Mr Johennes Danso Obeng, Eastern Regional Vector Control Officer for ZoomLion Limited, a sanitation company, has led a team of environmental officers to spray the breeding grounds of mosquitoes in the Akuapem South Municipality.

He used the exercise to educate the people to clean their environment to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes and flies.

Mr Obeng since Zoomlion initiated the programme three years in the New Juaben Metropolis in the Eastern Region, records indicate that cases like cholera, malaria and other communicable diseases have reduced drastically in hospitals.

Mr Jacob Tetteh Kugbeadjor, Akuapem South Municipal Mosquito Control Officer, said the exercise would be extended to other parts of the region.

Some of the communities the team sprayed comprised; Aburi, Gyankama, Kitaase, Konkonuru, Ahwerease, Nsawam, Adoagyiri, Ayigbetown and Adoagyiri Zongo and Sakyikrom.

Mr Christopher Kwabena Asubonteng, Municipal Environmental Health Officer, commended the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development for teaming up with ZoomLion to undertake the exercise.

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