{"id":77850,"date":"2014-12-29T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=77850"},"modified":"2014-12-29T10:04:27","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T10:04:27","slug":"border-health-officials-worried-over-new-security-arrangement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/border-health-officials-worried-over-new-security-arrangement\/","title":{"rendered":"Aflao border officials worried over new security arrangement\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
Port health officers at the Aflao border in the Volta Region have expressed worry over new security arrangements at Ghana\u2019s Eastern border.<\/p>\n
They say the current arrangement which allows the Ghana Immigration Service to be the first to attend to travelers entering and moving out of the country does not conform to the international health regulation.<\/p>\n
The International Health Regulations (2005) as adopted by the World Health Assembly to which Ghana is a member state regulates the international spread of communicable diseases.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”XdbwqXNNGE8JEoDHNR3WGLi6yyE6yrQh”]The guideline is intended to manage and prevent sick patients or passengers with a (suspected) communicable disease entering the country.<\/p>\n
Based on the requirements of the International Health Regulations, Port Health Officers are to be the first to attend to travelers moving in and out of the country.<\/p>\n
This is to prevent transmission of the diseases to contacts and outbreaks, which could affect many people and have an economic implication on the country\u2019s health services.<\/p>\n
In the wake of increasing influx of travelers during this yuletide, Port Health Officers at the Aflao Border lamented over challenges being encountered restricting some travelers suspected of communicable diseases from entering the country.<\/p>\n
According to them, travelers who are usually granted permit from the Ghana Immigration Service before undergoing the health screening with their unit resist deportations even on the grounds of public health.<\/p>\n