Ghanaians have been advised to eat healthy and warm foods as a precautionary measure to break the transmission of cholera as regions continue to record cases.
They should prioritize hygiene and pay serious attention to what they consume in order not to contract the disease.
Dr. Fred Adomako-Boateng, the Ashanti Regional Director of Health Services, who gave the advice, also cautioned against buying food from vendors in unhygienic environment.
Four regions including Greater Accra, Western, Eastern, and Central have so far recorded cases, compelling health authorities in other regions to be on high alert.
Addressing the media in Kumasi on measures put in place by the Regional Health Directorate to prevent or contain the disease should cases be recorded, Dr. Adomako-Boateng entreated the public to observe hand washing protocols after visiting the toilet and before eating.
“For this particular outbreak that we are dealing with if you are not careful and you contract this germ, within the shortest possible time people are really losing their lives,” he cautioned.
He said cholera was one of the diseases that could be prevented from transmission from one person to another and stressed the need for the public to embrace good hygienic practices.
Washing hands with running water and soap or alcohol-based gel, he said, was one of the effective ways of stopping transmission of the disease.
He said specific facilities in the districts had been designated for people presenting symptoms of cholera to report to as part of measures to stop the spread of the disease.
“We do not want people to be moving from one facility to another within a district. The moment you do that, you are spreading the germ,” Dr. Adomako-Boateng explained.
He said they were also engaging chemical sellers and pharmacies to refer people with cholera symptoms to health facilities so as not to endanger their lives.
“We are not really bothered as to when we are going to record a case, but what we are really bothered about is when people have it, they will be able to pick it as early as possible and report to the health facility to get treatment,” the Regional Director pointed out.
