The Regional Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee on Sanitation (RICCS) has pledged to intensify monitoring of sanitation and hygiene among butchers to prevent public health concerns. The move has become necessary to prevent butchers from using old vehicle tyres to singe the slaughtered animals for sale to the public and posing health…
The Mawuli Estate in Ho in the Volta Region has been declared open defecation free, making it the first community to attain the feat in the country under the Urban Sanitation Programme. This was disclosed by Mr Divine Bosson, the Ho Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), during this year's celebration of…
The Nkwanta North District Assembly has been ranked first among the eight districts and municipalities of the Oti Region in the latest Open Defaecation Free (ODF) compilation. Kadjebi and Nkwanta South Municipal occupied the second and third positions respectively. Krachi Nchumuru, Biakoye District, Krachi East Municipal, Jasikan Municipal Assembly and…
Communities, especially those around Senior High Schools (SHS) have been urged to be keen on safeguarding the health of the students by keeping their surroundings clean. Mr Suleman Yakubu, Northern Regional Director of the Environmental Health and Sanitation Directorate, who made the call, urged members of the public to desist…
Saint Charles Senior High School (SHS) has topped the league table of the Northern Region's inter-SHS Open Defecation Free (ODF) and sanitation programme. The school was ranked first amongst 39 other SHSs in the region for active practice of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and the absence of open defecation in the…