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  • Diarrhoea and cholera kills close to 19,000 Ghanaians yearly

    Source: https://www.newsghana.com.gh/diarrho...naians-yearly/

    Diarrhoea and cholera kills close to 19,000 Ghanaians yearly
    By Ghana News Agency -
    Apr 21, 2018 9

    Madam Mary Ama Kudom Agyemang, a Media Expert on Thursday disclosed that about 19,000 Ghanaians die from diarrhoea and cholera annually due to the practise of Open Defecation in the country.

    According to her, 29,000 people were affected by cholera outbreaks in 2004 alone, which cost the country an amount of $79 million yearly.

    Madam Agyemang disclosed this during a Media summit on Open Defecation Free (ODF) in Tamale, which brought together media practitioners from the Northern, Upper East, Upper West and the Brong Ahafo Regions...
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