Ghana's ministry of food and agriculture
has set up regional and district task forces on Avian Influenza
to create the awareness and monitor the situation should there be
an outbreak of the disease in the country.
The ministry of food and agriculture (MOFA) has
set up regional and district task forces on Avian
Influenza to create the awareness and monitor the situation
should there be an outbreak of the disease in the country.
In addition, with the detection of the disease
in Burkina Faso and Cote d' Ivoire, the ministry has also conducted
active surveillance along the country's borders to study the samples
of birds to know if there is any possibility of detecting the disease.
Dr John Tsitsiwu, Zonal Epidemiologist in-charge
of the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo, announced this at a press conference
on bird flu organised in Kumasi on Monday.
Dr Tsitsiwu said a lot of sensitisation programmes
had been organized in the region to educate the public about the
disease.
He said the impact of the awareness creation on the disease had
increased the consumption of poultry products resulting in the scarcity
of eggs, the prices of which rose from 15 000 cedis to 27 000 cedis
per crate.
