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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana on Friday inaugurated a state-of-the-art Urology and Nephrology Centre of Excellence at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, marking a major step forward in Ghana’s healthcare system.

The death toll from Marburg virus disease in Rwanda has reached 13 as the number of confirmed cases has risen to 58, Rwanda’s Health Minister
Sabin Nsanzimana, said.

The death toll from mpox outbreak across Africa has risen to 979, with a total of 38,300 cases, including 7,339 confirmed ones, since the beginning of 2024, the continent’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed.

Despite important progress towards integrating eye health into primary health care services in African countries, a dire shortage of financial resources, combined with the concentration of scarce human resources in urban areas and low community awareness, continues to threaten the gains.

This serious zoonotic disease, similar to Ebola, has already claimed ten lives in Rwanda.

Mpox has claimed the lives of 866 people since its outbreak in January 2024 with the total number of cases…

The first case of Monkey¬pox (Mpox) this year has been confirmed in Ghana by the Ghana Health Service (GHS).

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a statement, warning of an “extreme surge” in malaria cases in Ethiopia. In…