General News of Sunday, 2 February 2020Source: ghananewsagency.orgDanger looms as CHPS compound becomes a source of diseasesManhole situated at the premises of Adjetey Ansah Community-based Health facilityA Community-based Health Planning and Service (CHPS) in Tema Newtown is now a possible source of diseases and apparent discomfort. A manhole located on the premises of the Adjetey Ansah Community-based Health facility has burst open, spilling effluents on the compound and beyond. The spillage, streaming in front of the Adjetey Ansah Memorial School, which is adjacent to the CHPS compound, would soon lead to the breakout of a communicable disease. Information gathered by the GNA indicated that the manhole which was originally constructed to serve only the CHPS compound was now serving the entire population of the Adjetey-Ansah School. The GNA gathered that few people now attended the CHPS compound which offered services like Out Patient Department and child health promotion (weighing).

Source: GhanaWeb February 01, 2020 16:18 UTC