Rabies Dog Kills Four-Year-Old Boy
A four-year-old boy has died of human rabies at the Tarkwa Nsueam Municipal Hospital in the Western Region. The deceased, ...
Tag: Veterinary medicine
S. Africa’s Neighbours Ban Poultry Imports Over Bird Flu
Four of South Africa's neighbours have banned poultry imports from the rainbow nation following a serious outbreak of a highly ...
Health Ministry Alerted Over ‘strange’ Killer Disease From Liberia
The Ministry of Health has been advised to increase its surveillance at all levels over a strange disease that has ...
Health Ministry Alerted Over ‘strange’ Killer Disease From Liberia
The Ministry of Health has been advised to increase its surveillance at all levels over a strange disease that has ...
Ebola Burial Teams Dramatically West Africa Outbreak
Red Cross volunteers prevented a significant number of Ebola cases during the 2013-2016 epidemic in West Africa by using safe ...
Health Ministry Issues Alert On ‘strange Disease’
Ghana’s Health Ministry has issued a health alert following a “strange disease” that has claimed eleven lives in West African ...
Culls, Poultry Transport Ban As S. Korea Fights Bird Flu Outbreak
South Korea has imposed a temporary nationwide ban on poultry transportation as it struggles to contain a fresh outbreak of ...
DR Congo Authorises Trial of Experimental Ebola Vaccine
The Democratic Republic of Congo has approved using an experimental Ebola vaccine to combat an outbreak of the virus in ...
Over 500 Unposted Vets To Picket At Agriculture Ministry
Over five hundred unemployed veterinary technicians have threatened to picket at the Ministry of Agriculture to push for their immediate ...
WHO Reform A Top Priority For Ethiopia’s Tedros
The first African to head the World Health Organization, Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom, says he aims to replicate his success in ...
Fourth Person In Probable Ebola Death In Congo
A fourth person has likely died from Ebola in remote northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo A fourth person has likely ...
Ghana Health Service Issues Ebola Alert
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has issued an Ebola alert after the Democratic Republic of Congo reported an Ebola outbreak ...
WHO Eyes Vaccine Trial For Ebola-Hit DR Congo
An unlicenced Ebola vaccine could soon be tested in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo hit by ...
Ebola In DR Congo’s Isolated Far North A Logistical Challenge
An Ebola outbreak in a remote region in DR Congo's far north poses a logistical challenge for doctors and aid ...
WHO Declares Outbreak In DR Congo
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At least one person ...
Ebola Outbreak Declared After Three Die In DR Congo
An Ebola outbreak has been declared in the northeast region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The World Health Organisation ...
Ebola Outbreak Declared In Northeast DR Congo
An Ebola outbreak has been declared in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said Friday, after the ...
Next Ebola Outbreak ‘inevitable’ But World Better Prepared
A new outbreak of the Ebola virus is "inevitable" but a new vaccine and rapid-response measures mean it will be ...
Liberia Tests Mystery Illness After 11 Unexplained Deaths
Liberia said Friday that samples from people struck down by a mystery illness are being tested abroad after 11 unexplained ...
Liberia Tests Mystery Disease Swabs
Health ministry spokesperson Sorbor George said that efforts to resuscitate those who died unfortunately failed, the BBC’s Jonathan Paye-Layleh reports. ...