Volta: Health Director urges increased vaccination efforts amid rising measles and rubella cases
By: Seraphine Nyuiemedi The Volta Regional Director of Health Services, Dr. Chrysantus Kubio has called for intensified efforts to boost vaccination rates in the region following significant gaps in routine immunization and COVID-19 vaccination coverage. Speaking at the second-quarter Risk Communication Sub-Committee meeting, Dr. Kubio highlighted the region’s progress in health service delivery but expressed […]
More than 100 children contract measles in Northern Ghana
The newly elected President of the Pediatrics Society of Ghana, Dr Hilda Mantebea Boye, said more than 100 children in the northern part of country are suspected to have contracted measles. The figures come amid the shortage of childhood vaccines nationwide. Ghana ran out of essential vaccines as a result of the Ministry of Health’s […]
Measles outbreak reported in Northern Region
By: Murtala Issah There are reports of an outbreak of measles in some parts of the Northern Region including the Regional Capital Tamale where more than 70 cases have been reported at various health centres in the region. Though Health Officials in the Region are tight lipped on the matter, GBC News has seen a […]
