Epidemics and outbreaks in Ghana
29 epidemics and outbreaks have been recorded in Ghana by Global Incident Tracker, 29 of them in 2026. The most recent was on 10 October 2026. These are incidents our sources reported, not an official national total.
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29
Total recorded
Continuous monitoring began 9 August 2026. These counters show what we have recorded since then, not everything that happened.
Most recent epidemics and outbreaks in Ghana
Fire outbreak at Kumasi Central Market
Moderate
Ghana declares yellow fever outbreak as three die from infections
Minor
Official Yellow Fever Outbreak Declaration in the Upper West Region, Ghana
Minor
Declaración oficial de brote de Fiebre Amarilla en la Región del Alto Oeste, Ghana
Minor
Yellow Fever Outbreak: Are Ghana's Health Authorities Doing Enough to Stop the Spread?
Minor
Ghana declares yellow fever outbreak in Upper West Region
Minor
Police arrest suspect Abubakar Latif over jewelry theft during fire outbreak in Koforidua
Moderate
Accra Mayor gives Avenor squatters 24 hours to vacate after fire outbreak
Moderate
Avenor Fire Outbreak : Ghana National Fire Service racing against time to douse the flames
Minor
Fire outbreak at Avenor disrupts power supply in parts of Accra
Moderate
Avenor Fire Outbreak: An early morning fire has broken out at the Industrial Area in Accra
Moderate
JUST IN: Fire outbreak at Avenor in Accra [VIDEO]
Moderate
One health: Why Ghana cannot fight the next disease outbreak alone
Minor
Canada has half as many measles cases as U.S., WHO says
Minor
18 meat products recalled after link to jalepeno salmonella outbreak
Minor
Suhrawardy swamped with dengue patients
Minor
6 more die with measles-like symptoms; death toll reaches 873
Minor
Three more die with measles-like symptoms in Sylhet
Minor
Bangladesh measles death toll climbs to 873 amid widening outbreak
Minor
6 more children die with measles symptoms
Minor
Dengue Deaths In Bangladesh 2026 | 2 die of dengue, 672 hospitalised in 24 hours
Minor
6 More Die from Measles Symptoms, 988 Cases Identified
Minor
Health officials report 672 fresh cases of dengue inflection, 2 deaths overnight
Minor
What's really behind the rise in measles cases? | DW News
Minor
Papaya juice not a cure: Dengue prompts rise in papaya leaf juice use; doctor cautions against delaying m
Minor
Adamawa mounts CERF-funded anti-cholera preparatory capacity building
Minor
What to know about the salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeños
Minor
More than 300 children have died from Ebola since start of DRC outbreak
Minor
Ebola cases top 4,000 in DRC as WHO urges Ervebo vaccine trial
Minor
When they happen
August carries the most epidemics and outbreaks we hold for Ghana — 16 of 29. This is when incidents were reported, so read a quiet month as either a quiet month or thin reporting.
| Month | Recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | |
| February | 0 | |
| March | 0 | |
| April | 0 | |
| May | 0 | |
| June | 0 | |
| July | 0 | |
| August | 16 | |
| September | 1 | |
| October | 12 | |
| November | 0 | |
| December | 0 |
Where this data comes from
Epidemics and outbreaks have official real-time feeds, and ours come from WHO · WHO Africa · European CDC · news.