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Mr Peter Maala, the Upper West Regional Coordinating Director, has indicated that issues concerning child protection and welfare ought to be a concern for every responsible member of the society.
He said children were subjected to various forms of abuses, including child labour, which was inimical to their holistic development and well-being.
Mr Maala, who is the Chairperson of the Upper West Regional Child Protection Committee, said this at the first quarter meeting of the Committee in Wa on Thursday.
The meeting was to, among other things; develop the 2021 work plan for the Committee as well as to chart effective ways of ensuring that children had access to essential services amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Upper West Regional Inter-agency Coordinating Committee on Sanitation (RICCS) says COVID-19 is adversely affecting the Open Defecation Free (ODF) campaign in the region.
It said due to the outbreak of the pandemic in the country in March 2020, the committee could not facilitate the conversion of more open defecation communities to ODF as compared to previous years.
In a presentation at the committee s meeting in Wa, the Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator at the Regional Environmental Health and Sanitation Department, Mr Agambire Alhassan Inusah, said in 2020, only 49 communities could attain ODF status.
That represented 66 per cent of the communities that were submitted for verification within the period.
The Upper West Regional Inter-agency Coordinating Committee on Sanitation (RICCS) says COVID-19 is adversely affecting the Open Defecation Free (ODF) campaign in the Upper West Region.
It said due to the outbreak of the pandemic in the country in March 2020, the committee could not facilitate the conversion of more Open Defecation communities to ODF as compared to previous years.
In a presentation at the committee s meeting in Wa, Mr. Agambire Alhassan Inussah, the Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator at the Regional Environmental Health and Sanitation Department, said in 2020 only 49 communities could attain ODF status.
That represented 66 percent of the communities that were submitted for verification within the period.