Ghana Health Service Refutes 2024 Mpox Case Reports

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has firmly denied any current cases of Mpox - formerly known as Monkeypox, in the country. According to Dr. Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, the Director of Public Health at GHS, recent claims of an Mpox outbreak in Ghana are due to data misrepresentation and are not based on current facts.

This denial follows a report from the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control (ECOWAS-RCSDC), which incorrectly indicated that Mpox cases had been confirmed in Ghana in 2024. The report mentioned that since the start of the Mpox outbreak in 2022, Ghana had recorded a total of 131 confirmed cases but highlighted four new cases for 2024. However, Dr. Asiedu-Bekoe emphasized that there have been no Mpox cases reported in Ghana this year.

Dr. Asiedu-Bekoe acknowledged that Ghana did record 120 Mpox cases in 2022 and eight cases in 2023. Despite the ongoing outbreak in other parts of Africa, Ghana has not documented any new cases in 2024. He reassured the public that any measures taken by the GHS are purely precautionary.

Mpox is a zoonotic disease caused by a virus in the same family as smallpox. It is primarily transmitted to humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected rodents or primates.

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