My Gov’t Will Strengthen Our Public Health System – Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has committed himself to strengthening the country’s health system in preparation for any pandemic or epidemic that may rear its head in the course of his administration and beyond.
With the rising climate crisis in the world, he believes pandemics and endemics would become rampant.
“With the increase of the climate crises and as the world grows warmer melting the Arctic ice and Permafrost there is the likelihood for viruses that have been frozen and thought to be extinct for decades, perhaps even centuries to spread and create another global pandemic.
“The changing climate conditions, increased population intensities in urban areas and mass international travel are enabling existing viruses to spread and mutate at a faster rate than they did before. This is a serious change,” he remarked at his inauguration.
Howebit, he posits that a strengthened health system would be able to resist and assuage the impact on lives as have been witnessed in previous outbreaks like Ebola, COVID and Mpox.
“Let us also not forget how swiftly and completely the COVID pandemic brought the entire world to a screeching halt. My government will be working diligently to strengthen our public health system while maintaining monitoring the global health situation so that when the next pandemic or epidemic occurs, the loss of lives in Ghana will be minimal.”
Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini
