August 19, 2024 - A recent report from the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control has identified Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ghana as current hot zones for monkeypox, with 44 confirmed cases and one death recorded in the sub-region as of the end of Epidemiological Week 33 in 2024.

May 21, 2024 - The first 5 cases of mpox in Ghana was detected on June 8, 2022. Mpox (/ˈɛmpɒks/, EM-poks; formerly known as monkeypox) is an infectious viral disease that can occur in humans and other animals. Symptoms include a rash that forms blisters and then crusts over, fever, and swollen lymph nodes.

Comprehensive literature review of monkeypox. Hatmal MM, Al-Hatamleh MAI, Olaimat AN, Ahmad S, Hasan H, Ahmad Suhaimi NA, Albakri KA, Abedalbaset Alzyoud A, Kadir R, Mohamud R. Hatmal MM, et al. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2022 Dec;11(1):2600-2631. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2132882. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2022. PMID: 36263798 Free PMC article. Review. ... Preparing for future outbreaks in Ghana...

August 14, 2024 - Following the declaration of a public health emergency of the monkey pox disease in Africa by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Ghana Health Service is gearing up to activate its surveillance system across the country.

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August 20, 2024 - 2.5%) of monkeypox from eight endemic Africa Union (AU) Member States (MS): Benin (3 suspected; 3 confirmed; 0 deaths), Cameroon (35; 9; 2), Central African Republic (CAR) (17; 8; 2), Congo (14; 5; 3), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (4,068; 184; 154), Ghana (535; 105; ...

The majority of cases recorded in the last four weeks were from the Americas Region (93.3%) and the European Region (5.3%) [7]. Ghana is considered one of the monkeypox-endemic countries representing the first source of the outbreak outside Africa in 2003 [8]. As of 10 January, Ghana ranked ...

May 26, 2022 - [2] Monkeypox endemic countries are: Benin, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana (identified in animals only), Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, and Sierra Leone. Benin and South Sudan have documented importations ...

August 14, 2024 - Monkeypox does not naturally occur in Ghana; most cases are reported in West and Central Africa, primarily in the DRC, Nigeria, and Cameroon among individuals who report contact with wild primates or other mammals which may harbor the disease.

August 3, 2022 - Travel Advisory: Level 2 - Exercise Increased Caution...Read More ... Worldwide Caution Alert: Potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations, or violent actions Read More... [Skip to Content] ... Home | News & Events | Health Alert: Monkeypox U. S. Embassy Accra, Ghana

August 17, 2024 - Read the latest update and travel advice on Marburg virus disease in Rwanda. Read the latest advice · View the latest updates on the mpox epidemic caused by monkeypox virus clade I affecting several African countries.

August 16, 2024 - This is the UN agency's highest alert level for the disease, triggered for the second time in two years.

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August 27, 2024 - New, potentially more deadly strain of virus is rapidly spreading in Africa and has been discovered in Asia and Europe.

August 29, 2023 - Mpox is a viral disease that occurs mostly in central and western Africa. It is called mpox because it was first identified in laboratory monkeys. However, it is much more common among animals such as rats, mice, rabbits, and the African Squirrel

August 15, 2024 - This follows an earlier emergency declaration for a 2022-23 global outbreak. The rapid spread of a new form of mpox across Africa has sounded alarms.

July 25, 2022 - Thirty-four Monkeypox cases have been confirmed in six regions with more than 50% of cases in the Greater Accra Region according to the Ghana Health Service ...

August 29, 2024 - Mpox (monkeypox) is a zoonotic viral disease caused by the Monkeypox virus (MPXV). The clinical presentation is similar to smallpox.

October 3, 2022 - A limited outbreak in 2003 in the United States was traced to an Illinois pet distributor that imported rodents from Ghana who were co-located with prairie dogs that were sold as pets. Ian Lipkin: Traditionally, Monkeypox infection starts with non-specific symptoms, things like fever, headaches, ...