ZOOMLION SPRAYS MOSQUITO BREEDING SITES (PAGE 35)

THE Brong-Ahafo Regional Office of Zoomlion Ghana Limited has embarked on massive spraying of mosquito breeding sites in the Sunyani Municipality, especially swampy, bushy and marshy areas and drains, with the view to getting rid of mosquito larvae.
The spraying exercise, which forms part of the nationwide mosquito control programme, is intended to drastically reduce malaria, if it cannot be completely eradicated.
The exercise was preceded by clearing major drains of still, filling of potholes, and clearing of bushes in some parts of the municipality, an approach described as “source reduction of larvae to deprive mosquitoes of their requirement for survival’’.
A trained 20-man spraying gang is undertaking the exercise, which will be extended to the remaining 21 districts in the region.
Among the targeted areas to be sprayed in Sunyani are the Nkwabeng fish pond, Nana Bosoma market, Mama Lawson’s stream at Penkwase, Nkwabeng North, Newtown stream, the slaughter house area and the final disposal sites in town.
In an interview, Mr Ernest Brenya, the Brong Ahafo Regional Pest Control Officer of Zoomlion, stressed that the main idea was for vector suppression and the control of malaria.
Mr Brenya said as part of the programme, which is initially targeted at the mosquito larvae, “we shall also do adulticiding, where the adult mosquito itself will be tackled”.
According to him, his company could not achieve the desired results without the involvement of the communities, so he advised the people to assist in clearing their surroundings and properly dispose of all empty containers.