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Ghana has confirmed three cases of yellow fever in the Upper West Region, with all three resulting in deaths, the Minister of Health, Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has announced.
News Ghana » Upper West » Health: Health Ministry declares Yellow Fever outbreak in Upper West Region
The Ministry of Health, working through the Ghana Health Service and in partnership with the World Health Organisation, has declared a Yellow Fever outbreak in some affected districts in the Upper ...
News Ghana » Upper West » Health: Analysis: Ghana’s yellow fever numbers reveal a gap between vaccination and protection
Ghana recorded about 450 suspected yellow fever cases between June and September 2026, according to Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh. Of these, 74 were reported in the Upper West Region, with ...
News Ghana » Upper West » Health: Five communities in Ghana’s Upper West Region receive ambulance tricycles — MyJoyOnline
Five remote communities in Ghana’s Upper West Region received ambulance tricycles to transport patients to hospitals after driver and health worker training.
News Ghana » Upper West » Health: Ghana declares outbreak of dangerous disease after recent deaths, lists symptoms to look out for
Ministry of Health declared a Yellow Fever outbreak in the Upper West Region after laboratory tests confirmed three cases in Sissala West and Wa West ...
News Ghana » Upper West » Health: GHS Director-General pushes for 100% yellow fever vaccination coverage in Upper West
Dr Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, has called for 100 per cent yellow fever vaccination coverage in the Upper West Region as health authorities intensify efforts to contain the disease.
News Ghana » Upper West » Health: GHS begins Yellow Fever vaccination campaign in three Upper West districts
Ghana Health Service begins five-day Yellow Fever Reactive Vaccination Campaign in Wa West, Sissala East, and Sissala West, targeting 244,869 persons aged nine months to 60 years.
News Ghana » Upper West » Health: Builsa South intensifies surveillance amid Yellow Fever outbreak in Upper West
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the Builsa South District has intensified disease surveillance and public education following reports of yellow fever outbreak in neighbouring Upper West Region .
News Ghana » Upper West » Health: Ghana declares yellow fever outbreak as 3 die from infections
Ghanaian health authorities declared the outbreak of yellow fever in the country's Upper West Region in a release late Thursday.
News Ghana » Upper West » Health: 450 suspected yellow fever cases recorded from June to September – Akandoh
Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh says 450 suspected yellow fever cases were recorded across Ghana between June and ...
News Ghana » Upper West » Health: Upper West FDA Boss wage relentless war against tramadol abuse
Wa, (UW/R), July 21, GNA – Mr Kelvin Dafaari Sunkpal, the Upper West Regional Head of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has reaffirmed his unwavering commitment to helping combat the rising abuse of ...
News Ghana » Upper West » Health: Ghana declares yellow fever outbreak in Upper West Region
The Ministry of Health has declared a yellow fever outbreak in affected districts of the Upper West Region after laboratory tests confirmed three cases, all of which resulted in deaths .