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Government has been charged to reactivate the Ebola response strategy of 2015 to prepare the state against an outbreak of the disease in the country.
The administration is warned to take seriously the threats posed by the resurgence of the Ebola virus in neighbouring states in the West African sub-region even as the world struggles to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ebola virus has already killed five people in Guinea.
Member of Parliament for Builsa North, James Agalga, who made the call indicated that the Ghana Health Service (GHS) needs to revive the efforts that were put in place in 2015.
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Speaking to Joy News and monitored by FrontPageGhana.com, he stated that agencies that should be in the frontline including the GHS, the Ghana Immigration Service and the Ghana Port Authority should begin collaborating to halt infiltration of the disease into Ghana.
He said, “When we do that, I think we’ll be able to secure our country and ensure that people don’t transport or export Ebola into our country.”
The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a severe disease often associated with a high fatality rate, and is caused by strains of the Ebola virus belonging to the family Filoviridae.
In March 2014, the World Health Organization was notified of an outbreak of the Ebola in Guinea, which has incidentally experienced five fatalities already.
The outbreak subsequently spread to affect neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone and for the first time in the history of the disease, international spread by air and land travel to Nigeria, USA, Spain, the UK, Senegal and Mali occurred.
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it was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the WHO in August 2014 and described by the Director-General of the WHO, Margaret Chan as the largest, most complex outbreak.
The virus disease affected about 21,724 people with 8,641 deaths as of 21st January 2015
The persistent spread of the disease in the worst affected countries and the continued risk of spread internationally, resulted in several countries scrambling to get prepared to detect and contain cases in the event of an outbreak.
Ghana’s approach to the preparedness against the Ebola virus disease (EVD) was multifaceted with the training of health workers being a key aspect.
To date, several categories of health workers have been trained in the spectrum of preparedness activities ranging from surveillance to case management.
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FrontPageghana.com/Ghana
