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Abuakwa South MP raises concerns over Ghana’s Ebola preparedness after Nigeria case
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Abuakwa South MP raises concerns over Ghana’s Ebola preparedness after Nigeria case

A Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa South Constituency, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, has called on the government to strengthen the country’s public health emergency preparedness following the confirmation of an Ebola virus disease case in Nigeria. The MP urged the government to use developments in Nigeria as an opportunity to demonstrate the country’s readiness to manage a potential outbreak, warning against waiting until Ghana records its first case before identifying gaps in its emergency response system.

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Abuakwa South MP calls for strengthened border surveillance amid Ebola concerns
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Abuakwa South MP calls for strengthened border surveillance amid Ebola concerns

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa South, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, has urged the government to strengthen surveillance at the country’s borders following the confirmation of an Ebola case in Nigeria. Dr Agyemang acknowledged the Ministry of Health’s announcement of intensified surveillance and preparedness measures, including enhanced monitoring at Kotoka International Airport.

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Ebola: Yobe Govt Activates Emergency Response Centres, Border Surveillance
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Ebola: Yobe Govt Activates Emergency Response Centres, Border Surveillance

Yobe Govt Activates Emergency Response Centres, Border Surveillance. The Yobe State government said it has not yet recorded any Ebola virus but has activated its Public Health Emergency Incident Management System and developed a comprehensive Emergency Preparedness and Response plan to monitor the possible outbreak of the disease.

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Ebola: Plateau reactivates isolation centres, strengthens surveillance

By Golok Nanmwa JOS – The Plateau State Government has reactivated isolation centres, intensified public awareness campaigns and strengthened disease surveillance as part of measures to prevent the spread of Ebola into the state. ” The measures were announced alongside 10 resolutions approved at the 12th Plateau State Council on Health meeting held last week “ “The resolutions include establishing a state health trust fund, strengthening disease surveillance, addressing shortages of health workers and establishing an emergency fund for public health threats,” Ba’amlong said.

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Nigeria has no Ebola case after patient’s evacuation to Switzerland – WHO
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Nigeria has no Ebola case after patient’s evacuation to Switzerland – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohamed Janabi, says Nigeria currently has no Ebola cases following the medical evacuation of the patient and her husband to Switzerland. Janabi disclosed this in a statement on his official X handle on Monday, adding that Nigeria would continue monitoring 52 contacts, while Switzerland would manage the patient and follow up with her husband.

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NHS consultants to go on two-day strike in England in November, says BMA
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NHS consultants to go on two-day strike in England in November, says BMA

Industrial action by senior doctors to begin on 25 November, with only emergency cover provided, union says Senior doctors in England plan to go on strike for two days in November, the British Medical Association has said. The industrial action by consultants is to begin at 6.59am on 25 November, with only emergency cover to be provided.

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Ghana is restoring nature, but is nature recovering?
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Ghana is restoring nature, but is nature recovering?

Included is an opinion feature told through the imagined voice of Auntie Mansa, a Ghanaian woman whose livelihood depends on the land. Ghana’s 2025 Voluntary National Review reported a cumulative 748,941.6 hectares under the Ghana Forest Plantation Strategy for 2017–2023.

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Uganda imposes 21-day quarantine on citizens returning from DR Congo over Ebola fears
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Uganda imposes 21-day quarantine on citizens returning from DR Congo over Ebola fears

Uganda’s Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi told the BBC’s Newsday programme that only essential travellers from DR Congo would be allowed in but would be subjected to “intense public health measures”. The patient in Nigeria is the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat who had travelled to the Ugandan capital for a holiday, according to the head of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Jean Kaseya, while the Kenyan had travelled from the DR Congo, where he had business interests.

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EBOLA: The Bundibugyo Strain Does Not Show Symptoms Early In Patients, Virologist Warns
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EBOLA: The Bundibugyo Strain Does Not Show Symptoms Early In Patients, Virologist Warns

A United Kingdom (UK) Virologist at the University of Lancaster, Muhammed Munir, has warned of a major challenge of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, saying the incubation period is long, so an infected person might not show clinical signs until after two weeks or more. His comment comes amid the strain of Ebola detected in a 42-year-old woman in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, who was said to have returned from Uganda through Addis Ababa on October 3rd through an international flight to Abuja.

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Ebola: FG confirms evacuation of Nigeria’s index patient, husband to Switzerland

FG confirms evacuation of Nigeria’s index patient, husband to Switzerland. By Chioma Obinna Nigeria’s index case of imported Ebola virus disease has been evacuated from Abuja to Switzerland after showing significant clinical improvement, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, has said.

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‘He was like 10 men after taking cocaine‘: how Britain’s drug habit is fuelling domestic abuse
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‘He was like 10 men after taking cocaine‘: how Britain’s drug habit is fuelling domestic abuse

Home Office figures show nearly two-thirds of drug tests carried out on arrested abuse suspects detected use of a drug that ‘boosts confidence but increases paranoia’ During lockdown, Charlotte and her ex-partner would spend evenings cooped up in their flat, listening to music, watching YouTube videos and chatting until the small hours. “I wanted to be loved, and when he told me he loved me like nobody ever would and nobody ever will, I drank the Kool-Aid,” Charlotte says.

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Uganda Orders 21-Day Quarantine for Citizens Returning From DRC Amid Ebola Concerns
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Uganda Orders 21-Day Quarantine for Citizens Returning From DRC Amid Ebola Concerns

KAMPALA, Uganda, Oct 26 — Uganda has ordered citizens returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to undergo a mandatory 21-day quarantine as authorities strengthen measures to prevent the spread of Ebola amid concerns over infections reported in Kenya and Nigeria. Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi announced the measure on Sunday during a news conference in Kampala, saying Ugandans with a history of travel to the DRC would be required to quarantine at their own expense.

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Government, doctors begin CBA talks as union targets December deal
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Government, doctors begin CBA talks as union targets December deal

NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 26 – The government and doctors’ union will begin negotiations on a new four-year Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) on Monday, October 26, with the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) targeting a final deal by December. In a letter dated October 13, Principal Secretary for Public Health and Professional Standards Mary Muthoni Muriuki invited KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atellah to an inaugural negotiation meeting scheduled for October 26 and 27 in Mombasa.

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Gender advocate urges sustained breast cancer education in rural Ghana
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Gender advocate urges sustained breast cancer education in rural Ghana

Ghanaian media personality and US-based healthcare professional, Josephine Oppong-Yeboah has urged the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to intensify breast cancer education and outreach programmes, particularly among women in rural communities. While acknowledging the global campaign to raise breast cancer awareness in October, Ms Oppong-Yeboah said Ghana needed to sustain its education efforts beyond the month.

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Kenya Red Cross steps up aid for families displaced by insecurity in Moyale
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Kenya Red Cross steps up aid for families displaced by insecurity in Moyale

MARSABIT, Kenya, Oct 26 — The Kenya Red Cross Society has stepped up humanitarian assistance to families displaced by insecurity linked to cross-border conflict in Moyale, Marsabit County, with health services now operational in all six displacement camps. Beyond healthcare and material assistance, the Kenya Red Cross is helping families separated during the displacement reconnect through its Restoring Family Links programme.

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