Ghana has recorded its first Mpox death since the outbreak of the disease.
Providing update in a Facebook post on July 27, 2025, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said cases have now risen to 257 as of July 22, 2025.
23 new cases have been recorded with no patient on admission.
The Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Franklyn Asiedu-Bekoe says processes are far advanced to get the vaccines after a scheduled meeting with officials of the WHO.
As of July 10, Ghana has recorded 170 cases of Mpox in over 50 districts of the 12 regions in the country.
The cases, according to health authorities have been centred mainly in specific regions.
‘‘As we have said, it’s mainly around Western Region, Western North and Greater Accra regions, but what is good for us is that the rate of increase is down and we are not getting very ill persons. Our approach is to detect the cases early so we are searching for the cases.
“We have gotten about 1,200 suspected cases and 1,700 contacts traced and only 6 out of the contacts became cases. This is a national outbreak, so everybody should see it as that and protect him or herself,’’ he explained.
