The Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Ministry of Health (MoH), has discredited rumours of an Ebola outbreak in the country. An audio clip circulating on various social media platforms, suggested that the Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) was in Ghana, but some government officials wanted to keep it a secret from the public. But a … Read more
The Ghana Health Service has debunked information circulating on social media, suggesting that there is an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Ghana. A statement signed by the Acting Director General Health Service asking the public to ignore the false information contained in an audio recording, said the same audio popped up as far … Read more
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has held an Ebola and Cholera surveillance and contact tracing training for health workers from all the Regions. The three-day training was to equip participants with additional knowledge and expertise to effectively maintain surveillance, manage any Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak and trace contacts to control the epidemic should any … Read more
A requiem mass was held at the Christ the King Church on Friday, September 12, 2014 for Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, the lead consultant physician and endocrinologist at the First Consultants Medical Centre in Lagos, Nigeria. Dr Adadevoh contracted the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and died after coming into contact with a victim from Liberia. … Read more
A doctor in Port Harcourt who treated a primary contact of Nigeria’s patient zero for the Ebola outbreak has died from the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). The death of doctor has been confirmed by the Nigerian Minister for Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu. The widow of the doctor who passed away is also exhibiting symptoms of the … Read more
The Nigerian Government has announced the successful containment of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Onyebuchi Chukwu, minister of health, who made this known in a statement by Dan Nwomeh, special assistant on media and communication to the minister, said that Nigeria had thirteen cases of EVD including the index case, Patrick Saywer, the late … Read more