Disease

Cholera in Ghana

The Goaso Government Hospital in the Brong Ahafo region has recorded 94 cholera cases with three deaths in two months despite reports of the drastic reduction in the rate of infection for the past few months.

Cholera has claimed over 100 lives with more than 10,000 cases recorded across the country since its outbreak this year.

Chikungunya in Mexico

The number of locally acquired chikungunya cases in Mexico have climbed to 74 in epidemiological week 49 ending Dec 5. The North American country, south of the border, saw its first autochthonous case of the painful mosquito borne viral disease the epidemiological week 45 ending Nov. 7, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

Local transmission, or autochthonous means that mosquitoes in the area have been infected with chikungunya and are spreading it to people.