Dr Joseph Kofi Abuh, the Greater Accra Regional Veterinary Officer, says the Government will soon pay some 138 poultry farmers affected by the Avian Influenza (A-H5N1) in the region. He said the Chief Veterinary Officer of the Veterinary Services Department (VSD) had approved the processed compensation certificates of the farmers…
The Tema Metropolitan Office of the Veterinary Services, with support from the Assembly, has held a forum to discuss the need to synchronise health approaches to eradicate rabies from the metropolis. The forum brought together key stakeholders to discuss rabies and dog bite related cases and the way forward. It…
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Representatives from Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Ghana Health Service (GHS), Greater Accra Veterinary Service Unit, and its development institutions have toured some affected poultry farms affected by bird flu within the Tema and Kpone Katamanso municipalities. The visit was to assess the situation at…
Dr Richard Suu-ire, Chairman of Rabies In West Africa, Ghana (RIWA- GH) has revealed that 100 Ghanaians die annually of rabies with 80 per cent of the deaths being children. Globally, more than 75,000 lives are lost to rabies every year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). He said…