Dr. Dacosta Aboagye, the Director in charge of Health Promotion at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has urged religious bodies to enforce covid-19 protocols in their various institutions.
According to him, it was incumbent on religious leaders to ensure that their members put on face masks before they were allowed to enter their various organizations.
Dr. Aboagye said this during a stakeholder’s engagement with religious organizations in Accra.
The stakeholder engagement formed part of the GHS’ ‘Peer-To-Peer Enforcement Strategy’ aimed at strengthening the capacity of stakeholders in the various organizations to improve the public’s understanding of risks associated with COVID-19.
Dr. Aboagye said the fight against the disease would be warm when religious organizations that had large following educate their members to observe the COVID-19 protocols.
“Religious leaders must impress on their members to wear nose masks even before leaving the house,” he added.
He said the GHS had embarked on the exercise to complement the effort of the government and security agencies to ensure that, the leadership of the various groups, such as transport unions, media, traders, traditional and religious leaders educate their members on the strict adherence of the COVID-19 protocol.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Joseph Asare
