District Chief Executive for Wassa East
District, Hon. Anthony Emmanuel Aggrey
The District Chief Executive for Wassa East
District, Honourable Anthony Emmanuel Aggrey, has blamed the high incidence of
malaria in the country to human attitude and activity. He said we can not
behave like ostrich and bury our heads in the sand, adding that the very day mankind
behaves appropriately towards its environment and surroundings there will be no
need to import malaria drugs.
Hon. Aggrey made the statement at this year’s
World Malaria Day Celebration at Sekyere Krobo in the Western Region. It was
sponsored by World Vision Ghana and Cocoa Life.
The DCE lamented about the recent city life
attitude creeping into our communities, explaining that the attitude of
poisoning our environment with our activities is now being witness in our
communities, thus there is no communal labour, defecating indiscriminately and
throwing rubbish anywhere among others.
He admonished the people to change their attitude
and bring back the old days of communalism.
For her part the District Health Director for
Wassa East, Mrs. Priscilla Amoah, said statistics available indicates that malaria
incidence in the district are on the increase rather than decreasing in spite
of the numerous education, saying that in 2010, 92.337 cases were recorded but
the figure went up to 116,000 in 2013.
She said one of the objectives of the Ministry of
Health is to have zero malaria or malaria free country but due to human attitude
it’s becoming a mirage
However, Mrs. Amoah appealed to the people not to
showcase the insecticide treated net (ITN) given to them by the Health
directorate in their room but put them in use, in order to protect themselves
from malaria.
Speaking under the theme “invest in the future,
Defeat Malaria Now”, the National Coordinator Child Health Now Campaign,
Mr. Micah Ayo Olad said the focus of
World Vision Ghana and the Ghana Health Service is to prevent and control the
effects of malaria especially on pregnant woman and children under five years.
He further said World Vision recognizes and
celebrates the effort of Government, through the Ministry of Health to improve maternal
and child health. He added that the free maternal delivery system across the
country and the establishment of more midwifery training schools are landmarks
in the fight to end preventable deaths like diarrhea, malaria among others.
According to Mr. Ayo Olad World Vision aspires, to
ensure that children enjoy good health and are care for, protected and
participating in community life, adding that, World Vision has committed about
1.5 billion dollars globally to contribute to reducing preventable deaths among
children under five years of age.
The
occasion brought together both present and past Area Managers of World Vision
Wassa East Programme.
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