The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has deployed 300 personnel to the Effutu area in the Central Region to commence the cholera vaccination exercise.
The Agona Swedru area has also trained 108 personnel who have also commenced vaccination according to the Ghana Health Services.
The Director General of the Ghana Health Service Professor Samuel Kaba Akoriyea stated that the vaccine is only meant to mitigate the spread while urging residents to keep their surroundings clean.
“It is not just about carrying vaccines and moving around, but we also move along doing health promotion. So that people understand it is not just about vaccines. Education is part of it so they know that prevention is better than cure,” he said.
To sustain the efforts being made to combat the disease, Central Regional Minister Ekow Panyi Okyere Eduamoah has instituted monthly clean-up exercises across the region starting from March 1, 2025.
He stated that the exercise would be compulsory, and urged the assembly to ensure that the assembly by-laws are punitive against those who don’t adhere to the directive.
“We want to change our behaviour so the last Saturday of every month, starting this month, we are going to have two clean-up exercises, and we want the institution to participate. It is going to be a compulsory task in the community.
“We are going to make sure the district assembly and the municipal assembly implemented their by-laws. We have by-laws to ensure that our communities are clean. Yet they have not, so I think that they need education. cleanliness and that is what we will ensure it happens.” he said.
