Ghanaians have been urged to keep up with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) protocols to complement scheduled cholera vaccinations going on in the country. "Cholera clearly is a water and sanitation problem.
It is clearly cleanliness and if we don't tackle it from that angle we will continue to be at a receiving end", the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, advised.
The Minister was speaking at the launch of a cholera vaccination campaign for the Greater Accra region aimed at immunising about 300,000 residents aged one year and above in three sub-districts.
The areas are; Ablekuma South, Okaikoi South and Ashiedu Keteke are among potential hotspots in the region identified for cholera surge as they faced water and sanitation problems.
