The Ghana Well being Service (GHS) has confirmed 10 new instances of Mpox, bringing the whole variety of confirmed instances in Ghana this 12 months to 19.
Based on GHS, 5 patients are at the moment on admission and receiving remedy however no deaths have been recorded thus far.
The GHS, nonetheless, indicated that efforts had been underway to include the outbreak including contact tracing, enhanced surveillance throughout all 16 areas, capacity-building, and public sensitisation initiatives.
It assured the general public that there was no trigger for alarm however urged Ghanaians to stick to preventive measures.
These embrace common hand hygiene, avoiding shut skin-to-skin contact with contaminated people, and promptly reporting symptoms to the closest well being facility.
Mpox is a viral sickness much like smallpox and is transmitted by direct contact with an contaminated particular person’s pores and skin or bodily fluids, together with sexual contact. It sometimes causes fever, swollen lymph nodes, and a rash.
Widespread signs embrace fever, pores and skin rash or lesions, fatigue, complications, muscle and again ache, and swollen glands.
Throughout Africa, Mpox stays a major public well being concern. As of March 2025, over 24,200 instances and roughly 260 deaths have been recorded in 22 nations.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been the onerousest hit, accounting for a big proportion of each instances and fatalities.
The World Well being Organisation (WHO) has just lately referred to as for elevated funding in Mpox diagnostics, vaccine analysis, and public schooling campaigns throughout the continent.
It has additionally confused the importance of de-stigmatising public discourse across the illness with a purpose to make sure that affected individuals aren’t marginalised or discouraged from looking for care
BY ABIGAIL ANNOH
