Environmentalist calls for regular Fumigation to avert premature death
Diarrhoea remains a major killer but is largely preventable. Better water, sanitation, and hygiene could prevent the deaths of 297,000 children aged under 5 years each year.
An environmentalist with the St. Andy Cleaning Services Limited has called for regular fumigation exercises at homes, offices, and other enclosed offices to help promote good health at all times.
According to him, systematic decontamination of our places will be in line with the three main points of the World Health Organization (WHO) in promoting health, keeping the world safe, and serving the Vulnerable. These things will make Ghana apear as the leading campaigner for a clean environment.
Yanyae Donkor Andrews said in an interview with gbcghanaonline.com that the fumigation and pest control at homes and offices to deal with Cockroaches, Mouse, Rats, Mosquitoes, Wall Geckos, Bedbugs, Snake, Frog, Spider, Ants, and Lizard will lead to high productivity at workplaces and homes.
He mentioned that normal general cleaning of Windows, Toilet, Doors, Sweeping, Tables, Tiles, Terrazzo Washrooms, Carpet, Sofa Chairs, Kitchen, Washing Of Curtains, among others also bring fresh and clean air to prevent respiratory infections, heart disease and lung cancer which now common.
St. Andy Cleaning Services Limited is a leading cleaning Services provider in the Greater Accra Region, they are are also into Weeding Services, Median Weeding, House Weeding, Estate Weeding, Trimming of Gardens and spraying of
Weedicide as well as dislodgement of septic tank, Blockages, blowing of pipes lines, and de-silting/Gutters cleaning.
WHO attributes poor sanitation is linked to the transmission of diarrhoeal diseases such as cholera and dysentery, as well as typhoid, intestinal worm infections, and polio. It exacerbates stunting and contributes to the spread of antimicrobial resistance.
The World Health Organization report on Sanitation published on 21 March 2022 said some 829,000 people in low-and middle-income countries die as a result of inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene each year, representing 60% of total diarrhoeal deaths.
The report suggested that poor sanitation is believed to be the main cause in some 432,000 of these deaths and is a major factor in several neglected tropical diseases, including intestinal worms, schistosomiasis, and trachoma. Poor sanitation also contributes to malnutrition.
In 2020, 54% of the global population (4.2 billion people) used a safely managed sanitation service; 34% (2.6 billion people) used private sanitation facilities connected to sewers from which wastewater was treated; 20% (1.6 billion people) used toilets or latrines where excreta were safely disposed of in situ; and 78% of the world’s population (6.1 billion people) used at least a basic sanitation service.
“Diarrhoea remains a major killer but is largely preventable. Better water, sanitation, and hygiene could prevent the deaths of 297,000 children aged under 5 years each year.
“Open defecation perpetuates a vicious cycle of disease and poverty. The countries where open defection is most widespread have the highest number of deaths of children aged under 5 years as well as the highest levels of malnutrition and poverty, and big disparities of wealth”, the report added
By Edzorna Francis Mensah
