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Polio outbreak was because of poor sanitation practices-GHS


Polio outbreak was because of poor sanitation practices-GHS

January 17, 2020 at 8:40 AM

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has attributed the resurfaced Polio virus outbreak reported in parts of the country in 2019 to poor sanitation practices in most of the affected communities.

It therefore called on Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to re-evaluate their sanitation programmes to help promote environmental cleanliness to forestall any future outbreak.

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