By Mildred Siabi-Mensah
Fijai (WR), Feb. 15, GNA – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, (IFRC) has supported some 80 volunteers to undergo a Cholera response training to help in education, awareness and ending the epidemic in affected Regions.
The training would help them with skills to attend to community needs particularly as the rains approached.
Mr. Faith Dube, the IFRC Cholera Surge Representative told the Ghana News Agency that it had become critical to arrest the tide through community approach noting, “we are leveraging on our volunteers for the epidemic control.”
He said the project which would last only three months would also establish Oral Hydration Points in communities mostly noted for the disease as first aid, “we are also procuring chlorine and other handing washing facilities in the communities “.
Mr. Benjamin Acquah, the Western Regional Manager for the Red Cross said seven districts’ volunteers were undergoing the four-day training.
He noted that there would be other programmes like clean up, public engagement and the use of radio and community information centres to increase education.
Mr. Frank Ofosu-Asante, Regional Chair of the Red Cross said fishing communities have well been targeted as critical hot spot for the epidemic control.
Dr. Edward Donkor, the National Vice President of Red Cross bemoaned deaths associated with Cholera and encouraged all communities to keep cleaner surrounding to avoid spread of the disease.
The volunteers were schooled on understanding Cholera and prevention, cholera stigma, detection, basic ORT -refresher among others
GNA