{"id":71980,"date":"2014-12-07T07:01:59","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T07:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=71980"},"modified":"2014-12-07T07:03:35","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T07:03:35","slug":"canadian-university-promotes-sanitation-tolon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/canadian-university-promotes-sanitation-tolon\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian University promotes sanitation in Tolon"},"content":{"rendered":"
The University of Alberta in Canada is partnering with the Tolon District Health Directorate to promote sanitation in the Tolon District in the Northern Region.<\/p>\n
Professor Michael Frishkopf of the Department of Music in the University of Alberta (Canada) is using music and dance drama to effect behavioral change on bad sanitary practices in the Tolon District.<\/p>\n
The project is facilitated by the Tamale Youth Home Cultural Group in collaboration with NORST and DFATD (Canada).<\/p>\n
The project was officially launched at the forecourt of Tolon Naa\u2019s palace on the theme, \u201cAssessing the efficacy of traditional music and dance for health education and promotion in Northern Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n
Professor Michael Frishkopf told Citi News on the sidelines that his team\u2019s major priority was to assist the Tolon District Health Directorate to prevent the outbreak of cholera and malaria in the area.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”tF4zDxTiTHRgUfBJF1lWwNGOJhnLXfdr”]He admonished residents of Tolon to keep their surroundings clean and strengthen their hand washing habit after attending to nature\u2019s call.<\/p>\n He reiterated his team\u2019s commitment to simultaneously promote traditional music and dance as best means of effectively communicating public health to the targeted audience.<\/p>\n He maintained that behavioral change could be the cost effective way of preventing cholera and malaria.<\/p>\n According to him, he produced a video on sanitation which was beneficial to the people of Liberia, hence his decision to replicate it in the Tolon District.<\/p>\n Professor Michael Frishkopf promised to sustain the project at all cost in collaboration with the Tamale Youth Home Cultural Group and other partners.<\/p>\n