Ghana news briefing
Central Region moves to tame cholera outbreak
Dr Kizzie-Hayford stressed that sustained public education remained essential to raising awareness of the risks and promoting simple preventive actions, such as drinking treated or boiled water, practicing good hand hygiene, using safe sanitation facilities and ensuring food was handled and cooked safely.
The initiative targeted market women, traders, associations, food vendors, schools, communities, traditional and religious leaders with hygiene demonstrations, safe-water handling advice and prompt reporting mechanisms to nip potential outbreaks in the bud.
On cholera prevention, he advised drinking and using only safe water from bottled water with an unbroken seal, water that has been boiled, or water treated with chlorine tablets like AquaTabs.
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