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 West Region following laboratory confirmation of three cases, all of which resulted in deaths.

The Ministry, through the Ghana Health Service, has activated the National and Regional Public Health Emergency Operations Centres and deployed Rapid Response Teams to affected communities for case finding, surveillance, and risk communication.

In line with the International Health Regulations (2005) and the National Public Health Act, 2012 (Act 851), the Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has declared a Yellow Fever outbreak in the affected districts.