-Ebola compound proves successful in animal … Read more
One newborn child dies every 15 minutes in Ghana with 30,000 newborn deaths recorded each year. This according to a statement by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), accounts for 40% of the under-five mortality in Ghana. Three out of the four children who die each hour could be saved through simple, effective … Read more