Ghana: Minister deplores sanitation situation in Ghana

The sanitation situation in the country is deteriorating by the day and this might lead to increase in sanitation related diseases among children and the most vulnerable. It is estimated that an appreciable number of children die annually before the age of five mainly from preventable sanitation-related diseases, said Kwadwo Adjei-Darko, Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment. Speaking at the launch of National Attitudinal Change Initiative Project by Media in Partnership for Development, an NGO, he called on all stakeholders to help maintain the environment so that the country could make progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goal on acquiring good sanitation. (…)

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