The Environmental Health Department at the Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly (BMA) has undertaken a month-long health screening exercise. The exercise was targeted at food vendors within the Municipality.
The exercise began at Daporetindongo on November 8, 2021 then moved to Dagweo and Sawaba. The exercise continued to the Atulbabisi and Kotokoli Zongo as well as areas within Tanzui and Zorbisi. The exercise covered other major food locations in the Municipality and is expected to end today, December 23, 2021.
Speaking on A1 Radio’s Day Break Upper East, an Environmental Health Officer with the BMA, Seidu Sulemana Akurugu explained that the exercise is to ensure that food vendors are healthy and do not have any medical conditions that pose danger to patrons of the food and food items they sell.
“We educate the vendors, especially, those who sell vegetables and other ready to eat foods. We teach them how to handle it without transmitting any diseases. We are currently undergoing a medical food screening for food vendors in the municipality to make sure that they are not operating with any communicable diseases,” he explained.
In the area of sanitation, he reminded residents that sanitation is a shared responsibility and thus every individual has a role to play.
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