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Ashanti Region: GHS Embarks Public Education On Mpox Alert:
Health authorities in the Ashanti Region have put hospitals on high alert and have instructed facility managers to promptly report suspected cases of Mpox.
Authorities have intensified surveillance on the disease following confirmed cases in some parts of the country.
Ashanti Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Adomako Boateng, said that proactive measures have been put in place to manage potential cases.
“As unknown to a lot of us, we have the routine surveillance system and it is really based on what we integrate disease surveillance and response. It is based on International Health Regulations 2005, where we have structures picking priority cases and making sure that, for example, if it is MPox, or hemorrhagic fevers, based on the level of care you can see some symptoms.
“That is why we even picked some of them and we are seeing that the measles cases are going up, therefore there is a need for supplementary immunization activity.
“So all those mechanisms are there but when you have one region or the other picking the case, it means that you will have to intensify and begin to look. If you don’t look into the cases and you get to the numbers where you are not able to control it, then you will have issues on your hand,” he stated.
He also urged the public to adhere to standard precautions in their daily activities to mitigate the spread of the diseases.