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22 September 2008Posted to the web 22 September 2008
The government's burden of bringing environmental sanitation to the doorsteps of the citizenry would be a thing of the past, as the nation's number one waste management experts, ZoomLion Ghana Limited (ZL), is recruiting 4,000 health inspectors, to ensure the realisation of this dream, to rid the country off filth.
The health inspectors, to be known as sanitation guards, would help environmental health workers in the country, in their quest to keep the communities clean.
The Communications Manager of ZL, Isabella Gyau Orhin, recently disclosed this at the launch of the national campaign for improved environmental sanitation at Nsawam, in the Eastern Region.
The recruitment of sanitation guards, according to the Communications Manager, was at the backdrop of falling environmental sanitation standards, which has resulted in the springing-up of many diseases in the country.
The campaign christened "Tin-ton-tan, ye ni efi to nkwanta a yapae" (literally meaning: we have forever parted ways with filth), aims at preventing diseases through improved sanitation in hospitals and homes.
It also seeks to conscientise Ghanaians, to eliminate filth in their various communities, whilst improving on their health and sanitary facilities.
The work of community health inspectors had over the years experienced some setbacks, which emanates from lack of resources (human and infrastructure) and funding.
It was therefore welcome news to the nation, as it was battling with controlling filth in the communities, and also sites for the dumping of waste. "At long last, when I sleep, I can close my eyes, because this initiative from ZoomLion is going to bring back the concept of communal labour in our various communities," recounted Nana Bo Ababio, Nsawamhene, who was Chairman of the occasion.
The national campaign on environmental sanitation was a collaborative effort, which involved various agencies, including the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), Ministry of Manpower and Employment/National Youth Employment Programme (MME/NYEP) and the Ministry of Health, and Ghana Health Services.
It is estimated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that every hour, a hundred African children die from diarrhoea, and recommended that most lives could be saved through better access to sanitation and improved basic hygiene.
The Deputy Minister of Health, Mr. Abraham Dwuma Odoom, in his address, noted that nature was now paying back Ghanaians in their own coin, because of their negative activities on the environment.
"Today, the health of our people is in jeopardy, because we have over the years, taken the elements that sustain our life for granted. Through human activities, we have defiled the environment, and destroyed the purity and sanctity of these elements. We are now paying a heavy toll in terms of increase in the number of diseases and deaths," he said.He, therefore, urged Ghanaians to refrain from their negative activities on the environment, in order to ensure a clean sustainable development in the country.
The government's burden of bringing environmental sanitation to the doorsteps of the citizenry would be a thing of the past, as the nation's number one waste management experts, ZoomLion Ghana Limited (ZL), is recruiting 4,000 health inspectors, to ensure the realisation of this dream, to rid the country off filth.
The health inspectors, to be known as sanitation guards, would help environmental health workers in the country, in their quest to keep the communities clean.
The Communications Manager of ZL, Isabella Gyau Orhin, recently disclosed this at the launch of the national campaign for improved environmental sanitation at Nsawam, in the Eastern Region.
The recruitment of sanitation guards, according to the Communications Manager, was at the backdrop of falling environmental sanitation standards, which has resulted in the springing-up of many diseases in the country.
The campaign christened "Tin-ton-tan, ye ni efi to nkwanta a yapae" (literally meaning: we have forever parted ways with filth), aims at preventing diseases through improved sanitation in hospitals and homes.
It also seeks to conscientise Ghanaians, to eliminate filth in their various communities, whilst improving on their health and sanitary facilities.
The work of community health inspectors had over the years experienced some setbacks, which emanates from lack of resources (human and infrastructure) and funding.
It was therefore welcome news to the nation, as it was battling with controlling filth in the communities, and also sites for the dumping of waste. "At long last, when I sleep, I can close my eyes, because this initiative from ZoomLion is going to bring back the concept of communal labour in our various communities," recounted Nana Bo Ababio, Nsawamhene, who was Chairman of the occasion.
The national campaign on environmental sanitation was a collaborative effort, which involved various agencies, including the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), Ministry of Manpower and Employment/National Youth Employment Programme (MME/NYEP) and the Ministry of Health, and Ghana Health Services.
It is estimated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that every hour, a hundred African children die from diarrhoea, and recommended that most lives could be saved through better access to sanitation and improved basic hygiene.
The Deputy Minister of Health, Mr. Abraham Dwuma Odoom, in his address, noted that nature was now paying back Ghanaians in their own coin, because of their negative activities on the environment.
"Today, the health of our people is in jeopardy, because we have over the years, taken the elements that sustain our life for granted. Through human activities, we have defiled the environment, and destroyed the purity and sanctity of these elements. We are now paying a heavy toll in terms of increase in the number of diseases and deaths," he said.He, therefore, urged Ghanaians to refrain from their negative activities on the environment, in order to ensure a clean sustainable development in the country.
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