Flood: Health officials are ensuring there is no disease outbreak – Fatimatu

A Deputy Minister of Information, Fatimatu Abubakar, has said that efforts are being made by the government to ensure that the people in the areas affected by the flood that was caused by the spillage of the Akosombo Dam are protected.

She told journalists in Accra on Tuesday, October 24, ahead of the press briefing by the Chair of the 13-member inter-ministerial committee formed to handle the flood situation, that health officials from the Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health are already in the affected areas to assist the victims.
“We have the Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service ensuring that we don’t have any disease outbreaks and provide primary care to the people,” she said.

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) earlier revealed that it has rescued about 12,000 people from 13 October 2023 to date in the flood disaster in Mepe and other parts of the Volta Region.