The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia have touted Government effort in curbing cholera outbreak through investment in clean water for all Ghanaians.
According to the Vice President, Government has invested an amount of $740 million dollars in ensuring Ghanaians have potable water for drinking.
Dubbed ‘water for all project’, Dr Bawumia who was speaking at the commissioning of a town water project in Tuna said the successes chalked by government in providing portable drinking water for rural and urban dwellers has resulted in a reduction of sanitation-related diseases such as cholera.
“We all know that under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal, Goal number 6 is a goal for us to attain clean water sanitation for all. In this regard, the government of Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo has had a policy of water for all. This water for all policy has resulted in an investment program of about 740 million dollars in terms of investment in water systems in various towns and communities,” he said.
The Vice President intimated that Ghana has over the last five years not recorded a single case of cholera due to the huge investments made to provide clean drinking water and increasing the overall access to water to 87%, 96% for urban access while rural access stands at 74%.
“If you will all avert your mind, Ghana has not had a single case of cholera in the last five years. Not one single case of cholera,” he added.
Ghana recorded its worst outbreak of cholera in 2014 with eight out of its 10 regions being affected. The cholera outbreak started in June 2014 and continued to 2015. By the end of January 2015 when the outbreak was finally contained, over 28, 000 cases with 243 deaths had been recorded in all 10 regions of Ghana.
Source: theGhanaianvoice.com