Vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia joined friends at the Weija Leprosarium, the Ghana Lepers Aid Committee and other stakeholders, to mark the 2024 World Leprosy Day, which is observed every year on the last Sunday of January.
While calling for cured lepers to be showed much care and love, as they pose no risk of transmission, he reiterated our government’s unwavering commitment to putting in place measures towards eradicating the disease, and also caring for those affected.
“Our interventions, over the past seven years, in this regard, include: the redevelopment project at Weija
Leprosarium, the renovations at Ankaful Leprosarium and General Hospital, the Laboratory for Leprosy and Skin Conditions at Wa, as well as the Leprosy Clinic at Kokofu”.
“Through the District Assemblies Common Fund , we have also extended care and support to several people affected by leprosy in the country, by providing them food and medical care in Ankaful, Weija, Nkanchina, Wa, Doremu, Ho, and Kokofu Districts”.
“Today, I also cut the sod for the construction of a kitchen for the residents of the Weija Leposarium and donated towards it.
Let us all deal with cured lepers with love and care. Their situation is an affliction, which could have happened to any of us” Dr Mahamudu Bawumia disclosed this in a Facebook post.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Kwabena Nyarko Abronoma
