Ghana has activated an emergency response plan and heightened surveillance to combat Mpox disease. The move is in response to the recent declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) that Mpox is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The Ministry of Health, through the Ghana Health Service says it has activated its emergency…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has heightened its surveillance and emergency response systems to quickly detect possible cases of Monkeypox which has surged in the sub-region. This follows the declaration of the disease by the African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) as a “public health emergency” of security concern on Tuesday. Origin…
The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency. WHO convened its emergency mpox committee amid concerns that a deadlier strain of the virus, clade Ib, had reached four previously unaffected provinces in Africa. This strain had previously been contained to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Independent…
