Objective: To ascertain whether food vendors have their medical screening certificate and are complying with food hygiene principles. On 21st – 22nd December, 2023 the Environmental Health Officers of the New Juaben North Municipal Assembly embarked on food premises inspection to ensure food vendors were complying with food hygiene...
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On Thursday, 19th October, 2023, a one-day seminar was held in the municipality for food/drink handlers. The seminar was held at the community Center (the Old Assembly block), Effiduase and it started at 9:00 am. Participants were carefully selected from the various zones in the Municipality for the...
The promotion and construction of household toilets has been one of the major activities of the Environmental Health Unit of the municipal assembly. The unit embarked on a vigorous sensitization and promotion of household toilets. The Unit engaged Landlords and Landladies in a series of health education on...
Prior to the medical screening exercise in the Municipality, the Environmental Health Unit organized sensitization seminar on the 11th-14th September, 2023 for some selected food and drink vendors, Honorable Assembly members, school matrons, Hoteliers etc were all present for the occasion. During the period under review, the Assembly adopted...
Introduction Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials. There are different types of pollutants, such as gases, particulates...
Introduction Noise pollution is excessive, distressing and unsolicited sound that can have damaging effects on the environment, humans and animals. To this extent, noise levels that reach 85 decibels or higher are considered dangerous and can impact a person’s hearing. As one of the biggest threats to human...
Objectives to ascertain whether food vendors comply with food hygiene principles. On 15th May to 30th June, the Environmental Health Officers of the New Juaben North Municipal Assembly were on their rounds to check if food vendors comply with food hygiene principles such as; Cooking and preparing food in...
INTRODUCTION Crude dumping/disposal is the worst of refuse disposal that is still being practiced. It comes along with several dangerous health implications that lead to spread of diseases. Unfortunately, Oyoko had two of this obsolete refuse disposal type located at Adeneagya and near Oyoko Presby Basic School. In...
During the first quarter (January 1st to 31st March, 2023), environmental health and sanitation activities were carried out in an effort to promote and ensure clean environment within the Municipality. Cleaning the Central Business Areas are routinely done by the Youth Employment Authority (YEA) Workers under the Management...
INTRODUCTION This is a fourth quarter monitoring report of food and drinks handlers in the New Juaben North Municipality. It covers activities of all fields staff in relation to compliance to food hygiene and safety. This fourth quarter monitoring is done to access the level of impact of the...