The Jasikan District Assembly in collaboration with the
District Health directorate has intensified its sensitization efforts to create
awareness to prevent cholera outbreaks in the district.
Mr. Killian Abrampah Kwame, District Chief Executive said
residents in the district have existing practice of organizing communal labour
to clean their environments once every month and with the outbreak of cholera
in many other MMDAs, the assembly has intensified this practice to make it more
effective.
He indicated that
cholera is highly controllable if only one practices the best personal and
environmental hygiene, adding that paying little attention to your environment
should be a priority to all individuals and not only district assemblies.
Nonetheless, the assembly is not reneging on its roles to maintain clean
environment.
According to the DCE,
through the services of the district environmental health department and
the information services departments a
lot of residents have been educated on proper management of wastes and how to
take care of themselves including hand washing.
The DCE also said enforcing sanitation bye-laws is also an
important measure being taken seriously to deter recalcitrant residents from
going contrary to directives. “There is also regular fumigation and burning of
refuse dump sites to ensure they do not breed diseases", he added.
He said the district has not recorded any cholera case and
they hope it remains this way especially with the measures being taken.
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