President John Dramani Mahama says his government is committed to keeping communities and cities clean through appropriate investments, supervision, and performance tracking to prevent disease outbreaks.
Delivering his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on the floor of Parliament in Accra on Thursday, President Mahama said sanitation-within the context of infectious disease outbreaks, personal hygiene, and environmental sanitation-was a major priority. "Public health experts are grappling with the conundrum of new diseases and the re-emergence of old ones.
Our cities and towns must be cleaner than what is being delivered so far," he said.
He noted that the unpredictable nature of disease outbreaks suggested the need for a resilient health system capable of withstanding shocks.
