{"id":44322,"date":"2014-09-03T12:24:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T12:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=44322"},"modified":"2014-09-03T12:26:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T12:26:35","slug":"cholera-wont-stop-spreading-if-you-dont-change-fda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/cholera-wont-stop-spreading-if-you-dont-change-fda\/","title":{"rendered":"Cholera won’t stop spreading if you don’t change – FDA"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Food and Drugs Authority says a change in Ghanaian attitudes towards personal hygiene and the environment will halt the spread of cholera.<\/p>\n
According to the Head of the Animal Products and Biosafety Department of the Kofi\u00a0Essel, people continue to live in poor sanitary conditions in spite of numerous educational campaigns on sanitation and personal hygiene.<\/p>\n
\u201cPersonally, we need to take a lot of the blame. If you take any by-laws of any local government, it tells you that you are responsible for any immediate public property that borders your property. You are primarily responsible for your health. If you fail to observe hygiene, no amount of facilities that have been put in place will help you.\u201d<\/p>\n
He believes that the authority faces a huge task in maintaining quality health standards in the country due to the unwillingness of people to change their attitudes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the 21st<\/sup> century, and people still eat without washing their hands, or do so without using soap. We can\u2019t do anything about that. We can only continue to hammer on these attitudinal changes that we have been talking about. Each individual has a role to play in the fight against cholera,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n