{"id":381206,"date":"2017-12-08T12:26:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T12:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=381206"},"modified":"2017-12-08T12:26:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T12:26:30","slug":"kumaca-deaths-education-needed-calm-fears-health-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/kumaca-deaths-education-needed-calm-fears-health-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"KUMACA deaths: Education needed to calm fears – Health officer"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Professor of Public Health,\u00a0Irene Agyapong is calling for public education on influenza, following the deadly outbreak of H1N1 at Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n
According to her, the public education will help calm the fears of the persons who had become alarmed over the number of student deaths recorded at the school due to the viral infection.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”M4DCbYN2sTZGWedYvDexFG3SHuuQesQg”]Speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, she explained that when the public is better informed about the condition, they can effectively protect themselves from being infected.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to put messages out there because there is still work to be done now that we have identified that there is an H1N1 outbreak. People need to be educated about hand-washing, about covering their mouth and nose when sneezing, and avoiding crowded places when you have symptoms \u201dshe said.<\/p>\n Prof. Irene\u00a0Agyapong further commended the regional health directorate for their swift response to the situation at the school.<\/p>\n \u201cI think they have done what they should do, they quickly put a team together, they establish there is an outbreak, they have verified the diagnoses and in a few days they have come out to confirm it is H1N1,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n