GHS engages stakeholders on post-flooding cholera prevention measures

Dr Serwah Amoah, Chief Nursing Officer at the Ministry of Health, after the event told journalists that the engagement was part of interventions by health authorities to bring together influential people to train them on cholera preventive mechanisms for onwards sensitisation in their communities to guard against the possible outbreak of the disease.

The engagement, held in Takoradi, with support from the West Africa Health Organisation, formed part of the GHS post-flooding cholera preparedness and response activities aimed at strengthening community awareness and promoting preventive measures against the disease outbreak.

She said: “Before the onset of the rains, there were plans to see how best we will not be hard-hit again with the cholera situation we faced as a region some time back, so this is part of the interventions to arm ourselves with adequate information as health workers and community members to be able to prevent possible cholera outbreak.