Ghana: Upper East to start anthrax vaccination in April

The Upper East Regional Department of Agriculture will undertake animal vaccination exercise against the anthrax disease in April. Anthrax is a zoonotic disease caused by bacteria called bacillus anthracis. The disease was endemic in some districts of the region in 2023. The vaccination exercise would check any possible outbreak as was experienced last year, which led to loss of livestock and one recorded human death in the Binduri District. The situation compelled the Regional Public Health Emergency Management Committee (PHEMC) to place a ban on the movement of animals, sales, consumption of meat and its products. The ban applied to cattle, sheep, goats and donkeys. Alhaji Zakaria Fuseini, the Regional Director of the Department, told journalists about the impending exercise on the sidelines of the 2023 regional annual performance review meeting of the Department. The meeting brought together municipal and district directors of MoFA, coordinating directors, planners and other ...