THE management of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a private waste management company, has launched a programme known as “Tin Ton Tan” with the objective of preventing diseases through improved environmental sanitation.
The programme is to improve environmental cleanliness to reduce sanitation-related diseases such as malaria, typhoid fever, respiratory infections, diarrhoea, among other ailments.
The launch of the programme took place at the Brong Ahafo Regional Hospital in Sunyani after a massive clean-up exercise at the hospital premises which lasted about two hours.
The Brong Ahafo Regional Operations Supervisor of Zoomlion, Mr Kwame Gariba, who launched the programme, explained that it sought to reintroduce and emphasise the critical roles of traditional authorities in organising sanitation activities in their communities, such as communal work, the construction of toilets, the desilting of gutters and the clearing of bushes.
According to Mr Gariba, the major stakeholders in the programme included the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), the Ministries of Health, Manpower, Youth and Employment and Local Government, Rural Development and Environment.
He indicated that there would be a strong collaboration with the various hospital administrations, traditional rulers, assembly members and youth associations in the communities.
Mr Gariba stated that the programme would inculcate the spirit of clean environment in the communities.
“The ultimate goal is to reduce the incidence of sanitation-related diseases which will contribute to improving the health status of the citizenry. It will also reduce the burden on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and free resources for investment in other social programmes,” Mr Gariba explained.
The Medical Director of the Sunyani Regional Hospital, Dr Daniel Asare, lauded the initiative of the company, stressing that good sanitation improved the health of the people.
He, therefore, urged all community members to embrace the programme.
Dr Asare said in view of the expansion of the hospital, with its attendant sanitation problems, the authorities had contracted a company to assist in the day-to-day cleaning of the facility.
According to the medical director, the regional hospital had been adjudged one of the cleanest facilities in Africa and for that matter a team of experts in sanitation from the United Kingdom, Sough Africa and Canada had paid visits to verify the situation.
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