Mpox: WHO and Ghana Health Service officials dispatched to hotspots – Director of Public Health

A team of officials from the World Health Organization and the Ghana Health Service have been dispatched to the Mpox disease hotspot areas to firm up interventions to curtail the surge in cases.

The Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Franklyn Asiedu-Bekoe, disclosed this in an exclusive interview with 3news.

According to Dr. Bekoe, the new team dispatched by the Director General will be required to submit a comprehensive report.

‘‘We are actually having the negative and positive aspects of the management of the disease. In Tarkwa, which is one of the hotspot areas, we are having a decline in cases while in Dunkwa, we are rather having new cases surge over there. The Director General has dispatched a new team made up of the Ghana Health Service and the WHO to the hotspot areas. Western and Western North to look at what is being done to firm it. look at what needs to be added on to curtail the increase in cases,” he said.

As of 20th September 2025, Ghana has confirmed eighteen (18) more new cases of Mpox, bringing the total confirmed cases to five hundred eighty-three (583).

The situational report indicates that two persons are on admission while death toll remains two.

All sixteen regions are recording cases with the disease hot spot being Western, Western North and Greater Accra regions.

Dr Bekoe further noted that over 33,000 Mpox vaccines, which have been secured will be arriving in the country soon to complement government’s effort in managing the disease outbreak.

‘‘We are waiting for the vaccine to come in soon. The good thing is that we have already done all the modalities and identified the target groups who will qualify. The most important thing is that people must report early to the health facilities. If you see a rash take it to the hospital,” he urged

As an infectious disease, Mpox spreads mainly through close contact with an infected person.

Source: 3news.com